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Welcome to the official website of drummer Billy Hart.
The majestic drummer Billy Hart brought his extraordinary ability to both respond to and spontaneously shape a band’s conception to three performances with three different groups. Freedom, discipline, daring, passion, swing, broken rhythm, orchestral textures, interactive sparring, shocking dynamics, astounding creativity and authority. Want to know what jazz is really about? Listen to Billy Hart.
— Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press
Oceans of Time book now available
Oceans of Time - The Musical Autobiography of Billy Hart as told to Ethan Iverson is now available from Cymbal Press.
Links to Purchase: Amazon, Bookshop.org
Read an except in The Nation.