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Hamid Drake
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b. 3 August 1955, Monroe, Louisiana, USA. Hamid Drake studied drums extensively, including eastern and Caribbean styles. In 1974 he began what was to be a long-term musical relationship with Fred Anderson. In the late 70s, Anderson introduced him to George Lewis and Douglas Ewart. His most significant percussion influences, Ed Blackwell and Adam Rudolph, date from this period. The latter, who was a childhood friend, became another continuing collaborator and they appeared together in numerous contexts, including Anderson's 1979 The Missing Link. Don Cherry, who Drake first met in 1978, was another continuing collaborator
John Dikeman: No Kings
by John Sharpe
Recorded live in 2022, No Kings documents a volatile meeting between a formidable European horn partnership and American free jazz royalty. In 2015, expat American saxophonist John Dikeman initiated a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Five years later, he invited Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente to join them, resulting in the quartet heard ...
I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025
by Ludovico Granvassu
Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...
Mischief In The Musitorium
By Frank Swart
Label: Need To Know Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Reflections From The Future;
Mr. Coleman;
Drowning Man;
Satisfreaktion;
Indelicate Balance;
Funk-ish;
Ode To Jeff Beck;
Amerika The Brutal;
For Lu.
Jazz Dogs: Ten Essential Dog-Eared Tunes
by Ian Patterson
Everybody's best friend. Okay, so not everyone loves dogs. But find yourself buried in an avalanche and it will be a dog that sniffs you out. The last person found alive after the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11 was sniffed out by a rescue dog. Guide dogs helped lead their blind owners to safety from ...
Daniele Sepe & Galactic Syndacate ad H/EARTHbeat
by Neri Pollastri
Daniele Sepe & Galactic Syndacate Sicurcaiv H/EARTHbeat Grassina (FI) 8 novembre 2025 A Firenze dopo diverso tempo di assenza, Daniele Sepe s'è presentato al Sicurcaiv di Grassina, appena fuori del capoluogo toscano, per la rassegna H/EARTHbeat di Music Pool, alla testa del settetto Galactic Syndacate, denominazione che omaggiava la storica ...
Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025
by Neri Pollastri
Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025 Varie sedi Cormòns 23-26.10.2025 L'edizione 2025 del Jazz&Wine of Peace, la ventottesima, era anche la prima con un nuovo direttore artistico: a Mauro Bardusco, che da sempre curava la rassegna e che--nonostante la sua scomparsa nel luglio dell'anno scorso --aveva progettato anche la quasi totalità di quella ...
Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2025
by Vincenzo Roggero
Jazzfestival SaalfeldenVarious venues Land Salzburg, Austria August 21-24, 2025 One hundred and ninety artists from twenty-six countries, nearly thirty thousand attendees, eight different venues, more than sixty concerts, and a record number of tickets sold. These are just numbers, but they confirm how the Saalfelden Jazz Festival--now in its forty-fifth ...
