Billy Hart

drums · 1940 · Washington (D.C.)

Drummer and educator, member of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and accompanist of Shirley Horn and Stan Getz. He taught at Oberlin and the New England Conservatory and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2022.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Diff Customs (1977)
• Shadow Dance (1977)
• Corner Culture (1977)
• Rahsaan Is Beautiful (1977)

Sources

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