"Just" is an elegant album calculated to please. More than any earlier releases on ECM, it is Billy Hart's album, The quartet has been working together for over twenty years and has rightly morphed ...

At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 albums is releasing another by his long-running quartet. At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 ...

A first-call drummer for more than 50 years, Jabali is now officially joining the ranks of the Jazz Masters Billy Hart at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (photo: John Abbott) Billy Hart ...

Elder statesman of the drums, contributor to Miles Davis's On the Corner (Columbia, 1972), and Washington, DC, native: Billy Hart was the perfect figure to feature in a centennial celebration of Miles ...

As a drummer, composer and educator, Billy Hart has participated in the history of jazz from behind the kit as largely an unsung hero. If so, then no longer — Hart was recently accorded the form's ...

The spotlight took its own sweet time finding Billy Hart, but its late arrival should still be celebrated. Among the first rank of jazz drummers, he’s a keenly responsive musician who brings ...

It was announced eight months ago, but Billy Hart’s National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship still baffles him. “All of my heroes are jazz masters. It’s hard to see myself as one of ...

The legendary jazz drummer played with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz. His new memoir tells all—and lays out his own philosophy. Billy Hart in concert at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in May 2017 ...

The spotlight took its own sweet time finding Billy Hart, but its late arrival should still be celebrated. Among the first rank of jazz drummers, he’s a keenly responsive musician who brings ...

The idea of balance is synonymous with the leading melodic voice in the group, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner (see also my Album of the Year for 2019, link below). His focused sound, his capacity to ...