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Billy Hart
US jazz drummer aka “Jabali” Billy Hart
Washington, D.C., United States • b. 1940-11-29
Billy Hart is credited on 1,690 releases across 463 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,690
Pressings credited
463
Albums
7
Decades active
290
In collections
Biography
Billy Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator. He is known internationally for his contributions with Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band in the early 1970s, as well as with Shirley Horn, Stan Getz, and Quest, among many others.
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Credited work
1,690 releases · 463 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 2,094
- Other credits · 46
- Production · 2
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Different Fur Studios · Sound Ideas Studios · Jazzhus Montmartre
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sextant
1973
On The Corner
1972
Karma
1969
Crossings
1972
V.S.O.P.
1977
Turnaround: Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions
2023
First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
2021
Mwandishi
1971
Big Fun
1974
Further Explorations
1958
The Jewel In The Lotus
1974
Black Unity
1972
Radio Music Society
2012
Heritage
1976
Treasure Chest
1974
Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
1973
Zawinul
1971
Odyssey Of Iska
1971
Live At The Village Gate
1965
Sunburst
1975
Dance Of Magic
1972
Spirit Sensitive
1979
Pinnacle
1975
Perception
1973
Frequent collaborators
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