March 15, 1929 Cecil Percival Taylor, jazz pianist and poet, was born in New York City. Taylor began playing piano at the age of six and studied at the New York College of Music and New England Conservatory. He formed his own band and released his first recording, “Jazz Advance,” in 1956. In 1964, Taylor […]
Archive | March 15, 2013
Search
Subscribe to TiAAH
African American History Categories
Previous Days in African American History
Other African American History Posts
- September 5th in African American History – Benjamin Brown
- Franklin Delano Raines – January 14th in African American History
- April 16th in African American History – Ralph Waldo Ellison
- June 6th in African American History – Tommie Smith
- February 12th in African American History – William Felton “Bill” Russell
cloud
Academy Award
Air Force
All-Star
Army
athlete
baseball
Baseball Hall of Fame
basketball
Broadway
civil rights activist
Civil Rights Movement
College Football Hall of Fame
composer
Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
educator
Emmy Award
football
Grammy Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
International Boxing Hall of Fame
jazz
Medal of Honor
NAACP
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
National Endowment for the Arts
National Medal of Arts
Navy
NEA Jazz Master
NFL
Olympics
painter
pianist
poet
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize
R&B
record producer
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
singer
songwriter
Spingarn Medal
Tony Award
World War II
writer