Billy Taylor

[malignd at aol.com]

Funny story I heard about Billy Taylor.  He had been hearing about 
Professor Longhair, but had never heard him, so a friend was playing 
some of the professor's albums for him.  Taylor listened awhile and 
said (more or less), "I don't get it; this is just simple stuff."  He 
then walked over to a piano to play along, tried, and said "I can't 
play this."  Reason being that the professor's rhythms and sense of the 
beat were so idiosyncratic and odd.


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
To: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 5:51 am
Subject: Re: Billy Taylor


Condolences.On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 3:18 PM, alice
wellintown<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:> One of the best teachers
I had as a young women, Billy Taylor left his> mark on quite  a few of
us.>> http://www.billytaylorjazz.com/>