Billy Taylor Hamilton College Interview Block 3 (Q10750)

Well usually I answer that question by saying that I had an uncle who was my father's brother, everyone on my father's side played the piano. But this one uncle played jazz as opposed to European classical music, which everybody else played in my grandfather's church. So my Uncle Bob was really the catalyst for my interest. He gave me my first Fats Waller record, he gave me my first Art Tatum ...