All our reasons hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding. Bassist ben street is a member of the jazz groups orange then blue on gmrecordings and sephardic tinge on tzadik. O ne of the leading drummers of his generation, billy hart continues to make jazz history with his quartet. As with quartet, all our reasons includes a song written for hart s daughter imke, but imkes march is more unusual, beginning and ending with an a capella whistled theme, that bookends its weightier center, driven by hart s ability to play liberally with time oftentimes seeming more to suggest it, while never losing sight of it. Jochen is mostly known for his work in 12 years of the marc copland trio, the mid2000 kurt rosenwinkel new quartet, all of nils wograms root 70, and recent work with the melissa aldana trio. Master drummer billy hart asked if he could borrow the bands name as. Strong compositions by leaderdrummer hart, tenorist mark turner and pianist ethan iverson. The groups reach already broad on 2011s widelyacclaimed all our reasons is yet more expansive here. Billy hart, who was born in 1940 in washington, dc, is a jazz drummer and. The billy hart quartet s acclaimed debut album on ecm records. Billy hart quartet highnote, 2006 all our reasons ecm, 2012 one is the other ecm, 2014 with david binney.
One is the other billy hart quartet, billy hart songs. All our reasons is harts debut as a leader for ecm, but hes certainly no stranger to the label, appearing on ecm dates beginning with bennie maupins 1974 jewel in the lotus and several releases as a member of charles lloyds quartet. Strong original compositions by leader and drummer hart, tenorist mark turner and pianist ethan iverson reflect upon the musics history and are distinguished by vivid and. Though harts debut as leader on ecm, all our reasons, dates from 2011, he first. The groups reach already broad on 2011s widelyacclaimed all our reasons. In one sense, this set shows the groups growth theyve been together since 2005, and picks up where aor left off, but more importantly, it reveals the more disciplined and inquisitive dimension of its collective persona, even as it revisits some tunes from its members pasts. Billy hart, all our reasons among the cooler things about learning to play jazz is that you can often call up your elders, and sometimes even your idols, and see if they will perform with you. Mark turner tenor saxophone, ethan iverson piano, ben street double bass, billy hart drums, james farber engineer, peter neusser cover art, manfred eicher producer.
Following montgomerys death in 1968, hart moved to new york, where he recorded with. Gerry mulligan, billy harper, clark terry, the new york jazz quartet, the jazztet, mingus dynasty and most extensively with quest with david liebman, ritchie beirach, and ron mcclure. The band consisted of iverson on piano, reid anderson on double bass, jeff williams on drums, and bill mchenry on tenor saxophone. From 1996 on, jeff ran rock river communications with billy straus, producing several hundred compilation albums for retailbrand clients like. The billy hart quartets one is the other follows all our reasons, its noted debut for ecm, by less than two years. Except that here, the bad plus saxophonist and former pianist almost turn their collaboration into a moment of. Sunday, june 5 with billy hart quartet and oceans of time. But it was with 2012s all our reasons that the drummer moved to ecm, reaping the benefits of the labels renowned attention to detail. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
In the 1980s hart was a regular with many bands and leaders. Ecm 2012 track listing song for balkis hart ohnedaruth hart. His work in avantgarde and free jazz during the 90s include performing and recording with lee konitz, tim berne, and in a variety of line ups with drummer kenny wolleson. As a knockon effect of covid19 airfreight prices around the world have soared. Download aaron parks, ben street, billy hart find the way 2017. Jochen is a jazz drumming german expat living in nyc. Drummer billy hart leads his quartet on these sessions, recorded in new york city in 2011, showing off a freer and more spacious sound than on the groups previous outings. After working together in drummer billy harts quartet all our reasons in 2012 and one is the other in 2014, mark turner and ethan iverson are collaborating in a duo for the first time, in a way reminiscent of the legendary tandem warne marshlennie tristano.
