Full-fledged improvisational music can be hard on the ear, but it can also be amazing if you're openminded enough to listen carefully. In that state of mind, I paid a visit to The Kitchen on October 6 to catch drummer William Hooker performing with Text of Light, an ensemble that included Ulrigh Krieger, Alan Licht, Christian ...

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Complexity #2

By William Hooker

Label: Black Saint
Released: 2004

Album

Monsoon

By William Hooker

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Monsoon

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Article: Album Review

William Hooker/Roger Miller/Lee Ranaldo: Monsoon

by John Kelman
January 17, 2004

You know that you are listening to something very different when the instrument that best creates a harmonic centre is the drum kit. Atavistic inaugurates its Out Trios series with a live recording by guitarist Lee Ranaldo, bassist Roger Miller, and drummer William Hooker that explores the many facets of texture, rhythm and timbre. Monsoon is ...

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Out Trios Volume One: Monsoon

By William Hooker

Label: Black Saint
Released: 2003

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Article: Interview

A Conversation Between William Hooker & Ras Moshe

by A. Henkin
March 11, 2003

William Hooker is a spirit drummer who has shared his energy with musicians from Billy Bang, David Murray and David S. Ware to DJ Spooky and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. He has been given the opportunity to hone the minds and souls of children by teaching social studies and literacy with components of ...