Hamid Drake (b. Monroe, Louisiana, August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He lives in Chicago, although he spends much of his time traveling around the world for concerts and studio dates. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (467 × 700 pixels, file size: 116 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Hamid Drake at moers festival 2006 own photo, june 4, 2006- photo: nomo/michael hoefner http://www. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The city of Monroe is the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Fred Anderson (b. ... Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist. ... Irène Schweizer is a notable Swiss jazz pianist. ... The city of Monroe is the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
He first became known for his work with Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson. His other frequent collaborators include New York bassist William Parker, saxophonist David Murray, composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph, German free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, and Chicago free jazz saxophonist Ken Vandermark. Fred Anderson (b. ... William Parker (b. ... David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964 in Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player. ...
In addition to the drum set, he also plays the frame drum and other hand drums. A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... A framedrum is a membranophone that has a drumhead diameter greater than its depth. ...
For many years HamidDrake 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.
It was through the latter's broad-based concepts that HamidDrake was impelled to explore earlier forms of drumming that had been drawn into jazz before the advent of free jazz.
HAMIDDRAKE: I would say that it was being around the family, being at home because there was a lot of music in the home and also, my father and Fred Anderson were really good friends.
HAMIDDRAKE: Yeah, Die Like a Dog, we have the quartet, which was with William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, and Toshinori Kondo, a trumpet player from Japan and myself.
HAMIDDRAKE: First of all, let me say that all drums are primarily string instruments (laughing) because historically, the skins for all drums was made from some animal part, some goat or cow or deer.
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