title: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes
text: # Billy Taylor with Four Flutes
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Billy Taylor with Four Flutes is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with reviewer Scott Yanow calling it "essentially bop, but the unusual instrumentation gives the set its own personality. Enjoyable music that certainly stands out from the crowd".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated
  
  * "The Song Is Ended" (Irving Berlin) - 3:54
  * "Back Home" - 6:44
  * "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) - 2:28
  * "Oh, Lady Be Good" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:40
  * "No Parking" - 2:53
  * "Koolbongo" (Mary Lou Williams) - 4:18
  * "Blue Shutters" - 6:54
  * "One for the Woofer" - 4:42
  * "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) - 4:54
  * Recorded in New York City on July 20 (tracks 1, 2 & 7-9) and July 24 (tracks 3-6), 1959.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Billy Taylor - piano
  * Phil Bodner (tracks 1, 2 & 7-9), Herbie Mann (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), Seldon Powell (track 5), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1-6 & 8), Jerry Sanfino (tracks 3-6), Bill Slapin (tracks 3-7 & 9), Frank Wess (tracks 1, 2 & 7-9) - flute
  * Tommy Williams - bass
  * Dave Bailey (tracks 1, 2 & 7-9), Albert Heath (tracks 3-6) - drums
  * Chino Pozo - congas
  