JB Floyd (né James Robert Floyd; born 2 June 1929) is an American concert pianist (jazz, classical, experimental, avant-garde, and the like), composer, and music pedagogue at the collegiate level. Before retiring in 2013, Floyd had spent 64 years as a music educator in higher education, notably as Chairman of Keyboard Performance, at Northern Illinois University from 1962 to 1981 and Chairman of Keyboard Performance at the University of Miami Frost School of Music from 1982 to 2013. Floyd is a Yamaha Artist.
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2 June 1929 (age 96) Tyler, Texas
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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