Efrén wrote: EdV> Andrew Mortensen <amfrequencies@bigpond.com e escribió: AM>> can someone tell me what else Hamid Drake has done? EdV> Whenever you see a William Parker album, check the EdV> drummer and he'll probably be Drake. He's also played EdV> with Jeemel Moondoc, Roy Campbell, Borah Bergman, Ken EdV> Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann and I recently saw him EdV> with David Murray in a Calypso/Reggae project. I've also seen him playing with Fred Anderson; I think the earliest recording I have with him is the first Mandingo Griot Society album ... that's going back quite a ways. AM>> what type of drummer? EdV> Considering the names listed above, I should say that EdV> he's definitely one of the most prolific and versatile EdV> drummers around. I think the conclusion you'd have to come to from this thread is, "whatever kind he wants to be" :-). -- Jim Flannery newgrange@newgrangemedia.com One cannot judge the value of an opinion simply by the amount of courage that is required in holding it. -- George Orwell np: _The Best of Fats Domino_ nr: Patrick J. Geary, _The Myth of Nations_