A brief history of jazz by Dr. William “Billy” Taylor. Listen to his definition of what he considered Jazz to be.
History of Jazz
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A brief history of jazz by Dr. William “Billy” Taylor. Listen to his definition of what he considered Jazz to be.
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February 10, 2021
History of Jazz - Part 4
<p>Great Billie Taylor explains the origin of jazz in the United States.</p> <p><strong>Billy Taylor</strong> was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a> pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Carolina_University">East Carolina University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina">Greenville</a>, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Foundation_of_America">Jazz Foundation of America</a>, an organisation he started in 1989, with Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs, to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians who survived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>.</p> <p>Taylor was also a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Feather">Leonard Feather</a> once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz."</p>
February 7, 2021
History of Jazz - Part 3
<p>Great Billie Taylor explains the origin of jazz in the United States.</p> <p><strong>Billy Taylor</strong> was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a> pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Carolina_University">East Carolina University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina">Greenville</a>, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Foundation_of_America">Jazz Foundation of America</a>, an organisation he started in 1989, with Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs, to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians who survived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>.</p> <p>Taylor was also a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Feather">Leonard Feather</a> once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz."</p>
February 4, 2021
History of Jazz - Part 2
<p>Great Billie Taylor explains the origin of jazz in the United States.</p> <p><strong>Billy Taylor</strong> was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a> pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Carolina_University">East Carolina University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina">Greenville</a>, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a> in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Foundation_of_America">Jazz Foundation of America</a>, an organisation he started in 1989, with Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs, to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians who survived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>.</p> <p>Taylor was also a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Feather">Leonard Feather</a> once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz."</p>
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