02475nam 2200565 a 450 991046323020332120200520144314.00-253-00917-0(CKB)2670000000339324(EBL)1161293(OCoLC)839304382(SSID)ssj0000860407(PQKBManifestationID)11470268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860407(PQKBWorkID)10898190(PQKB)11646378(MiAaPQ)EBC1161293(MdBmJHUP)muse26976(Au-PeEL)EBL1161293(CaPaEBR)ebr10676922(EXLCZ)99267000000033932420121128d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor[electronic resource] /Billy Taylor ; with Teresa L. Reed2nd ed.Bloomington ;Indianapolis Indiana University Press20131 online resource (252 p.)0-253-00909-X Includes bibliographical references, index.Includes discography (p. 201-212).Beginnings : 1921-1938 -- College years : 1938-1942 -- Making waves : 1943-1946 -- The subject is jazz : 1946-1958 -- From "tobacco tags" to the urban airwaves : 1959-1968 -- How it feels to be free : 1969-1990 -- Reflections.The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor: America's Classical Musician is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940's New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Billy Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognitionJazz musiciansUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Jazz musicians781.65092BTaylor Billy1921-2010.990933Reed Teresa L.1964-990934MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463230203321The jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor2267339UNINA