Billy Taylor 07/24/1921 , (103 years old) in Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Known for department

Acting

Biography

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.