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.Billy Taylor discography accessed October 27, 2015Prestige 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, Mack Gordon) - 8:24 "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 5:28
Personnel Billy Taylor – piano Ben Tucker – bass Grady Tate – drums
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