HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY HART

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William “Billy” Hart (born November 29, 1940 in Washington, D.C.) is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.

 

 

Biography[edit]

Billy Hart at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA (Photo: Brian McMillen)

Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C. with soul artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave, and then later with Buck Hill and Shirley Horn, and was asideman with the Montgomery Brothers (1961), Jimmy Smith (1964–1966), and Wes Montgomery (1966–1968). 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 (1969–1973), and played with McCoy Tyner (1973–1974), Stan Getz (1974–1977), and Quest (1980s), in addition to extensive freelance playing (including recording with Miles Davis on 1972’s On the Corner).

At age 70, Billy Hart works steadily and teaches widely.[citation needed] Since the early 1990s Hart 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 andNew 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 2 CDs.[citation needed]

Hart resides in Montclair, New Jersey.[1]

Discography[edit]

As leader[edit]

Collaborations[edit]

With Quest

  • II (Storyville, 1987)
  • Midpoint – Quest III Live at the Montmartre Copenhagen Denmark (Storyville, 1987)
  • N.Y. Nites – Standards (PAN Music, 1988)
  • Natural Selection (Pathfinder/Core, 1988)
  • Of One Mind (CMP, 1990)
  • Re-Dial (Live in Hamburg) (Outnote, 2007)
  • Circular Dreaming (Enja, 2011)

As sideman[edit]

With Hamiet Bluiett

  • Resolution (Black Saint, 1978)
  • Dangerously Suite (Soul Note, 1981)

With Catalyst

With Miles Davis

With Richard Davis

With Charles Earland

With Sonny Fortune

  • Awakening (Horizon, 1975)
  • It Ain’t What It Was (Konnex, 1992)

With Chico Freeman

With Stan Getz

  • McCoy Tyner Quintet / Stan Getz Quartet – Jazz Jamboree 74, Vol. 2 (Muza, 1975)
  • Various – Standard School Broadcast “Music Makers”: Woodwinds & Reeds (Chevron, 1975)
  • Stan Getz featuring João Gilberto – The Best of Two Worlds (Columbia, 1976)
  • Stan Getz Quartet feat. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – Live At Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1977)
  • Stan Getz, Philippe Sarde – Mort d’un pourri (O.S.T.) (Melba, 1977)
  • Another World (Columbia, 1978)
  • The Stan Getz Quartet – Pure Getz (Concord Jazz, 1982)
  • The Master (Columbia, 1982)
  • Blue Skies (Concord Jazz, 1982, issued in 1995)

With Dick Griffin

  • Now Is the Time (Trident, 1979)
  • The Eighth Wonder & More (Konnex, 1994)

With Herbie Hancock

With Eddie Harris

With Eddie Henderson

With the Jazztet

  • Nostalgia (Baystate, 1983)

With Lee Konitz

  • Lee Konitz Nonet – Yes, Yes, Nonet (SteepleChase, 1979)
  • Lee Konitz Nonet – Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1979, issued in 1984)

With Azar Lawrence

With Joe Lovano

With Pat Martino

  • Exit (Muse, 1976)

With Bennie Maupin

With Cecil McBee

  • Mutima (Strata-East, 1974)
  • Flying Out (India Navigation, 1982)

With Mingus Dynasty

  • Live At the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris (Soul Note, 1989)

With Wes Montgomery

  • Live at Jorgies Jazz Club (VGM, 1961, issued later)
  • Live at Jorgies Jazz Club and More (VGM, 1961, 1968, issued later)

With James Mtume

  • Mtume Umoja Ensemble – Alkebu-Lan – Land of the Blacks (Live at The East) (Strata-East, 1972)
  • Rebirth Cycle (Third Street, 1974, issued in 1977)

With James Newton

  • James Newton (Gramavision, 1983)
  • Luella (Gramavision, 1984)
  • The African Flower – The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Blue Note, 1985)

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

  • Trio 1 (SteepleChase, 1978)
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quartet – Dancing on the Tables (SteepleChase, 1979)

With Hannibal Marvin Peterson

  • Hannibal Marvin Peterson, The Sunrise Orchestra – Children of the Fire (Sunrise, 1974)
  • Naima (Eastworld, 1978)

With Pharoah Sanders

  • Karma (Impulse!, 1969)
  • Izipho Zam (Strata-East, 1969, issued in 1973)
  • Black Unity (Impulse!, 1972)
  • Live at The East (Impulse!, 1972)

With Wayne Shorter

With Jimmy Smith

With Charles Sullivan

  • Genesis (Strata-East, 1974)
  • Re-Entry (Whynot, 1976)

With McCoy Tyner

  • Asante (Blue Note, 1970, issued in 1974)
  • Sama Layuca (Milestone, 1974)

With Tom Varner

With Buster Williams

  • Pinnacle (Muse, 1975)
  • Crystal Reflections (Muse, 1976)
  • Heartbeat (Muse, 1979)
  • Dreams Come True (Buddha, 1980)

With Joe Zawinul

With others

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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