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Billy Hart

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His first steady gigs of note were with Shirley Horn and Buck Hill. In the 1960’s he toured with Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Eddie Harris, and Pharoah Sanders. In 1970 he joined Herbie Hancock’s Sextet, and after that band broke up in 1973 he joined first McCoy Tyner (two years) and then Stan Getz (four). In the 1980’s Hart was a regular with many bands and leaders: Gerry Mulligan, Billy Harper, Clark Terry, The New York Jazz Quartet, the Jazztet, Mingus Dynasty and most extensively with Quest (with David Liebman, Ritchie Beirach, and Ron McClure). In the 1990’s Hart was a member of the Charles Lloyd, Joe Lovano, and Tom Harrell groups, and in 1999 he began performing with the Three Tenors (Liebman, Lovano, and Michael Brecker). He is on about 500 hundred records as a sideman.
Slowly

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Air Dancing; Duchess; What a Difference a Day Makes; Rainbow / Keith Jarrett; Georgia;
Slowly; Lorca; But Beautiful
The David Restivo Trio: Arancina

by Dan McClenaghan
The David Restivo Trio's Arancina is all about home," whether it is pianist Restivo's ancestral home in Sicily, projected with a beautifully-painted homage on his four-part Sicilian Suite," or his brief home in Nova Scotia with Raven's Wing," inspired by the dark birds soaring over the Northumberland Strait which separates Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island. ...
Brian Landrus, Fred Hersch, Drew Gress, Billy Hart: For Now

by Angelo Leonardi
Due anni dopo il sontuoso progetto orchestrale pubblicato nell'album Generations (Blueland 2018) il compositore e multistrumentista allievo di Bob Brookmeyer, è tornato a incidere con un piccolo organico, aperto a suggestioni cameristiche (con l'aggiunta di un quartetto d'archi) o di taglio neo-bop (con il trombettista Michael Rodriguez). Quand'era adolescente Brian Landrus era una ...
Logan Richardson: To Boldly Go Where No Jazz Has Gone Before

by Chris May
In a 2016 interview, jny: Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Logan Richardson said: Jazz will constantly change because there's constantly a new us, new times. There will always be a fight from the conformists--but they don't represent where the tradition is coming from." Richardson was talking not long after the release of his adventurous Blue Note album, ...
Dave Douglas: Marching Music

by Angelo Leonardi
Gli intenti che stanno alla base del nuovo disco di Dave Douglas e la data di registrazione sono significativi. Come scrive il trombettista nelle note di copertina, il progetto è stato concepito come musica da ascoltare in cuffia durante le manifestazioni di protesta a favore del clima, dei diritti civili e di tutte le altre azioni ...
Tenor Titans - Mark Turner Now

by Russell Perry
Tenor player Mark Turner is one of the few prominent players who identify tenor player Warne Marsh as an influence. Marsh was a student of pianist/composer Lennie Tristano, whose compositional influence can also be heard in Turner's work. Over the past 25 years, Turner has released a relatively small set of discs as a leader, with ...
Midnight Silence

Album: Doctone
By Noah Haidu
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 8:38
Tenor Titans: The Many Sides of Chris Potter

by Russell Perry
Chris Potter came on the scene in the early 1990s and proceeded to collaborate with a Who's Who" of modern jazz including Paul Motian, Patricia Barber, Renee Rosnes, Billy Hart, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, and Pat Metheny. While his work as a leader is highly celebrated earning him standing among the best saxophone players ...
For Now

Label: BlueLand Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Signs; Clarity in Time; The Miss; JJ; For Now; ‘Round Midnight; Invitation; For Whom I Imagined; The
Night of Change; The Second Time; Her Smile; The Wait; Ruby, My Dear.