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Billy Hart

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His first steady gigs of note were with Shirley Horn andBuck Hill. In the 1960’s he toured with Jimmy Smith, WesMontgomery, Eddie Harris, and Pharoah Sanders. In1970 he joined Herbie Hancock’s Sextet, and after thatband broke up in 1973 he joined first McCoy Tyner (twoyears) and then Stan Getz (four). In the 1980’s Hart was aregular with many bands and leaders: Gerry Mulligan, BillyHarper, Clark Terry, The New York Jazz Quartet, theJazztet, Mingus Dynasty and most extensively with Quest(with David Liebman, Richie 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 hebegan performing with the Three Tenors (Liebman,Lovano, and Michael Brecker). He is on about 500hundred records as a sideman.

Album

David Janeway Trio/Live At Blue Llama

By David Janeway

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: All The Things You Are; A Child Is Born; Forward Motion; Sweet And Lovely; Gardenia; K's Shuffle; Star Crossed Lovers; You and The Night and The Music; I Should Care; Search For Peace/Blues On The Corner.

Album

Afrolantic

By Simon Cato Spang-Hanssen

Label: Spangster Records/Alisio Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Far From Mars; Open Sky Blue; Valse du Vendredi; Afrolantic; Evening Sky Blue; Earth Blues; Shadow of a Bird; In the House

Album

Pinnacle

By Buster Williams

Label: Time Traveler Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Hump; Noble Ego; Pinnacle; Tayamisha; Batuki

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Article: Interview

Kelly Green: Taking Care of the Music

Read "Kelly Green: Taking Care of the Music" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Singer/pianist Kelly Green works in a field that can be difficult to negotiate: jazz. In the United States, its popularity doesn't reach that of pop music in all its forms or rock music. But it is always there as a thriving art form. For the keepers of the flame at all levels of talent, ...

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Article: Interview

Dorota Piotrowska: Jazz With International Voices

Read "Dorota Piotrowska: Jazz With International Voices" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

As a child in Poland, Dorota Piotrowska was musical. She played piano and listened to records of music from America that her father was fond of, like The Doors, Led Zeppelin and Queen. At age seven her piano studies centered on classical music, as is the case with most kids taking up the instrument. ...

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Article: Live Review

Kenny Garrett at Ronnie Scott’s: The Ancestors in the Room

Read "Kenny Garrett at Ronnie Scott’s: The Ancestors in the Room" reviewed by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng

Kenny Garrett Ronnie Scott's London July 17, 2026 There are jazz clubs and there is the basement on Frith Street. Kenny Garrett, whom Miles Davis  heard and hired nearly forty years ago, is back, and at the first notes of 'Haynes Here' the room understood this would be not a night ...

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Article: Live Review

Three Icons Celebrate Miles Davis Centennial at Smoke Jazz Club

Read "Three Icons Celebrate Miles Davis Centennial at Smoke Jazz Club" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder

Eddie Henderson, Gary Bartz, and Billy Hart Smoke Jazz and Supper Club Miles Davis 100th Celebration New York, NY May 29, 2026 In late May 2026, the music community was in the throes of Miles Davis centennial mania. Music labels released fancy, often expensive re-packages of Davis' music. Davis' autobiography was given a ...

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Article: Interview

Eliane Elias: Lively and Live

Read "Eliane Elias: Lively and Live" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Eliane Elias is a jazz musician of the highest order. Her skills as a superlative pianist became known not long after she arrived in New York City from her São Paulo, Brazil, home in 1981. She drew notice as a member of Steps Ahead, a groundbreaking fusion group of the early 1980s that included ...

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Article: Album Review

David Janeway: David Janeway Trio/Live At Blue Llama

Read "David Janeway Trio/Live At Blue Llama" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Live at Blue LLama by the David Janeway Trio was recorded in June 2024 at the Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it is the kind of album that is unforced, deeply conversational, and grounded in a shared musical trust. Pianist Janeway has long valued rhythmic authority and melodic clarity over display and ...


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