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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