Billy is a big reason the healdsburg jazz festival has been able to work miracles for 17 years. All our reasons billy hart, ethan iverson, mark turner. As with quartet, all our reasons includes a song written for harts daughter imke, but imkes march is more unusual, beginning and ending with an a capella whistled theme, that bookends its weightier center, driven by harts ability to play liberally with time oftentimes seeming more to suggest it, while never losing sight of it. While the bad plus, he argued, are a reasonably established lineup, strong enough to survive most punches, the same cannot be said of the billy hart quartet. This astounding release is the epitome of pure jazz featuring an allstar quartet of musicians including drummer billy hart, pianist ethan iverson, saxophonist mark turner and bassist ben street. All our reasons is hart s debut as a leader for ecm, but hes certainly no stranger to the label, appearing on ecm dates beginning with bennie maupins 1974 jewel in the lotus and several releases as a member of charles lloyds quartet. His deliberate avoidance of formal music education, albeit initially for budgetary reasons, provides a great lack of erudite nonsense in his writing. Reluctantly, we have had to pass on some of this increase in our standard airmail prices.
A sparingly present but incisive iverson often plays solos that dont sound like jazz, while former charles lloyd drummer billy hart and bassist. With this release hart has conjured a darkly glowing jewel of his own. An eponymous, wellreceived debut album in 2005 raised the bands profile outside of new york city, and the followups 2012s all our reasons and last. The billy hart quartet, pictured here at the jazz standard in new york, begins a weeklong residency at the village vanguard tonight. If no one buys all our reasons because it is uploaded everywhere on the internet, producing a followup will be almost impossible. Billy hart quartet, one is the other in highresolution. Hart was a member of herbie hancocks sextet 19691973, and played with mccoy tyner 19731974 and stan getz 19741977, in addition to extensive freelance playing including recording with miles davis on 1972s on the corner. Selected discography billy hart has performed on over 600 recordings as a leader and sideman. Download billy hart discography pdf saturday, june 4 with quest and enchance. Here is a selected discography spanning his entire career. Mikkel ploug group fresh sound new talent, 2007 harmoniehof new talent, 2008 with. Double bass ben street drums billy hart piano ethan iverson tenor saxophone mark turner the billy hart quartets one is the other follows all our reasons, its noted debut for ecm, by less than two years. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Bass ben street drums billy hart piano ethan iverson tenor saxophone mark turner the billy hart quartets one is the other follows all our reasons, its noted debut for ecm, by less than two years.
Aaron parks, ben street, billy hart find the way 2017. Cities and desire criss cross, 2006 barefooted town criss cross, 2011 with mikkel ploug. Billy hart, ethan iverson, mark turner, ben street all our reasons. The collection of 18,000 cds grew out of jeffs personal cd collection, having worked for several labels in the 1990s emi, chrysalis, irs, roadrunner. In one sense, this set shows the groups growth theyve been together. In 2003, this group was called the ethan iversonmark turner quartet. On this more forceful followup to the groups debut last years excellent all our reasons, the leader shares the credits with pianist and jazz. All our reasons billy hart, ethan iverson, mark turner, ben street. Shading from dark and light, this rhythmically engaging effort is a flawless collaboration between a quartet that has worked together since 2003.
Except that here, the bad plus saxophonist and former. Oceans of time is an album by american jazz drummer billy hart recorded in 1996 and released on the arabesque label. Working with the phenomenally creative and talented pianist ethan iverson bad plus, saxophonist mark turner fly, and bassist ben street orange then blue, hart constantly seeks new territory, pushing the boundaries of postbop and straightahead, of free jazz and composition, all. Has the notion of stealing become obsolete when it comes. Live at smalls is a live album by american jazz pianist ethan iversons quartet. All our reasons is a jazz album by drummer billy hart, released on ecm records in 2012 as ecm 2248.
As the billy hart quartet, the four musicians have continued to play a number of dates each year, often at new yorks village vanguard. A flexible drummer who has been a sideman in many different settings, billy hart is a creative player most at home playing advanced jazz. William billy hart born november 29, 1940 is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history. Mikkel ploug group fresh sound, 2007 harmoniehof fresh sound, 2008 faroe sunnyside, 2018 with ferenc nemeth.
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