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Gerry Hemingway, Composer, Percussionist, Singer-Songwriter, Visual Artist, Educator, has been a widely acknowledged contributor to the continuum of creative music for the past five decades. He was born in 1955 in New Haven, Connecticut to a family with musical interests (his grandmother had been a concert pianist and his father studied composition with Paul Hindemith). He became interested in drums around the age of ten and by the age of seventeen was supporting himself as a professional musician primarily in the jazz and bebop traditions. In the 1970's, New Haven was home for a number of interesting musicians. This was where Gerry first met and played with Anthony Davis, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis and Anthony Braxton. In the late 1970's, Hemingway, trombonist Ray Anderson, and bassist Mark Helias formed a collective trio which they eventually named BassDrumBone. In celebration of their 40th anniversary in 2017, the group released “The Long Road” with special guests Joe Lovano and Jason Moran.

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Oracle

By Co Streiff

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Horizontal Heartburn: Smithy Street: In Circles - Yellow Crane: Saguache: Remember Little Feather: Oracle.

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Sudpol

By Urs Leimgruber

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Fast Line; Gamelan; P-M_F/B; A Frog Jumps In; Behind the Eye,

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Live at Bau 4

By Gerry Hemingway

Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Slivers; Third Story Variation; Bau 4 Assembly.

Article: Album Review

OM: Sudpol

Read "Sudpol" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 8, 2026

Formed in Lucerne in 1972 by saxophonist Urs Leimgruber, guitarist Christy Doran, bassist Bobby Burri, and drummer Fredy Studer, the original quartet fused the raw voltage of rock with the open architecture of free improvisation, arriving at a sound they eventually dubbed “ElectroAcoustiCore." Studer's death in 2022, weeks ahead of the release of the anniversary album ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Hemingway with Izumi Kimura, Frank Gratkowski and Christian Weber: Live at Bau 4

Read "Live at Bau 4" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2026

Drummer and composer Gerry Hemingway has spent five decades proving that percussion can be as harmonically literate as any horn or keyboard. That reputation was forged during his decade with the Anthony Braxton Quartet and expanded through an expansive discography on labels including Auricle, Tzadik, Clean Feed, and Intakt. Now based in Switzerland, Hemingway continues to ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Hemingway: Live at Bau 4

Read "Live at Bau 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2026

Touch. It is the word that most often comes to mind when listening to the music of composer and drummer Gerry Hemingway. While rhythm and structure are central to his work, it is touch, the physical act of striking, rubbing, bowing, pressing and releasing that gives his music its distinctive character. Hemingway's performances do more than ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gerry Hemingway, OM and Perelman/Sharp/Baptista

by Maurice Hogue
June 29, 2026

It doesn't matter which side of the Atlantic Ocean you consider when talking about master drummer Gerry Hemingway, he is highly respected as one of the most creative drummers ever. Now making his home in Altbüron, Switzerland, Hemingway's focus tends to be on European projects, like his latest Live at Bau 4 with his quartet of ...

Article: Interview

Fred Hersch: The Touch of Genius

by Ken Dryden
April 17, 2026

The sound of Fred Hersch at the piano is so distinctive, a couple of bars is usually enough to identify him. The mainly self-taught Cincinnati native excelled early, playing jazz in his home town before leaving to study with pianist Jaki Byard at the New England Conservatory of Music. From there, Fred moved to New York ...

Article: Album Review

Rodrigo Amado The Bridge: Further Beyond

Read "Further Beyond" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
February 24, 2026

As well as being one of the premier exponents of his instrument, Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado thrives in demanding company. For Further Beyond, the follow-up to Beyond The Margins (Trost, 2023), he reconvenes the all star cast he calls The Bridge, comprising pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Gerry Hemingway. On ...