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" _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail