The Billy Taylor Touch

The Billy Taylor Touch
Studio album by Billy Taylor
Released	1958
Recorded	February 20, 1951 and October 28, 1957 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:13
Label	Atlantic 1277
Producer	Herb Abramson, Nesuhi Ertegun
Billy Taylor chronology
My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (1957) The Billy Taylor Touch (1957) The New Billy Taylor Trio (1957)
Piano Panorama cover

The Billy Taylor Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor released in 1958 on the Atlantic label and featuring seven tracks recorded in 1951 that were originally released on a 10-inch LP as Atlantic's Piano Panorama series along with four more tracks recorded in 1957.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated

1. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) - 2:58
2. "Earl May" - 4:50
3. "Can You Tell by Looking at Me" - 4:24
4. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:14
5. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 2:46
6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:31
7. "Good Groove" - 3:04
8. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:03
9. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:14
10. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 3:24
11. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:45

• Recorded in New York City on February 20, 1951 (tracks 5-11) and October 28, 1957 (tracks 1-4)

Personnel

• Billy Taylor - piano
• John Collins - guitar (tracks 5-11)
• Earl May (tracks 1-4), Al McKibbon (tracks 5-11) - bass
• Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-4), Shadow Wilson (tracks 5-11) - drums

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 10, 2015
2. Edwards, D., Wu, R., Eyries, P., Callahan, M. and Watts, R. Atlantic Album Discography Part 1: 100 & 400 Series (1949-1954) accessed September 10, 2015
3. Allmusic listing accessed September 10, 2015