Billy Taylor

Known for: Acting

Born: July 23, 1921 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA - Died: December 27, 2010

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.