''Warming Up!'' is an album by American jazz pianist

Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) 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 a ...

featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label. The recordings were first released as ''Custom Taylored'' on a SESAC "electronic transcription" to promote SESAC-controlled material to radio stations and re-released as ''Easy Like'' on the Surrey label in 1966.Callahan, M. & Edwards, d.
Surrey Album Discography
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Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review
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Track listing

''All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated'' # "Warming Up" - 2:29 # "Easy Like" (Teddy Castion, Taylor) - 2:36 # "That's Where It Is" - 2:45 # "Native Dancer" - 2:31 # "Coffee Break" - 3:05 # "Afterthoughts" - 2:51 # "Easy Walker" - 2:46 # "Lonesome Lover" - 2:29 # "Don't Bug Me" - 2:36 # "You Know What I Mean" - 3:04 # "Uncle Fuzzy" - 2:36 # "No Aftertaste" - 3:08

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Henry Grimes Henry Grimes (November 3, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist and violinist. After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music s ...

– bass *Ray Mosca – drums

References

{{Authority control 1960 albums Billy Taylor albums Riverside Records albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards