billy, taylor, jazz, bassist, william, taylor, april, 1906, september, 1986, american, jazz, bassist, born, washington, died, fairfax, virginia, taylor, began, playing, tuba, later, picked, bass, alongside, after, moving, york, city, 1924, played, with, elmer,. William Taylor Sr April 3 1906 September 2 1986 was an American jazz bassist He was born Washington D C and died in Fairfax Virginia Taylor began playing tuba but later picked up bass alongside it After moving to New York City in 1924 he played with Elmer Snowden 1925 Willie Gant and Arthur Gibbs 1926 Charlie Johnson 1927 1929 1932 1933 Duke Ellington 1928 McKinney s Cotton Pickers 1929 1931 Fats Waller 1934 and Fletcher Henderson He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton on three sessions in 1930 From 1935 to 1940 he again played with Ellington and it is for this association that he is best remembered he often played with a second bassist in the orchestra at times Hayes Alvis or Jimmie Blanton During that time he also recorded with Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges In the 1940s he played with Coleman Hawkins 1940 Red Allen 1940 41 Joe Sullivan 1942 Raymond Scott 1942 43 Cootie Williams 1944 Barney Bigard 1944 45 Benny Morton 1945 and Cozy Cole 1945 Later in the decade he played freelance in New York before moving back to Washington D C in 1949 He led his own ensemble for Keynote Records in 1944 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 As leader 1 2 As sideman 2 References 3 External linksDiscography editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2015 As leader edit Billy Taylor s Big Eight 4 sides Keynote 1944 with Harry Carney and Johnny HodgesAs sideman edit With Al Hibbler After the Lights Go Down Low Atlantic 1957 With Duke Ellington Caravan Variety VA 515 1 1936 References editLeonard Feather and Ira Gitler The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford 1999 pp 637 38 External links editBilly Taylor recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings nbsp This article about a United States jazz musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Billy Taylor jazz bassist amp oldid 1158723691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
