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Prestige

Billy Taylor Trio Vol. 2

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Recorded1955
LabelPrestige
CatalogLP 7016
Released1955
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 1225638

The record

Earl May's bass and Charlie Smith's drums stay right at Taylor's shoulder across eleven tracks -- "Tenderly," "My One And Only Love," "The Surry With The Fringe On Top," alongside oddities like "B.T.'s D'T.s" and "The Bird Watcher." Trio playing with nothing to prove and no wasted motion. A 1955 Prestige compilation, remastered mono, LP 7016, lacquer cut by Rudy Van Gelder, notes by Ira Gitler.

Tracks

  1. That's All
  2. The Little Things That Mean So Much
  3. Nice Work
  4. The Surry With The Fringe On Top
  5. Cool And Caressing
  6. Tenderly
  7. I've Got The World On A String
  8. The Bird Watcher
  9. Who Can I Turn To
  10. My One And Only Love
  11. B.T.'s D'T.s

Session personnel

  • Earl May — Bass
  • Charlie Smith (2) — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
  • Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
  • Billy Taylor — Piano
  • Billy Taylor Trio

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1955Prestige · LP 7016 — Vinyl LP Compilation Remastered Mono earliest on file
1956Prestige · PRLP 7016 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono
1996Prestige · PR-7016 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono
2013Prestige · UCCO-5216 — CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD
Prestige · PREP 1334 — Vinyl, 7", EP, Mono

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