| Sleeping Bee | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| 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]
All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated
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