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The Cookers: A Bebop Supergroup

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The Cookers: A Bebop Supergroup

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Individually, they've been at the core of the post-bop jazz scene for decades. So it's no surprise that as a band, they're colossal. Hear drummer Billy Hart and this collective play original pieces.

The Cookers: A Bebop Supergroup

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Billy Hart Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

WBGO

Hart has lived through multiple sea changes in jazz; what makes him exciting to watch is that he's also clearly absorbed them all. Here, the career sideman steps into the leader's chair.

Billy Hart Quartet in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 09/23/2009

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