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Billy Hart Quartet at Birdland Theater
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Where
Birdland Theater
315 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Map
(212) 581-3080
When
Fri, August 16, 2024
9:30 pm
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Musicians
Billy Hart
drumsAbout
William Billy Hart (born November 29, 1940 in Washington, D.C.) is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C. with soul artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave, and then later with Buck Hill and Shirley Horn, and was a sideman with the Montgomery Brothers (1961), Jimmy Smith (19641966), and Wes Montgomery (19661968). Hart moved to New York in 1968, where he recorded with McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, and Joe Zawinul, and played with Eddie Harris, Pharoah Sanders, and Marian McPartland.Hart was a member of Herbie Hancocks sextet (19691973), and played with McCoy Tyner (19731974), Stan Getz (19741977), and Quest (1980s), in addition to extensive freelance playing (including recording with Miles Davis on 1972s On the Corner).Billy Hart works steadily and teaches widely...