Taylor receives CMA's highest honor.Pianist and educator Billy Taylor Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential African-American pianists, composers, and educators, is currently the Robert L. was presented with the 2005 Richard J. Bogomolny National Service award by Chamber Music America (CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. ). CMA presents this award, its highest honor, each year to an exceptional individual or ensemble that has made a lasting contribution to the field of chamber music through performances, extraordinary teaching, work in support of the art form or championing of repertoire. Taylor is the first jazz artist to receive this honor. Taylor's career spans more than six decades. He was house pianist at legendary jazz club A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is live jazz. Often such venues are in the basement of residential buildings. They are rather small compared to other music venues, reflecting the intimate atmosphere of jazz concerts. Birldland, where he played with famed artists like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. A highly regarded teacher, he has master's and doctor's degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. at Amherst and served as a Duke Ellington Fellow at Yale. Taylor has also led his own trio since the 1950s, composing more than 350 songs. He is the arts correspondent for CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Sunday Morning. For more information, contact CMA at www.chamber-music.org. |
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