Sleeping Bee

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]

This article is about the album by Billy Taylor. For the song by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote, see A Sleepin' Bee.
Sleeping Bee
Studio album by
Billy Taylor Trio
Released1969
RecordedApril 1969
RCA Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length42:57
LabelMPS
MPS 15234
Prestige
PR 7762
ProducerHans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Billy Taylor chronology
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
(1968)		 Sleeping Bee
(1969)		 OK Billy
(1970)
Billy Taylor Today cover

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The enjoyable music swings and fits perfectly into the jazz mainstream of the era".[3]

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

References
  1. Billy Taylor discography Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 27, 2015
  2. Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series accessed October 27, 2015
  3. Yanow, Scott. Sleeping Bee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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