Hamid Drake

November 5, 1995 – Die Like A Dog Quartet – that is Peter Brötzmann (s), Toshinori Kondo (tp), William Parker (b) and Hamid Drake (d) – will play an extended free jazz jam at the Jazzfestival in Berlin

August 20, 2005 – Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer sits in with Material – that is Foday Musa Suso (cora), Bill Laswell (b), Hamid Drake (d), Abegasu Shiota (kb) and Aiyb Dieng (perc) at “Tokyo Jazz 2005” in Tokyo Big Sight, Japan

July 3, 2013 – saxophonists Peter Brotzmann & Ken Vandermark plus bassist Hamid Drake and drummer Chad Taylor will play at CD Club di Lubiana in Ljubljana, Slovenia

This day (June 4, 1948), in Havana, Cuba, is born Paquito D’Rivera, a alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist.

This day (June 4, 1945), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Anthony Braxton, an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist and philosopher.

This day (March 6, 1941), in Remscheid, Germany, is born Peter Brötzmann, a German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

David Murray’s ‘Waltz Again’ is an album recorded in December, 2002 with Lafayette Gilchist, Jaribu Shahidand Hamid Drake and a ten strings section and released in 2005 By Justin Time. Track Listing : 1.Pushkin Suite No. 1 (David Murray) – 26:04 . 2.Waltz Again (David Murray) – 08:51 . 3.Dark Secrets (David Murray) – 10:17 […]