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Hamid Drake

 
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Worked With:

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  • Born: 1955
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Percussion, Drums
  • Representative Albums: "Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom," "Bindu," "Ask the Sun"

Biography

By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion instruments and influence, in addition to using the standard trap set, Drake has collaborated extensively with top free jazz improvisers Peter Brotzmann, Fred Anderson, and Ken Vandermark, among others. Drake was born in Monroe, LA, in 1955, and later moved to Chicago with his family. He ended up taking drum lessons with Fred Anderson's son, eventually taking over the son's role as percussionist in Anderson's group. As a result, Fred Anderson also introduced Drake to George Lewis and other AACM members. Drake also has performed world music; by the late '70s, he was a member of Foday Muso Suso's Mandingo Griot Society, and has played reggae. Drake has been a member of the Latin jazz band Night on Earth, the Georg Graewe Quartet, the DKV Trio, Peter Brotzmann's Chicago Octet/Tentet, and Liof Munimula, the oldest free improvising ensemble in Chicago. Drake has also worked with trumpeter Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Fred Anderson, Mahmoud Gania, bassist William Parker (in a large number of lineups), and has performed a solstice celebration with fellow Chicago percussionist Michael Zerang semiannually since 1991. Hamid Drake recorded material is best represented on Chicago's Okkadisk label. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
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Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
Hamid Drake at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
Background information
Also known as "Hank" Drake
Born August 3, 1955
Origin Flag of the United States Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Genre(s) Jazz/New Age
Occupation(s) Drummer/Percussionist
Instrument(s) Drum set/Tabla/Conga
Associated acts Fred Anderson, Peter Brötzmann, Irene Schweizer

Hamid Drake (b. Monroe, Louisiana, August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He lives in Chicago, IL but spends much of his time traveling around the world for concerts and studio dates.

He first became known for his work with Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson. Drake was one of the founders, along with Foday Musa Suso and Adam Rudolph, of The Mandingo Griot Society. His other frequent collaborators include New York bassist William Parker, saxophonist David Murray, composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph, German free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, fellow drummer Michael Zerang and Chicago free jazz saxophonist Ken Vandermark.

In addition to the drum set, he also performs on the frame drum, the tabla, and other hand drums.

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Partial discography

As leader

  • Blissful (RogueArt)
  • Bindu (RogueArt)
  • Hu: Vibrational "Universal Mother (Soul Jazz)[1]

With IsWhat?!

  • 2004 - You Figure It Out (Hyena)
  • 2006 - The Life We Chose (Hyena)[2]

With Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures

  • Contemplations[3]
  • 12 Arrows[4]

With William Parker

  • 2001 - Piercing the Veil (Aum Fidelity)[5]
  • 2007 - First Communion/Piercing the Veil [LIVE] (Aum Fidelity)[6]

With Yakuza

  • 2007 - Transmutations (Prosthetic)[7]

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