Sophia Domancich - William Parker - Hamid Drake "King's Place - Londres - 8 mai 2010"

Sophia Domancich (piano)
Hamid Drake (drums)
William Parker (bass)

Hamid Drake & Bindu "Reggaeology"

Hamid Drake: drums, frame drum, tabla, voice
Napoléon Maddox: voice, beatbox
Jeff Parker: guitar
Jeff Albert: trombone, Hammond organ
Jeb Bishop: trombone
Josh Abrams: double bass, guimbri.

Kali's Children No Cry
Hymn of Solidarity
Kali Dub
The Taste of Radha's Love
Togetherness
Meeting and Parting
Take Us Home.

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For the first two minutes of atmospheric discourse between the twin trombones of Jeb Bishop and Jeff Albert, and the human beatbox that is Napoléon Maddox, you would be forgiven for thinking that Hamid Drake's Reggaeology was an ironically titled free improv set. But that impression doesn't last. Infectious riddims kick in, based on Bob Marley's "One Drop," and from that point on it's a joyous ride.
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William Parker Quartet "Petit Oiseau"

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Being human requires practicing being human. That does not mean sinking inescapably into the human state; rather it means moving with and through living, and for Parker and the musicians he works with, the medium for that travel is music ("Dust From A Mountain"). And if this medium conveys the human character, Parker and his musicians are happy because they are stepping into the space beyond suffering and expressing their will for compassion and wisdom.
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William Parker: bass
Hamid Drake: drums
Rob Brown: alto sax
Lewis Barnes: trumpet.

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Arrivant à la suite d'O'Neal's Porch et de Sound Unity, deux premiers volets d'un tryptique incomparable, Petit Oiseau, présenté sous la forme d'un digipack six faces décoré des peintures de DAVID KROLL, est le parachèvement d'un quartette magique et merveilleux. Et nous donne la preuve par huit compositions, toutes signées du génial contrebassiste (qu'inspirèrent les personnages d'ALAN SHORTER, de TOMMY FLANAGAN, de MALACHI FAVORS ou d'ARTHUR WILLIAMS) qu'il est l'un des plus grands musiciens de tous les temps. Une musique et un groove parlant au corps, à la tête (Dancing in your Head !) et au cœur par quatre musiciens d'exception. Ne passez pas à côté !
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Alboume disponible chez Orkhêstra.

981 - Hamid Drake / Bindu "Bindu"

01/ Remembering Rituals
02/ Bindu #2 for Baba Fred Anderson
03/ A Prayer for the Bardo, for Baba Mechack Silas
04/ Meeting and Parting
05/ Born Upon a Lotus
06/ Bindu #1 for Ed Blackwell
07/ Bindu #1 for Ed Blackwell, from Bindu to Ojas
08/ Do Khyentse’s Journey, 139 Years and More

Hamid Drake: drum set, frame drum, tabla
Daniel Carter: tenor & alto saxophones, clarinet
Ernest Dawkins: tenor & alto saxophones, percussions
Sabir Mateen: tenor & alto saxophones, voice
Greg Ward: alto saxophone, clarinet
Nicole Mitchell (special guest): flute

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Bindu (a term in yoga that means prayer) is a mixture of jazz with Middle Eastern, African and Indian musics. The thirteen-minute "Remembering Rituals," where Drake plays frame drums and Nicole Mitchell flute, is a sound journey that lands the listener in the middle of a North African bazaar. "Bindu # 2 for Baba Fred Anderson"—a more "traditional" jazz composition, albeit in a free style similar to that of former jazz outlaw Ornette Coleman—finds the entire quartet of saxophones (Sabir Mateen, Ernest Dawkins, Greg Ward and Daniel Carter) and drums joining in a blowing and bashing free-for-all. The Middle Eastern journey resumes on a mellow tone with "A Prayer for the Bado."
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Buy "BINDU" - RogueArt Jazz Label

950 - Raoul Bjorkenheim William Parker Hamid Drake "DMG @ the Stone, 26 décembre 2006"

Le guitariste de Scorch Trio croise les chemins de la section polyrythmique (euh, manière de dire) idéale.
La musique improvisée est la seule musique VIVANTE.
Tout autre propos est superflu.

948 - William Parker et Hamid Drake "vol 2 / Summer Snow"

Awake, Arise; Sky; Earth; Pahos; Sifting the Dust; Edge of Everything; Traces of the Beloved; Anaya Dancing; Konte; Faces; Hadra.

William Parker : doson'ngoni, shakuhachi, dumbek, talking drum, water bowls, bass

Hamid Drake : tabla, frame drum, gongs, drums.

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Summer Snow incorporates jazz improvisation into myriad ethnic traditions in a satisfyingly organic way. Blending cultures and aesthetics, this is global music in the truest sense, equal parts uncharted future and primordial past.
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