Oceans of Time

Oceans of Time
Oceans of Time
Studio album by Billy Hart
Released	1997
Recorded	August 29 & 30, 1996 at EastSide Sound, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:42
Label	Arabesque; AJ0129
Producer	David Ballou and Billy Hart
Billy Hart chronology

Oceans of Time is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1996 and released on the Arabesque label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars.^[3] JazzTimes' Bill Bennett said "The ensemble concept works from an acoustic foundation, with violin, reeds and guitar layering on timbral and textural range. What Hart seeks, and finds, in his bandmates is that ability to shift gears, to move from inside to outside, to follow his rhythmic cues from the realm of dense, atmospheric arrangements into more direct renderings of the blues sensibility. Hart's inherent lyricism holds it all together, interacting freely with the beat without ever losing the swing factor. This is truly a band worth hearing".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Hart except as indicated

"One for Carter" (John Stubblefield) - 6:50
"Téulé's Redemption" - 12:03
"Shadow" (Dave Kikoski) - 7:11
"Oceans of Time" - 9:30
"Tosh" (Chris Potter) - 8:36
"Mind Reader" (Santi Debriano) - 10:50
"Father Demo Square" (Mark Feldman) - 8:13
"Offering" (Debriano) - 8:29

Personnel

Billy Hart - drums
Chris Potter - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
David Fiuczynski - guitar
David Kikoski - piano
Mark Feldman - violin
Santi Debriano - bass

References

^ Billy Hart discography accessed February 3, 2015
^ Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 14, 2018
^ ^a ^b Adler, D. R., Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2015
^ Bennett, B., JazzTimes Review, April 1998
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 661. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Billy Hart discography accessed February 3, 2015

[2] Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 14, 2018

[Allmusic-3] Adler, D. R., Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2015

[4] Bennett, B., JazzTimes Review, April 1998

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 661. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Billy Hart
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Enchance (1977) Oshumare (1985) Rah (1987) Amethyst (1993) Oceans of Time (1996) Billy Hart Quartet (2005) Sixty-Eight (2009) All Our Reasons (2011) One Is the Other (2013)
Live albums	Tribal Ghost (with John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell, and Cecil McBee, 2007)