Sleeping Bee Explained

Sleeping Bee
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Billy Taylor Trio
Cover:	Sleeping Bee.jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	April 1969
Studio:	RCA Studio, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:57
Label:	MPS MPS 15234 Prestige PR 7762
Producer:	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Chronology:	Billy Taylor
Prev Title:	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	OK Billy
Next Year:	1970

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

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

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

• • Billy Taylor – piano Ben Tucker – bass
• Grady Tate – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.billytaylorjazz.com/discography.php Billy Taylor discography
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7700-series/#pr-7762 Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series