Billy Taylor Sr.

bass, double bass, bass guitar, tuba

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
Lionel Hampton

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra bass, tuba (A) Gypsy Without a Song, (I Want) Something to Live For, (There Is) No Greater Love, A Blues Serenade, A Lonely Co-Ed, Accent on Youth, Admiration (matrix B17409), Alabamy Home, Alabamy Home (alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M519), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520 alternate take 2), All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (matrix M520), Battle of Swing, Battle of Swing (alternate take 1), Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly (alternate take 2), Blue Light, Bouncing Buoyancy, Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps), Braggin’ in Brass, Braggin’ in Brass (alternate take 2), Buffet Flat, Carnival in Caroline, Clarinet Lament, Cotton, Cotton Club Stomp, Country Gal, Dinah Lou, Dinah Lou (alternate take 3), Dinah’s in a Jam, Doin’ the Voom Voom, Exposition Swing, Exposition Swing (alternate take 2), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1064), Grievin’ (matrix WM 1093), Hip Chic, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So, I Don’t Know Why I Love You So (alternate take 2), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (alternate take 1), I Never Felt This Way Before, I Never Felt This Way Before (alternate take B), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?), If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) (alternate take 1), In a Mizz, In a Sentimental Mood, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing?, It Was a Sad Night in Harlem, I’m Checkin’ Out - Go’om Bye, I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue (With the Sole of My Shoe), I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter, I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter (alternate take 2), Jazz Potpourri, Killin’ Myself, Kissin’ My Baby Good-Night, La De Doody Doo, Lady in Blue, Lady in Blue (alternate take X), Lambeth Walk, Let’s Have a Jubilee, Little Posey, Lost in Meditation, Love Is Like a Cigarette, Love in Swingtime, Margie, Merry-Go-Round (matrix B17408), Mighty Like the Blues, Mighty Like the Blues (alternate take 1), Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday, Old King Dooji, Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (alternate take matrix C886-2), Porto Rican Chaos (Moonlight Fiesta) (master take B16974-1), Portrait of the Lion, Portrait of the Lion (alternate take 2), Prelude to a Kiss, Prelude to a Kiss (alternate take 2), Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy, Pussy Willow, Pyramid, Pyramid (alternate take 2), Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 1, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 2, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 3, Reminiscing in Tempo, Part 4, Riding on a Blue Note, Riding on a Blue Note (alternate take 2), Rose of the Rio Grande, Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take 2), Scattin’ at the Cotton Club (Scattin’ at the Kit Kat), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club), Scattin’ at the Kit Kat (Scattin’ at the Cotton Club) (alternate take 2), Serenade to Sweden, Shoe Shine Boy, Showboat Shuffle, Skrontch (Scrounch), Skrontch (Scrounch) (alternate take 1), Slap Happy, Slap Happy (alternate take 2), Smorgasbord and Schnapps, Solid Old Man, Stepping Into Swing Society, Subtle Lament, Subtle Lament (alternate take X), Swingtime in Honolulu, T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt), T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt) (alternate take 2), The Gal From Joe’s, The Gal From Joe’s (alternate take 2), The New Birmingham Breakdown, The New Birmingham Breakdown (alternate take 2), The New Black and Tan Fantasy, The Sergeant Was Shy, The Stevedore’s Serenade, Tootin’ Through the Roof, Tootin’ Through the Roof (alternate take B), Truckin’, Trumpet in Spades, Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-1), Twits and Twerps (Boy Meets Horn) (matrix M898-2), Uptown Downbeat (Blackout), Watermelon Man, Way Low, Weely, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet), Yearning for Love, You Can Count on Me, You Gave Me the Gate (And I’m Swingin’), Your Love Has Faded
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra bass, double bass A Blues Serenade, Dance of the Goons, Dancing on the Stars, Dooji Wooji, Dream Blues, Empty Ballroom Blues, Good Gal Blues, Hodge Podge, Home Town Blues, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I'm in Another World, If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?, Jeep's Blues, Jitterbug's Lullaby, Kitchen Mechanic's Day, Krum Elbow Blues, Like a Ship in the Night, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Love in Swingtime, Mississippi Dreamboat, My Day, My Heart Jumped Over the Moon, Prelude to a Kiss, Pyramid, Rendezvous With Rhythm, Rent Party Blues, Savoy Strut, Savoy Strut (alternate take), Silvery Moon and Golden Sands, Swingin' in the Dell, Swingin' on the Campus, The Jeep Is Jumpin', There's Something About an Old Love, Wanderlust, You Can Count on Me, You Walked Out of the Picture, You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters bass, double bass A Lesson in C, Ain't the Gravy Good?, Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take), Beautiful Romance, Blue Is the Evening, Boudoir Benny, Carnival in Caroline, Chasin' Chippies, Delta Mood, Echoes of Harlem, Echoes of Harlem (alternate take), Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take), Gal-Avantin', I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Jubilesta, Lost in Meditation, Lost in Meditation (alternate take), Mobile Blues, Mobile Blues (alternate take), Ol' Man River, Pigeons and Peppers, Sharpy, She's Gone, Swing Pan Alley, Swingtime in Honolulu, The Boys From Harlem, Watchin'
