Billy Taylor
Birthday
July 24, 1921 (89 years)
Place of Birth
Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting
Biography
Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.