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Sardinia 2016: Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz

by Frank Rubolino
July 8, 2017

Since 1986, the small town of Sant'Anna Arresi on the large island of Sardinia off the western coast of Italy has been home to the festival Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz (On the Border Between Sardinia and Jazz), presenting an array of International innovative jazz artists. The September 2016 edition was no exception, when 20 performances occurred over a 10-day period featuring musicians from numerous countries, including many noted New York and Chicago players. The amphitheater-style venue, Piazza del ...

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William Parker, Hamid Drake e Pasquale Mirra, alla stazione Leopolda di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
June 1, 2017

William Parker e Hamid Drake Duo, ospite Pasquale Mirra Fabbrica Europa Stazione Leopolda Firenze 14.05.2017 All'interno di un'edizione di Fabbrica Europa nella quale John Coltrane, nel cinquantenario della scomparsa, era centrale non solo per la musica (il programma si era aperto con un balletto costruito su A Love Supreme), anche il concerto dell'affiatato duo del contrabbassista William Parker e del batterista Hamid Drake -intitolato “A Love, Naked" -era incentrato su un omaggio al grande ...

Live Review

Karuna at LaFontsee Gallery

by John Ephland
May 2, 2017

Karuna LaFontsee Gallery Grand Rapids, Michigan April 23, 2017 Flute loops were the first sounds heard. Part of a music arsenal, the inconspicuous electronics served to heighten what was a vast array of traditional percussion instruments on hand. The duet Karuna was ending their spring 2017 Midwest tour before a modestly sized but full house at Grand Rapids' LaFontsee Galleries, the surrounding weather the kind of sunny afternoon that might beckon one to linger and ...

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Live From Birmingham: Hamid Drake, Paul Dunmall & The Phoenix Jazzmen

by Martin Longley
November 5, 2016

The Paul Dunmall & Hamid Drake Quintet mac October 4, 2016 This gig was part of a very short three-date tour, assembled by Birmingham promoter Tony Dudley-Evans. Saxophonist Paul Dunmall's free jazz and improvising eminence has now cloaked the entire globe, so his regular Stateside tours have helped forge relationships with some of his finest American counterparts. The Chicagoan drummer Hamid Drake is one of these sonic allies, and a further collaboration between the ...

Album Review

Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang: For Ed Blackwell

Read "For Ed Blackwell" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 11, 2016

This forty-two minute continuous recording of drummers Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang was released on the occasion of the 25th anniversary performance of their Winter Solstice Concerts in December 2015. The percussionists' tradition of welcoming the return of the sun to the northern hemisphere every December 21st by making music predawn only to be illuminated by the sun rise. This session happens to be the second day of percussion duets recorded by the pair in 1995. The first ...

Live Review

Hamid Drake Carte Blanche at Bimhuis Amsterdam: PUNKT+ICP

by Henning Bolte
February 4, 2016

Hamid Drake, Punkt + ICP Bimhuis Carte Blanche Amsterdam January 23, 2016 World-renowned Amsterdam Bimhuis invited illustrious Chicagoan drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake for a carte blanche night on January 23rd. This article covers the event and adds some background notes. Hamid Drake frequently performs at this venue. To date he played Bimhuis 18 times in its 40 years of existence. When we consider this as well as his enormous musical range a festival would be ...

Album Review

The Turbine!: Entropy/Enthalpy

Read "Entropy/Enthalpy" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
January 3, 2016

Among a stream of US/French collaborations documented on the Rogue Art label, The Turbine! represents an unlikely combination: two double basses and two drum kits. One pair hails from each side of the ocean with the Chicago team of Hamid Drake and Harrison Bankhead matched against Benjamin Duboc and Ramon Lopez (in fact a Paris-based Spaniard). The double CD package gathers excerpts selected from six live sets during a 2014 tour organized by a Transatlantic music network entitled The Bridge. ...