title: Impromptu (Billy Taylor album)
text: # Impromptu (Billy Taylor album)
  
  Impromptu is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Mercury label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Several of these songs have remained in his repertoire and have been recorded again in the decades that followed".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Billy Taylor
  
  * "Capricious" - 2:20
  * "Impromptu" - 9:35
  * "Don't Go Down South" - 3:47
  * "Muffle Guffle" - 4:48
  * "Free and Oozy" - 6:27
  * "Paraphrase" - 4:48
  * "Empty Ballroom (Une Salle de Bal Vide)" - 4:20
  * "At la Carousel" - 6:08
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Billy Taylor - piano
  * Jim Hall - guitar
  * Bob Cranshaw - bass
  * Walter Perkins - drums
  