Sleeping Bee

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
Released	1969
Recorded	April 1969
Studio	RCA Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:57
Label	MPS MPS 15234 Prestige PR 7762
Producer	Hans 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

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Billy Taylor – piano
• Ben Tucker – bass
• Grady Tate – drums

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.