This memoir reads very well! I’m curious about one recording Billy is on and whether he has spoken about it. He is the drummer on Jon Jang’s “Two Flowers on a Stem”. That record includes erhu and a version of the Mingus composition ‘Meditations on Integration’. Not your average date! I would love to know how Billy came to play that date and whether he feels it was successful.
Reading this reminds me of why I love Black Music. Over his career, Billy Hart has pushed, pulled, prodded music forward, listening to and being inspired by the musicians he works with. I have always loved "Enhance" (Oliver Lake, Dewey Redman, Hannibal!!), "Oceans of Time", "Sixty-Eight" on SteepleChase, and now the Quartet albums. One can go back to these recordings time and again and hear/learn something new! Thanks for sharing, Ethan! Great reading!
Very much looking forward to the full memoir. Mr. Hart’s insight, generosity, and passion In recollection are at the same level as his beautiful music, which is to put him at the very top of the masters of music. What a treasure!
This memoir reads very well! I’m curious about one recording Billy is on and whether he has spoken about it. He is the drummer on Jon Jang’s “Two Flowers on a Stem”. That record includes erhu and a version of the Mingus composition ‘Meditations on Integration’. Not your average date! I would love to know how Billy came to play that date and whether he feels it was successful.
“One Is The Other” is a beautiful, romantic, album with an avant-garde but approachable feel. I just listened to it again. Nice work!
great, thanks Bill. I like the piano playing on "Amethyst" it's a good duo with Billy
Reading this reminds me of why I love Black Music. Over his career, Billy Hart has pushed, pulled, prodded music forward, listening to and being inspired by the musicians he works with. I have always loved "Enhance" (Oliver Lake, Dewey Redman, Hannibal!!), "Oceans of Time", "Sixty-Eight" on SteepleChase, and now the Quartet albums. One can go back to these recordings time and again and hear/learn something new! Thanks for sharing, Ethan! Great reading!
Thanks Richard!
Very much looking forward to the full memoir. Mr. Hart’s insight, generosity, and passion In recollection are at the same level as his beautiful music, which is to put him at the very top of the masters of music. What a treasure!
Aw great, thanks Chuck!
I’d pay to see:
Don Was, bass::
Anat Cohen, clarinet.
Pka
Was Anat Not Was