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    This article is about the album by Billy Taylor. For the song by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote, see A Sleepin' Bee.

    Sleeping Bee
    Studio album by
    Billy Taylor Trio
    Released1969
    RecordedApril 1969
    StudioRCA Studio, New York City
    GenreJazz
    Length42:57
    LabelMPS
    MPS 15234
    Prestige
    PR 7762
    ProducerHans Georg Brunner-Schwer
    Billy Taylor chronology
    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
    (1968)    		Sleeping Bee
    (1969)    		OK Billy
    (1970)
    Billy Taylor Today cover

    Sleeping Bee is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor which was recorded in 1969 and originally released on the MPS label in Europe and re-released on the Prestige label in the US as Billy Taylor Today.[1][2]

    Reception

    [edit]
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllmusicStarStarStarStar[3]

    Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The enjoyable music swings and fits perfectly into the jazz mainstream of the era".[3]

    Track listing

    [edit]

    All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated

    1. "La Petite Mambo" (Erroll Garner) - 4:47
    2. "Theodora" - 5:43
    3. "Paraphrase" - 4:21
    4. "Bye Y'all" - 5:13
    5. "Don't Go Down South" - 3:28
    6. "Brother, Where Are You?" (Oscar Brown) - 5:33
    7. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 8:24
    8. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 5:28

    Personnel

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Billy Taylor discography Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 27, 2015
    2. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series accessed October 27, 2015
    3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Sleeping Bee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleeping_Bee&oldid=1291256027"

      Sleeping Bee
      Studio album by
      Billy Taylor Trio
      Released1969
      RecordedApril 1969
      StudioRCA Studio, New York City
      GenreJazz
      Length42:57
      LabelMPS
      MPS 15234
      Prestige
      PR 7762
      ProducerHans Georg Brunner-Schwer
      Billy Taylor chronology
      I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
      (1968)      		Sleeping Bee
      (1969)      		OK Billy
      (1970)
      Billy Taylor Today cover

      Sleeping Bee is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor which was recorded in 1969 and originally released on the MPS label in Europe and re-released on the Prestige label in the US as Billy Taylor Today.[1][2]

      Reception

      Professional ratings
      Review scores
      SourceRating
      AllmusicStarStarStarStar[3]

      Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The enjoyable music swings and fits perfectly into the jazz mainstream of the era".[3]

      Track listing

      All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated

      1. "La Petite Mambo" (Erroll Garner) - 4:47
      2. "Theodora" - 5:43
      3. "Paraphrase" - 4:21
      4. "Bye Y'all" - 5:13
      5. "Don't Go Down South" - 3:28
      6. "Brother, Where Are You?" (Oscar Brown) - 5:33
      7. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 8:24
      8. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 5:28

      Personnel

      References

      1. ^ Billy Taylor discography Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 27, 2015
      2. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series accessed October 27, 2015
      3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Sleeping Bee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
      Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleeping_Bee&oldid=1291256027"