Usually I would ignore stupid commments like this but you're talking about Hamid Drake. The man is a spiritual drum master. In whatever context he is playing, his soulful groove commands deep respect. It is especially when he brings out his frame drum that one can feel a deep spiritual connection with the ancestral voices. These are moments of purity and magic that bring out a spiritual side of whomever he is playing with. fk <fkapitzke@cityweb.de> wrote: I`ve heard Hamid live in several groups and like him a lot on drums.But he is dissapointing on any kind of hand drums, congas or something like that.He`'s loosing all his professionality doing this-like in a school band. That's my impression freebop ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Lieske" To: Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Hamid Drake
Hamid has played with just about eveyone. I got the chance to host him and Brotzmann at the club I manage a couple of years ago. I place him in that class of drummers that includes Milford Graves and Sunny Murray, William Hooker, etc. His style is different from those mentioned but he has a similar questing quality to his work. There'a a duet CD with William Parker called "Piercing The Veil" that's good, but then again I've not ever really heard him play half-assed or poorly on any recording, regardless of the overall quality of the disc and the playing of the other participants .. Thanks to those that pointed me to the Tonic site for the Zornfest lineup. I checked their site not too long ago and the info wasn't up yet.
CL
In the CD player: Fred Frith/Maybe Monday-Digital Wildlife "The Prisoners' Dilemma"
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