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Jeff Albert Dee Alexander Gordon Allen Marshall Allen Scott Amendola Fred Anderson David Arner Jean-Jacques Avenel Harrison Bankhead Lewis Barnes John Betsch Jacques Bisceglia Jeb Bishop David Boykin Rob Brown Daniel Carter Gerald Cleaver Martha Colby Leena Conquest Steve Dalachinsky Vincent Davis Ernest Dawkins Alex Dézé Whit Dickey Hamid Drake Michel Edelin Warren Ellis Marco Eneidi Malachi Favors Xu Fengxia Alvin Fielder Scott Fields Lori Freedman Satoko Fujii Eddie Gale Joe Giardullo Stéphane Gombert Luther Gray Gymkhana Rosie Hertlein Anna Homler Kidd Jordan Sylvain Kassap Julia Kent Peter Kowald Mike Ladd Marguerite Ladd Steve Lantner Denis Lavant Joëlle Léandre Peggy Lee Steve Lehman Thomas Lehn Lorna Lentini Daniel Levin George Lewis Ramon Lopez Napoleon Maddox Miya Masaoka Sabir Mateen Rob Mazurek Joe McPhee Franck Médioni Brian Melick Dom Minasi Nicole Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell John Moloney Jemeel Moondoc Gene Moore Thurston Moore Joe Morris David Murray Bill Nace Larry Ochs William Parker Jeff Parker Evan Parker Jessica Pavone Laurence Petit-Jouvet Alexandre Pierrepont Oscar Pierrepont David Prentice Matana Roberts Donald Robinson Rich Rosenthal Matthias Schubert Jaribu Shahid Matthew Shipp Michael Snow Steve Swell Mazz Swift Tani Tabbal Craig Taborn Natsuki Tamura Hanah Jon Taylor Chad Taylor Claude Tchamitchian Greg Ward David Wessel Corey Wilkes Shiau-Shu Yu Hamid DrakeComposer, band leader, drums, percussions
Bonr 3 August 1955, Monroe, Louisiana, USA. Hamid Drake studied drums extensively, including eastern and Caribbean styles. In 1974 he began what was to be a long-term musical relationship with Fred Anderson. In the late 70s, Anderson introduced him to George Lewis and Douglas Ewart. His most significant percussion influences, Ed Blackwell and Adam Rudolph, date from this period. The latter, who was a childhood friend, became another continuing collaborator and they appeared together in numerous contexts, including Anderson's 1979 The Missing Link. Don Cherry, who Drake first met in 1978, was another continuing collaborator. Also in the late 70s, Hamid Drake became a member of the Mandingo Griot Society, appearing on the group's first album. For many years Hamid Drake provided deftly inventive rhythmic support to forward thinking musicians such as pianist Borah Bergman and Peter Brötzmann, with whom he played in a quartet alongside William Parker and Toshinori Kondo. Others with whom Drake has worked over the years are Marilyn Crispell, Pierre Dorge, Norwegian pianist-composer Georg Gräwe, Herbie Hancock, Misha Mengelberg, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Malachi Thompson, fellow percussionist Michael Zerang and most notably with Kent Kessler and Ken Vandermark in the DKV Trio. With these diverse artists, playing in a broad range of musical settings, Hamid Drake comfortably adapts to north and west African and Indian impulses as well as reggae and Latin. Among drummers he has cited as being influential, aside from Blackwell and Rudolph, are Philly Joe Jones and Jo Jones. It was through the latter's broad-based concepts that Hamid Drake was impelled to explore earlier forms of drumming that had been drawn into jazz before the advent of free jazz. He also frequently plays without sticks, using his hands to develop subtly commanding undertones. His tabla playing is also notable for its subtlety and flair. Pictures
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