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  • Billy Taylor at WBGO

    December 31, 2010. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Dr Billy Taylor, Great Live Moments, Rhonda Hamilton, toast of the nation

    "Dr T" came to try out the station's new Steinway. I think he likes the piano. He runs through the entire keyboard! This comes from the late 1980s.

    I hope you can listen to Toast of the Nation at 9pm Fri 12/31 and 3pm Sat 1/1 for a 30-minute remembrance of Dr Billy Taylor (1921-2010), hosted by Rhonda Hamilton. Dr Taylor invited Rhonda to host a live New Year's broadcast on NPR in 1979. She speaks about how much that meant to her, and we hear clips from some of his many NPR shows.

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