An amazing tune by Billy Taylor, played three times (by him twice with different drummers three times).
The first one is coupled with the incredible “Oscalypso” (which is also covered in fine fashion by Curtis Fuller and my personal favorite version, by Art Blakey). Incidentally, my favorite cover of “Titoro” is on Yusef Lateef’s masterpiece The Centaur and the Phoenix.
1958 (Oscar Pettiford):
1958 (with Ed Thigpen):
2001 (with Steve Johns):
