Press Kit
Welcome to the press area for Billy Hart. Journalists, festival programmers, and event organizers can find essential resources here for media coverage and booking inquiries.
Billy Hart — born November 29, 1940 in Washington, D.C. — is one of the most recorded and respected drummers in jazz. His career spans collaborations with Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, and many others. He currently teaches at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Western Michigan University.
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Recent press highlights include Billy Hart being voted #1 Jazz Drummer in the 2015 Modern Drummer Reader's Poll, receiving the DC Jazz Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, and being named Traps Drummer of the Year by the Jazz Journalist's Association in 2013. The album Enjoy the View — featuring Hart alongside Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, and Joey DeFrancesco — earned a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 2015.