Now Is Hamid Drake
On April 16, 2017, Ben Remsen, Hamid Drake, and Christina Brakebill spent a couple hours in the latter's living room in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, listening to music in some way related to Hamid's work.
To find out more about Hamid, what he's done and what he's doing, google him because he doesn't have a website.
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Music
Intro: “Peace and Blessings (To Fred)”
The Chicago Trio
from from Velvet Songs to Baba Fred Anderson (2012)
available from RogueArt Records
Earnest Dawkins, only credited as playing saxes but I think he's on aux percussion here
Harrison Bankhead, bass
Hamid Drake, drums
Outro: “Take Us Home”
Hamid Drake & Bindu
from Reggaeology (2009)
available from RogueArt Records
Napoleon Maddox, vocals
Jeff Albert, trombone
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Jeff Parker, guitar
Joshua Abrams, bass
Hamid Drake, drums, vocals
“Lop-O-Lop”
Dewey Redman
from Tarik (1969)
released by BYG Actuel
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone
Malachi Favors, bass
Ed Blackwell, drums
“Nothing”
Milford Graves
from Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble (1965)
available from ESP-Disk
Milford Graves, drums, bells, gong, shaker
Sunny Morgan, drum, bells
“India”
John Coltrane
from Live at the Village Vanguage (1961)
released by Impulse Records
John Coltrane, soprano sax
Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet
McCoy Tyner, piano
Jimmy Garrison, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
“Djdujon”
Kokanko Sata
from Kokanko Sata (2005)
once but seemingly no longer available from Honest John's Records
Kokano Sata, kamalngoni
others, other things
“Cathedral of Light”
William Parker
from Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (2006 / recorded 90s)
available from AUM Fidelity
William Parker, bass
Fred Anderson / Steve McCall
from Vintage Duets (1980)
available from Okka Disk
Fred Anderson, tenor
Steve McCall, drums
“Togo”
Old & New Dreams
from Old & New Dreams (1979)
available from ECM Records
Don Cherry, trumpet
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden, bass
Ed Blackwell, drums
“Maashuki”
Jauharah Orchestra
from Colonial Dance Bands: Kenya, Tanganyika, Portuguese East Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Belgian Congo 1950 & 1952 (2006)
available from SWP Records
dunno who the players are
“Umbanda Song for Ogun”
Umbanda musicians at Santo Antonio de Angola
from Music of Para, Brazil: Carimbó, Pajelança, Batuque and Umbanda on Carimbó, Pajelança, Batuque and Umbanda (1982)
available from Smithsonian Folkways
dunno who the players are
“Concomba”
Saka Acquaye and his African Ensemble
from Ghana: High-Life and Other Popular Music (1969)
available from Nonesuch Records
Saka Acquaye, drums, flute, tenor saxophone
Garvine Masseaux, vibes, drums
George Brooks, double bass
Edward Cooper, trumpet, mellophone
Wilfred Letman, trumpet
Charles Earland, tenor saxophone
Walter Miller, guitar
Robert Crowder, Joseph Acquaye, Benny Parkes, Sunny Morgan, drums
“Jerusalem”
Roberto Juan Rodriguez
from El Danzon De Moises (2002)
available from Tzadik Records
Peter Apfelbaum, soprano saxophone
Matt Darriau, trumpet, clarinet
Mark Feldman, violin
Susie Ibarra, percussion
Brad Jones, bajo
David Krakauer, clarinet
Ted Reichman, accordion
Roberto Juan Rodriguez, percussion
Roberto Luis Rodriguez, trumpet
Marcus Rojas: Bombardino, tuba
Jane Scarpantoni, cello
Craig Taborn, piano
“So Long”
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelations of Rastafari
from Grounation (1973)
currently available from Dub Store Records
Count Ossie, drums and vocals
Cedric Im Brooks, drums and vocals
I can't find names for any of the other people, sorry
“The Creator Has a Master Plan”
Don Cherry
from Organic Music Society (1972)
currently available from Caprice Records
Don Cherry, trumpet, piano, voice
Maffy Falay, trumpet
Tommy Goldman, flute
Rommy Koverhult, flute
Tage Siven, bass
Okay Temiz, drums
Visitors + Friends (that's how it's credited on the record!)