The Billy Taylor Touch
{{Infobox album
| name = The Billy Taylor Touch
| type = Studio
| artist = Billy Taylor
| cover = The Billy Taylor Touch.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = February 20, 1951 and October 28, 1957
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:13
| label = Atlantic
1277
| producer = Herb Abramson, Nesuhi Ertegun
| chronology = Billy Taylor
| prev_title = My Fair Lady Loves Jazz
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = The New Billy Taylor Trio
| next_year = 1957
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Piano Panorama cover
| type = Studio
| cover = Piano Panorama.jpg
| border =
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| caption =
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The Billy Taylor Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor released in 1958 on the Atlantic label and featuring seven tracks recorded in 1951 that were originally released on a 10-inch LP as Atlantic's Piano Panorama series along with four more tracks recorded in 1957.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1200-series/#1277 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series] accessed September 10, 2015Edwards, D., Wu, R., Eyries, P., Callahan, M. and Watts, R. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atlantic100400.html Atlantic Album Discography Part 1: 100 & 400 Series (1949-1954)] accessed September 10, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-billy-taylor-touch-mw0000873753 Allmusic listing] accessed September 10, 2015
Track listing
All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) - 2:58
- "Earl May" - 4:50
- "Can You Tell by Looking at Me" - 4:24
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:14
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 2:46
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:31
- "Good Groove" - 3:04
- "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:03
- "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:14
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 3:24
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:45
- Recorded in New York City on February 20, 1951 (tracks 5-11) and October 28, 1957 (tracks 1-4)
Personnel
- Billy Taylor - piano
- John Collins - guitar (tracks 5-11)
- Earl May (tracks 1-4), Al McKibbon (tracks 5-11) - bass
- Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-4), Shadow Wilson (tracks 5-11) - drums
References
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