Billy Taylor - Ten Fingers, One Voice

Styles: Piano Jazz, Bop, Swing
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:54
Size: 122,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:08) 1. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
(5:48) 2. In a Sentimental Mood
(5:31) 3. Joy Spring
(4:49) 4. Laura
(4:27) 5. Easy Like
(4:49) 6. Night and Day
(4:59) 7. Can You Tell By Looking at Me?
(3:10) 8. Early Bird
(6:01) 9. Tea for Two
(3:57) 10. Solo
(4:10) 11. My Heart Stood Still

This is delightful, unrestrained solo piano from one of the foremost jazz performers and educators of our time. For years Taylor recorded with trios, but here he goes it alone and treats the listener to another, more carefree realm of his playing. He covers eight jazz standards and does three originals, including the ballad "Can You Tell by Looking at Me?" and his tribute to Charlie Parker, "Early Bird." "Tea for Two" is probably the most widely recognized cover, but Taylor's treatment of it is far removed from its traditional arrangement. Teddi Castion's "Easy Like" is especially playful and features some great stride work, and Taylor takes Cole Porter's "Night and Day" into places no pianist has gone before. Taylor was 75 years old during this recording, and one would think that at that age perhaps the fingers aren't as nimble as they used to be. He definitely proves that wrong on Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" (where he changes keys not once but twice!). If you listen closely to this disc while wearing headphones, you can hear Taylor softly vocalizing occasionally an interesting glimpse into what's going on between his ears as the music flows out of him.~ Ann Wickstrom https://www.allmusic.com/album/ten-fingers-one-voice-mw0000602416

Ten Fingers, One Voice

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