TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Billy AU - Reed,Teresa L. TI - The jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor SN - 9780253009173 AV - ML417.T24 A3 2013eb U1 - 781.65092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Bloomington, Indianapolis PB - Indiana University Press KW - Taylor, Billy, KW - Jazz musicians KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Musiciens de jazz KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Composers & Musicians KW - bisacsh KW - MUSIC KW - Genres & Styles KW - Jazz KW - Individual Composer & Musician KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Autobiography KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references, index, and discography; Beginnings : 1921-1938 -- College years : 1938-1942 -- Making waves : 1943-1946 -- The subject is jazz : 1946-1958 -- From "tobacco tags" to the urban airwaves : 1959-1968 -- How it feels to be free : 1969-1990 -- Reflections N2 - This is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognition of Black musicians as key contributors to the American music repertoire UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=561029 ER -