Billy Hart

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Billy Hart

Hart performing in 1978
Background information
Born (1940-11-29) 29 November 1940
Washington, D.C. United States
Genres Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s) Musician, educator
Instruments Drums
Years active Early 1960s - present
Associated acts Herbie Hancock,
Website Official Site

William "Billy" Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.

Biography

Billy Hart at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA

Hart was born in Washington, D.C., where early on in his career he performed with soul artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave, and then later with Buck Hill and Shirley Horn, and was a sideman with the Montgomery Brothers (1961), Jimmy Smith (1964–1966), and Wes Montgomery (1966–68). Following Montgomery’s death in 1968, Hart moved to New York, where he recorded with McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, and Joe Zawinul, and played with Eddie Harris, Pharoah Sanders, and Marian McPartland.

Hart was a member of Herbie Hancock's sextet (1969–73), and played with McCoy Tyner (1973–74), Stan Getz (1974–77), and Quest (1980s), in addition to extensive freelance playing (including recording with Miles Davis on 1972's On the Corner).

At the age of 70, Billy Hart works steadily and teaches widely. Since the early 1990s he spends considerable time at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and is adjunct faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music and Western Michigan University. He also conducts private lessons through The New School and New York University. Hart often contributes to the Stokes Forest Music Camp and the Dworp Summer Jazz Clinic in Belgium.

He leads a group with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, and Ben Street. He is also featured in a trio led by pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, another led by guitarist Assaf Kehati, and an all-star band, the Cookers, with Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Craig Handy, George Cables and Cecil McBee, who have toured extensively and recorded two CDs.

Hart resides in Montclair, New Jersey.[1]

Gallery

Discography

As leader

Collaborations

With Quest

Billy Hart (right) with Johnny Alegre (center) and bassist Ron McClure (left). This photo was taken in New York City when they recorded "Johnny Alegre 3" for MCA Music.

As sideman

With Yelena Eckemoff featuring Mark Turner, Joe Locke & George Mraz

With Yelena Eckemoff featuring Arild Andersen

With Yelena Eckemoff featuring Mark Feldman & Ben Street

With Paul Bley

With Hamiet Bluiett

With Catalyst

With Stanley Cowell

With Miles Davis

With Richard Davis

With Dave Douglas

With Charles Earland

With Sonny Fortune

With Chico Freeman

With Stan Getz

With Dick Griffin

With Herbie Hancock

With Billy Harper

With Eddie Harris

With Eddie Henderson

With The Jazztet

With Duke Jordan

With Lee Konitz

with Harold Land

With Azar Lawrence

With Charles Lloyd

With Joe Lovano

With Pat Martino

With Bennie Maupin

With Cecil McBee

With Mingus Dynasty

With Wes Montgomery

With James Mtume

With Tisziji Munoz

With James Newton

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

With Hannibal Marvin Peterson

With Pharoah Sanders

With Iñaki Sandoval

With Wayne Shorter

With Jimmy Smith

With Idrees Sulieman

With Charles Sullivan

With Horace Tapscott

With Buddy Terry

With McCoy Tyner

With Tom Varner

With Buster Williams

With Joe Zawinul

With others

References

  1. ↑ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004.
  2. ↑ Chinen, Nate. New York Times. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/arts/music/review-john-raymond-uncovering-the-possibilities-of-the-familiar.html. Retrieved 11 August 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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