Reading musicians' comments about a musician is interesting and often instructive. I remember particularly enjoying the comment sidebars in Art Pepper's STRAIGHT LIFE, and the views on Charlie Parker and Bud Powell in Art Tay.lor's NOTES AND TONES: MUSICIAN TO MUSICIAN INTERVIEWS. There's a fascinating set of interviews, BIRD: THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER. To be sure, it's been a while and I've forgotten most of the content, remembering just snippets.
I don't recall dscussions in these other books about aesthetics and technique. Perhaps your book's drummer comments include such discussions. I'll have to have a look —
Just read the introduction & I am knocked out. Just what I'd want, combining autobiography, with aesthetics, technique, cultural discussion. Sounds like an actual conversation. Thanks for helping him pull this off.
I just saw Azar Lawrence in Basel last night with The Cookers! Billy Hart was originally scheduled as the drummer, but he was replaced by E. J. Strickland. I saw that you are playing with the Hart Quartet in New York this week.
Ordered my copy. Can’t wait! I plan to use it during my public interview of Julian Priester this month at the Seattle Jazz Fellowship.
Sounds fab!
Reading musicians' comments about a musician is interesting and often instructive. I remember particularly enjoying the comment sidebars in Art Pepper's STRAIGHT LIFE, and the views on Charlie Parker and Bud Powell in Art Tay.lor's NOTES AND TONES: MUSICIAN TO MUSICIAN INTERVIEWS. There's a fascinating set of interviews, BIRD: THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER. To be sure, it's been a while and I've forgotten most of the content, remembering just snippets.
I don't recall dscussions in these other books about aesthetics and technique. Perhaps your book's drummer comments include such discussions. I'll have to have a look —
Just read the introduction & I am knocked out. Just what I'd want, combining autobiography, with aesthetics, technique, cultural discussion. Sounds like an actual conversation. Thanks for helping him pull this off.
I just saw Azar Lawrence in Basel last night with The Cookers! Billy Hart was originally scheduled as the drummer, but he was replaced by E. J. Strickland. I saw that you are playing with the Hart Quartet in New York this week.
Amazing. My copy arrives tomorrow I think.
I wish you had asked Victor Lewis to comment . He needs some community . Do an interview now ?
I tried to reach Victor but it didn't happen. There's a long list of drummers who didn't respond to my inquiry.
Any way I can buy this in the UK without swelling Bezos' coffers?
I don’t know
It appears to be available from Blackwells (no picture of the book) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Oceans-of-Time-by-Hart-Billy/9781955604246
Thanks, Brian!
this is who owns blackwells - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Investment_Management
you are giving it to one oligarch or the other, lol..
Oh God. Can I buy one direct from you, Ethan?? :-)
I too would like to buy an autographed copy.