Tim Hagans 

Love Tim.. he's amazing.

I second all the praise for Tim Hagans... I was fortunate enough to meet him when he was in the Kenton Orchestra and I was at one of the camps. He knew that I wanted to learn how to play jazz and was trying so he made me copies of all his practice tapes. They originally came from Dan Haerle and Jamie Aebersold, I think before the Aebersold records. I still have them and play along with them. A generous man, thank you so much Mr. Hagans!!

Tim Hagans, you’ve been a hero of mine for decades, and this is by far the deepest dive into your life and thinking I’ve ever been exposed to. As a third-generation trombonist (hold the jokes), I was raised on Kenton, Woody, Thad&Mel, and the last years of the touring big bands you describe so vividly. I was fortunate to get to know and play with people like Steve Campos, John Harner, Mary Fettig, Gary Hobbs, Mike Vax, Clay Jenkins, and other Kenton alums from my time in the Bay Area/NorCal, including Jim Widner camps he modeled on the Kenton camps. I especially remember the glow of Steve Campos as we carpooled and he described the cassette trading and mix tapes you guys would live on daily. What an incredible listening lab and discussion “class” you guys had by necessity for surviving life on the bus!!! Another vivid memory was meeting Marcus Printup as I described my love of your work with Bob Belden, and we dove into our mutual admiration for Sir Hagans, including finding out about your Freddie Hubbard project together. Thank you both so very much for sharing so generously in such detail that our “new” media affords. Continued creative groove onya!

I love the work of this man, over the years, woohhh what a master. I had the opportunity to meet Tim Hagans in a masterclass in Portugal (many years ago) and it was just fantastic, without words to describe the excellent musician and teacher he is. Thank you very much for supporting musicians like this. Health 🔝🔝🔝

Where are the links to Tim's recordings that you're discussing in this video? I don't see them in the description as promised