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters bass Caravan, Clouds in My Heart, Clouds in My Heart (alternate take), Demi-Tasse, Demi-Tasse (alternate take), Four and One Half Street, Four and One-Half Street (alternate take), Frolic Sam, Frolic Sam (alternate take), Get It Southern Style, Get It Southern Style (alternate take), If You're Ever in My Arms Again, If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take), Jazz a la Carte, Jazz a la Carte (alternate take), Lament for a Lost Love, Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take), Moonlight Fiesta, Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take), Sponge Cake and Spinach, Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take), Stompy Jones
Lionel Hampton bass Don’t Be That Way, Memories of You, Ring Dem Bells, The Jumpin Jive, The Sun Will Shine To-night, The Sun Will Shine To-night (alternate take), Twelfth Street Rag, Twelfth Street Rag (alternate take), You’re My Ideal
Ida Cox double bass I Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Break My Heart, I Can’t Quit That Man (take 1), I Can’t Quit That Man (take 2), I Can’t Quit That Man (take 3), Last Mile Blues (take 1), Last Mile Blues (take 2), You Got to Swing and Sway (take 1), You Got to Swing and Sway (take 2)
Grant Johannesen bass guitar, double bass Don't Take Everybody to Be Friend, Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend, Down by the Riverside, How Far From God, How Far from God, When I Move to the Sky
Μάκης Παπόγλου bass guitar I Shall Know Him, I Was Healed, I'm Bound for Higher Grounds, There's a Highway to Heaven, When I Take My Vacation in Heaven, You Gotta Move
The Gotham Stompers bass, double bass Alabamy Home, Did Anyone Ever Tell You?, Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take), My Honey's Lovin' Arms, Where Are You?
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers tuba Crazy Chords, Gambling Jack, Load of Coal (Load of Cole), Oil Well, Primrose Stomp
Artie Shaw bass Beyond the Bue Horizon, Confessin' (That I Love You), Don't Take Your Love, Love Me a Little, Little
Dub Cutah bass Indigo Echoes, Indigo Echoes (alternate take), Tough Truckin', Tough Truckin' (alternate take)
Jack Teagarden's Big Eight double bass Shine, St James Infirmary, The Big Eight Blues, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Feva Forever bass Barney Goin' Easy, Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum), Just Another Dream, Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
Richard Trice bass guitar Down by the Riverside, Going Back to Jesus, Little Boy How Old Are You, My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers bass Lazy Man's Shuflle, Lazy Man's Shuflle (alternate take), Rexatious, Rexatious (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra bass Drummer's Delight, If I Thought You Cared, If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
Tanka bass guitar He Arose From the Grave, Silent Night, Holy Night, White Christmas
Bessie Smith double bass Do Your Duty, Gimme a Pigfoot, I'm Down in the Dumps
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra bass "Fat Stuff" Serenade, I'll Come Back for More, San Juan Hill
Square Mode bass guitar Bells of St. Mary's, Were You There When They Crucified the Lord
ITFW bass guitar My Body Belongs to God, Pressing Up the Upward Way
LOL Boys bass guitar Daniel in the Lion's Den (He Locked the Lion's Jaw), Ninety Nine and a Half Won't Do
Paul Williams bass guitar Is Everybody Happy, Run to Jesus Everyone
Ράνια Διζικιρίκη bass guitar He Watches Me, He's All I Need
Friendship Musical Group double bass All of Me / The Mooche / Margie / Louisiana / Baby Won't You Please Come Home? / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing / Doctor Jazz
Ocean City Defender double bass Mississippi Dreamboat
Robin Scott & Shikisha double bass Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra double bass Fish Market
Sammy Benskin double bass The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Jelly Roll Morton tuba Fickle Fay Creep
Mike McNeil double bass Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
Fats Waller double bass Honeysuckle Rose
The Rubi Theater Company bass guitar Jesus Remembers
Tigerlilly bass Fancy Free: Big Stuff (prologue) / I. Enter Three Sailors
Edmond Hall Sextet double bass The Man I Love
Duke Ellington bass Finesse
Στέφανος Μακρίδης bass guitar Ain't No Room in Church for Liars