Amethyst (Billy Hart album)

1993 studio album by Billy Hart

Amethyst is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1993 and released on the Arabesque label.^[1][2]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by David R. Adler stating, "there's plenty of beautiful music on the album, plenty of representative brilliance from all these fine players, and even a substantial amount of originality and vision".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Hart except as indicated

1. "Amethyst" - 12:14
2. "King of Harts" (John Stubblefield) - 7:35
3. "El Junque" (Santi Debriano) - 7:32
4. "Melanos" (David Fiuzynski) - 10:09
5. "Irah" - 6:52
6. "Asylum" (Mark Feldman) - 12:05
7. "Dirty Dogs" (David Kikoski) - 10:25

Personnel

• Billy Hart - drums
• John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• David Fiuczynski - guitar
• David Kikoski - piano
• Marc Copland - keyboards (tracks 5 & 6)
• Mark Feldman - violin
• Santi Debriano - bass

References

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