Billy Taylor – Cross Section (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7071Rec. Dates : May 7, 1953, July 30, 1954 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith, Percy BricePercussion : Chico Guerrero, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto Listening to Prestige : #85, #116Album is Not Streamable Miami Herald (Miami, FL)Fred Sherman : 05/19/1957 Still on piano, I’d like to suggest a record store browsing through When Lights Are Low by the

Prestige LP 7051

Billy Taylor Trio – With Cándido (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7051Rec. Date : September 07, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayCongas : CándidoDrums : Percy Brice Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #120Sept 7, 1954 Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 79 A re-issue of all the material on Prestige 10-inch LP 188 plus two previously unrecorded selections: A boppish

Prestige LP 7016

Billy Taylor Trio – Volume Two (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7016Rec. Dates : November 2, 1953, December 29, 1953 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #95November 2, 1953Listening to Prestige : #100December 29, 1953Full Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 78 This is the second 12-inch set of reissued Taylor

Prestige LP 7015

Billy Taylor Trio – Volume One (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7015Rec. Dates : November 18, 1952, December 10, 1952, November 2, 1953 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #71November 18, 1052Listening to Prestige : #95November 2, 1953 Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 76 Some earlier Taylors have been sound-enhanced and remastered

Billy Taylor – A Touch of Taylor (1955)

Prestige – PRLP 7001Rec. Date : April 10, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #142April 10, 1955 High FidelitySeptember 1955 Billy Taylor is an unusually capable pianist who has disdained stylistic eccentricities in favor of well integrated, clearly defined performances. Probably it