JELLY BEAN BOOGIE (1954) by Billy Taylor (Piano Solo)

I’ve always loved ragtime and boogie Woogie, or anything with a good beat! This next song is a short number called The Jelly Bean Boogie. I have no idea where the name came from - use your imagination! Born in Greenville,North Carolina, Billy began his music education at the age of seven in Washington D.C. He matriculated (I had to look that word up! Meaning...“to enroll in a college or University.“) to Virginia State College and graduated with a Bachelors of science degree. After college he moved to New York and two days after his arrival he was playing piano with the Ben Webster Quartet in the Three Deuces on 52nd Street. This was the start of a career as a pianist, composer, arranger, actor, author, lecturer and radio-television personality. The writer of some three hundred songs, Billy has had twelve books published on jazz and jazz piano playing. So he was a very good musician. I hope you like it - it was fun to play! Please stay safe and healthy out t