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Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
Born: Jan 1, 1955
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Genre: Jazz, Reggae
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Modern Creative
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 ...Read full biography
Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom
Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom
Released: 2000
Label: Okka Disk
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Recorded at the dawn of the new millennium, Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom is one of those avant jazz duet dates that puts everything else in perspective by revealing at its heart ...Read full review
Ask the Sun
Ask the Sun
Released: 1991
Label: Okka Disk
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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang are two percussionists who established themselves as key figures in the Chicago jazz rebirth of the 1990s. It is doubtful, however, that either musician would consider himself ...Read full review
More Hamid Drake albums: Main Albums (9)
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