Billy Taylor Hamilton College Interview Block 33 (Q10780)

Well in my case, my grandfather, as I said was a Baptist minister. He was one of the founders of the [inaudible] Baptist Church. We spent a lot of time in church. My father was the choir director. His sister and brothers played the organ. There were a lot of choir rehearsals in my house. So I grew up hearing the spirituals, hearing the Black rendition of the traditional church music of the Bap ...