Taylor Made Jazz
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{{Infobox album
| name = Taylor Made Jazz
| type = studio
| artist = Billy Taylor
| cover = Taylor Made Jazz.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = November 17, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Chicago
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Argo
| producer = Dave Usher
| chronology = Billy Taylor
| prev_title = Billy Taylor with Four Flutes
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Uptown
| next_year = 1960
}}
Taylor Made Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor. It was recorded in Chicago on November 17, 1957 and released by the Argo label.{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Billy |author-link=Billy Taylor |title=The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor |year=2013 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00917-3 |page=206 }} The album includes members of Duke Ellington's orchestra performing arrangements by Johnny Pate.{{cite web |last1=Clar |first1=Mimi |title=Billy Taylor: Taylor Made Jazz |url=http://www.jazzstudiesonline.org/files/jso/resources/pdf/JREV3.7Full.pdf |website=Jazz Studies Online |publisher=The Jazz Review |access-date=21 June 2018 |page=25 |format=PDF |date=August 1960}}
Reception
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| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "though this isn't one of those small Ellingtonian unit sessions, it's just about the next best thing. Having assembled several members of Duke's band and written eight definitely Duke-influenced tunes, pianist/composer Billy Taylor's Taylor Made Jazz would probably have been marketed as a 'tribute album' if it had been released recently".Uhl, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/taylor-made-jazz-mw0000875915 Allmusic Review] accessed September 18, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Billy Taylor
- "Biddy's Beat"
- "Theodora"
- "Mood for Mendes"
- "Daddy-O"
- "Cu-Blu"
- "Day Dreaming"
- "Can You Tell by Looking at Me"
- "Tune Up!"
Personnel
- Billy Taylor – piano
- Willie Cook – trumpet
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
- Earl May – double bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
References
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