-----Original Message----- Sean Westergaard
Well, well, well... there is world outside of NYC, like Chicago...
DKV trio - hamid Drake, kent Kessler, ken Vandermark get anything they're on okka disc
Fabulous live. I saw them twice in Poland, two shows in a row, Hamid was fantastic. http://www.emd.pl/muzyka/v/vandermark_ken/20020211.htm
Spaceways Inc. - Vandermark, Drake and bassist Nate Mcbride. first album was all sun ra and funkadelic covers. second album all originals.
More "entertaining" poject. Nice tunes. Saw them live in Berlin on last Jazzfest, Hamid ("the slowpoke") was superb!
fred anderson trio - w/hamid drake & tetsu aoki albums on delmark and okka
Or: - Drake & William Parker "Piercing the Veil" Aum Fidelity - Drake & Michael Zerang "Ask the sun" (ethnic percussion instruments, not drums) Okka - Drake & Assif Tsahar "Soul Bodies, vol 1" very deep jazz, almost religious... http://www.hamiddrake.com/ for more...
Hamid drake is one of the best drummers, period.
No question Saw him this year again with David S. Ware in Warsaw (plus Parker & Shipp), fantastic again. __________________________________________________________________ Artur Nowak [.com] NP: AE "Draft 7.30"