TAYLOR, WILLIAM (BILLY
). Jazz pianist ( in Greenville, North Carolina). He came from a musical family; his father played keyboard and brass instruments and conducted church choirs. His family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was a child; he began piano study at the age of seven with a local teacher and later studied with
Henry Grant
, who also was a high-school bandmaster. His early style development was influenced by recordings of
Thomas (Fats
) Waller
and
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TAYLOR, WILLIAM
(*1921)> JAZZ PIANIST