Hall of Fame 2009

by B. Michael Williams “Amazing, gratifying, humbling,” is how Mickey Hart describes the experience of joining the ranks of the PAS Hall of Fame. “Being with all the greats—Tito [Puente], Baba [Olatunji], Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson. These are my teachers, my mentors, the brother and sisterhood. I ride on the shoulders of giants,”…

by Frederic Macarez As a Jacques Delécluse student at the Paris Conservatory (1979–81), then as his colleague at the Orchestre de Paris (1987–99), and also as a friend, I have shared with him many great moments of percussion, of music, and of life during almost 30 years. I am very happy and proud of this,…