HPPAA Media Feature · Jazz Lines Radio · 2026
HPPAA &
Double Vision
on Jazz Lines
Double Vision co-leaders and composers Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills join host Jim Trussell for a conversation about original jazz, H Project Performing Arts Association, composition, Texas jazz history, touring, and the evolving work of Double Vision Jazz Ensemble.
The conversation
Two composers, one ensemble, and a larger Austin-area story
The interview traces how Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills came to know one another, how Double Vision developed as a vehicle for their original music, and how the ensemble’s work has expanded through H Project Performing Arts Association.
The discussion moves beyond individual performances into HPPAA’s broader work in jazz history, education, interdisciplinary collaboration, public presentation, and regional touring.
Interview themes
What Jazz Lines explored
The formation of Double Vision
How Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills came together as composers, performers, and co-leaders of the ensemble.
HPPAA and artistic development
How H Project Performing Arts Association supports performance, education, interdisciplinary projects, Texas jazz history, and public presentation.
Original composition
Original music by both John Mills and Hank Hehmsoth, and Double Vision’s role as a creative home for new composition and arrangement.
Touring and current projects
Double Vision’s 2026–2028 Texas Touring Roster status, the Eddie Durham Jazz Festival, and the Double Vision + Invoke collaboration.
Music heard & discussed
The composers behind Double Vision
Jazz Lines features and discusses original music by both Double Vision co-leaders, along with Hank Hehmsoth’s arrangement connecting the music of Eddie Durham and Thelonious Monk.
Composer · Saxophonist · Arranger
John Mills
Double Vision co-leader
A reflective original by Mills, performed by Double Vision during its residency concert at The Clarion at Brazosport College.
Mills brings a playful, contemporary perspective to the blues tradition, combining swing, harmonic color, and the ensemble interplay at the center of Double Vision’s sound.
Composer · Pianist · Arranger
Hank Hehmsoth
Double Vision co-leader · HPPAA Founder & Artistic Director
The title track from the 2024 album Blu-Escape, an interdisciplinary project connecting original jazz composition, improvisation, recording, and abstract visual art.
Premiered by Double Vision at The Clarion, Water Dance explores turbulence and stillness, motion and suspension, energy and reflection.
Hehmsoth’s arrangement joins Eddie Durham’s “Topsy” with Thelonious Monk’s “Teo,” a contrafact based on the “Topsy” chord progression. The work connects the broadcast conversation to Double Vision’s October 10 appearance at the Eddie Durham Jazz Festival in San Marcos.
H Project Performing Arts Association
A broadcast about more than one concert
HPPAA was a central part of the Jazz Lines conversation. The organization’s work with Double Vision connects original composition and improvisation with jazz history, education, interdisciplinary performance, community partnerships, and public presentation.
The interview also reflects Double Vision’s growing regional reach, including its 2026–2028 Texas Touring Roster participation and current projects across Central Texas.
Media archive
Listen to the interview
Jazz Lines with Jim Trussell — Hank Hehmsoth & John Mills / Double Vision Jazz Ensemble
Recorded September 28, 2026. The conversation covers Double Vision, Hank and John’s long musical collaboration, the Eddie Durham project, original compositions, and the Texas jazz history that informs the ensemble’s work.
The archival recording presented below combines the two original program segments and concludes at the end of the Double Vision interview, with permission from Jazz Lines host Jim Trussell.
Preserving the broadcast
This page serves as HPPAA’s permanent record of the September 28, 2026 Jazz Lines interview with Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills of Double Vision Jazz Ensemble.
The program aired on KWVH Wimberley Valley Radio on October 4, 2026, and on KZSM San Marcos Community Radio on October 6, 2026.
The interview documents Double Vision’s music and history, the ensemble’s collaboration with HPPAA, the work of Hank Hehmsoth and John Mills as composers and bandleaders, and the continuing effort to preserve and present Texas jazz history.
Broadcast information, program context, the compositions discussed, and this authorized archival recording are preserved here as part of HPPAA’s permanent media and project archive.