Jazz
United States
Billy Kyle
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![Listen to Undecided (feat. Crummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Dale Jones & Barrett Deems) [Live From The Hollywood Bowl/1956] by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music122/v4/fd/a7/0c/fda70c9b-1e6a-8915-b8db-71f8456d034e/18UMGIM13490.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Undecided (feat. Crummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Dale Jones & Barrett Deems) [Live From The Hollywood Bowl/1956] by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to When the Saints Go Marching In (feat. Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems, Billy Kyle, Edmond Hall, Trummy Young & Velma Middleton) [Live] by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music114/v4/0a/9b/ef/0a9bef3b-6e83-06d6-2688-fd58f1b656f2/JP00244645.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to When the Saints Go Marching In (feat. Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems, Billy Kyle, Edmond Hall, Trummy Young & Velma Middleton) [Live] by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, see lyrics, music video & more!")
About Billy Kyle
Hometown
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Born
July 14, 1914
Genre
Jazz
A fluent pianist with a light touch, Billy Kyle never achieved much fame, but he always worked steadily. A professional from the time he was 18, Kyle played in the big bands of Tiny Bradshaw and Lucky Millinder and then became an important part of the John Kirby Sextet (1938-1942), a perfect vehicle for his style. He was forced to leave the band when he was drafted and, after three years in the military (1942-1945), Kyle freelanced, working fairly often with Sy Oliver. He joined Louis Armstrong's All-Stars in 1953 and was there for nearly 13 years until his death. His playing with Armstrong, although appealing, tended to be very predictable. Billy Kyle had very few opportunities to record as a leader and none during his Armstrong years; just some octet and septet sides in 1937, two songs with a quartet in 1939, and outings in 1946 with a trio and an octet, 17 songs in all. ~ Scott Yanow
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