''Sleeping Bee'' is an album by American jazz pianist
Billy Taylor which was recorded in 1969 and originally released on the
MPS
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label in Europe and re-released on the
Prestige label in the US as ''Billy Taylor Today''.
Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series
accessed October 27, 2015
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The enjoyable music swings and fits perfectly into the jazz mainstream of the era".
Track listing
''All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated''
# "La Petite Mambo" ( Erroll Garner) - 4:47
# "Theodora" - 5:43
# "Paraphrase" - 4:21
# "Bye Y'all" - 5:13
# "Don't Go Down South" - 3:28
# "Brother, Where Are You?" ( Oscar Brown) - 5:33
# " There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren
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, Mack Gordon) - 8:24
# " A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen
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, Truman Capote) - 5:28
Personnel
* Billy Taylor – piano
* Ben Tucker – bass
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* Grady Tate – drums
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References
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1969 albums
Billy Taylor albums
MPS Records albums
Prestige Records albums