Taylor Made Jazz

Taylor Made Jazz
Studio album by Billy Taylor
Released	1959
Recorded	November 1959 Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Argo LP 650
Producer	Dave Usher
Billy Taylor chronology
Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (1958) Taylor Made Jazz (1959) Uptown (1960)

Taylor Made Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Argo label.^[1] The album features the many alumni of Duke Ellington's orchestra performing arrangements by Johnny Pate^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Taylor

1. "Biddy's Beat"
2. "Theodora"
3. "Mood for Mendes"
4. "Daddy-O"
5. "Cu-Blu"
6. "Day Dreaming"
7. "Can You Tell by Looking at Me"
8. "Tune Up!"

Personnel

• Billy Taylor - piano
• Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
• Britt Woodman - trombone
• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
• Earl May - bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums

References

1. Argo Records discography accessed September 18, 2012
2. Clar, M. Taylor Made Jazz Record Review, The Jazz Review, August, 1960 pg. 25
3. Uhl, J. Allmusic Review accessed September 18, 2012