Jazz Beat

Jazz Beat host Tom Reney spoke with the drummer Joe Farnsworth on September 30. Billy Hart, a master drummer in his own right, describes Farnsworth as "one of the rhythm philosophers" in the liner note he's written for Joe's new album, Time to Swing. Farnsworth was raised in a musical family in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1968. For the past 30 years, he's been one of the most in-demand drummers on the New York scene, but he's made only a handful of albums as a leader. Time to Swing features Wynton Marsalis in a rare sideman appearance, as well as Kenny Barron and Peter Washington, and the critical acclaim it's receiving underscores Farnsworth's prominence in jazz today. Musical interludes in the interview include "Hesitation," "Down By the Riverside," and "The Good Shepherd," from Time to Swing; as well as "Corner Pocket" by Count Basie; "The Trance" by Booker Ervin; "Seven Steps to Heaven" by Harold Mabern; "Field Day" by Junior Cook; "Bringing Up Father" by