Nesbert “Stix” Hooper returns home this week for the first time in maybe 20 years. He thinks the last time he was here was for a class reunion at Phillis Wheatley High School. The legendary drummer ...
*Best known as an original member of the pioneering band The Jazz Crusaders (later The Crusaders), Nesbert “Stix” Hooper has enjoyed an illustrious career as a musician, composer, record producer, ...
Stix Hooper's classic compositions expand beyond his characteristic groove to explore the orchestral genre. A multi-Grammy-nominated artist and acclaimed master percussionist, Hooper used his ...
Jazz musician Stix Hooper first met broadcaster Saul Levine in the ’60s when Hooper was the drummer in the Crusaders, and Levine owned and operated KBCA (105.1 FM), the top jazz radio station in ...
Stix Hooper, who has served as president of Mack Avenue Records for five years, has announced that he will leave the independent label for personal reasons and to pursue other endeavors. Replacing ...
It all culminates with this. Stix has been named, ten times, one of Playboy and Downbeat magazines' top three drummers. As a composer, producer, actor, vocalist, songwriter, and recording company ...