As arts correspondent for Charles Kuralt’s CBS Sunday Morning, musical director of the David Frost Show, and broadcaster on WNEW and WLIB radio among others, Dr. Billy Taylor made invaluable contributions to jazz journalism, even in the midst of his storied career as a jazz pianist.
Tributes to the late Dr. Taylor are rolling in across the web – Marc Myers is a very good place to start.
[Update: A Blog Supreme, Will Friedwald in the WSJ. Feel free to add more in the comments.]