Billy Hart
| Billy Hart | |
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Hart performing in 1978
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| Background information | |
| Born |
29 November 1940 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Labels | Horizon, Gramavision, Arabesque, HighNote, Enja, SteepleChase, ECM |
| Associated acts | Herbie Hancock, The Cookers |
| Website | www |
William "Billy" Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most notable jazz musicians in history.
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.
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