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Hamid Drake Discography

compiled by Jason Guthartz
last updated:  03-May-2008

Born August 3, 1955, Monroe, LA (USA).

Chronological listing of recordings featuring Hamid Drake.
(+) following the title of a recording indicates that it includes other tracks not listed here on which Drake does not play.
Entries with unknown recording dates are grouped at the end.

Please take a look at the missing info page and let me know if you can help fill in the blanks.

Mandingo Griot Society
Mandingo Griot Society

Flying Fish FF70076 (CD)

1. Jimbasen (Suso) [8:41]
2. Sounds From The Bush (Suso) [3:55]
3. Appollo – Fusubara (Suso) [7:04]
4. Chedo (Suso) [2:06]
5. Africa (Suso) [3:39]
6. Janjungo (Suso) [2:05]
7. Mamamaneh (Suso) [5:41]
8. Gambia Village Sounds (Suso) [1:55]
9. Musubalanto (Suso) [8:08]

Don Cherry (tpt)
Joseph Thomas (Fender Tap b, shakers, voc)
Hank (Hamid) Drake (tr-d, tbl, bells, shakers, voc)
"Jali" Foday Musa Suso (kora, lead-voc, dngi, shakers)
Adam Rudolph (cga, bgo, tim, djm, tbl, achimevu, shekere, dundungo, bells, shakers, voc)

1978 – ??
Curtom Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

Fred Anderson Quintet
Another Place

Moers Music 01058 (LP)

1. Saxoon (Anderson) [12:06]
2. The Bull (Anderson) [10:22]
3. Another Place (Anderson) [23:05]

    NOTE:  track times listed on LP sleeve & label for side A are in error (transposed).

Fred Anderson (ts)
Billy Brimfield (tpt)
George Lewis (tb)
Brian Smith (b)
Hank (Hamid) Drake (d, perc)

1978 – May
Live at 7th International New Jazz Festival
Moers (Germany)

Fred Anderson Quartet
Dark Day + Live in Verona

#1-4 on Message 0004 (LP)
all on Unheard Music Series/Atavistic UMS/ALP218 (2-CD)

Disc One:
1. Dark Day (Anderson) [18:40]
2. Saxoon (Anderson) [11:32]
3. Three On Two (Anderson) [18:07]
4. The Prayer (Drake) [10:55]
Disc Two:
5. The Bull (Anderson) [16:32]
6. Three On Two (Anderson) [31:46]
7. Dark Day (Anderson) [25:12]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Billy Brimfield (tpt)
Steven Palmore (b)
Hamid Drake (d, tbl)

1979 – May 15 (#1-4)
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL (USA)

1979 – May 19 (#5-7)
Verona Jazz 1979, Palazzo Della Gran Guardia 
Verona (Italy)

Fred Anderson
The Missing Link

Nessa 23 (LP, 1984)
Nessa 23 (CD, 1996)

1. Twilight (Anderson) [16:41]
2. A Ballad For Rita (Anderson) [13:56]
3. The Bull (Anderson) [17:15]
4. Tabla Peace (Drake) [14:48]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Larry Hayrod (b)
Adam Rudolph (perc)
Hamid Drake (d)

1979 – September 17
Pierce Arrow Recorders
Chicago, IL (USA)

Fred Anderson Quartet
The Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 1

Unheard Music Series/Atavistic UMS/ALP204 (CD)

1. A Ballad For Rita (Anderson) [17:03]
2. The Bull (Anderson) [19:23]
3. Black Woman (Anderson) [13:28]
4. Bombay (Children of Cambodia) (Drake) [10:07]
5. Planet E (Anderson) [10:22]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Billy Brimfield (tpt)
Larry Hayrod (b)
Hamid Drake (d, tbl)

1980 – January
(unknown)
Milwaukee, WI (USA)

Mandingo Griot Society
Mighty Rhythm (+)

Flying Fish FF269 (LP)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. One Man Dancing (Suso) [
2. Disco Gate (Suso) [
3. I Haven't Seen My Lover (Suso) [
4. Dusu Mungu (traditional) [
5. Ndan Ndang Nyaria (traditional) [
6. Woman Dance With Me (Suso) [
7. Demba Tenkren (Suso) [
8. Serri Nsamba (Suso) [
9. Festival on Crazy Street (Suso) [
10. Sunjata Keita ** (traditional) [

        **NOTE:  track not listed; Suso plays all instruments

"Jali" Foday Musa Suso (lead-voc, dsngi, hmca, kal, kora, tamo, bala, dundungo)
Adam Rudolph (cga, bgo, tbl, gembe)
Hamidu (Hamid) Drake (tr-d, tbl)
Joseph Thomas (b-g)
John Markiss (g)
Isatou Walker & Ka T'Etta Aton (back-voc)
Maulawi Nururdin (saxes)
Billy Brimfield (tpt)

1980/1981 – July/August  [1981 album copyright]
Studiomedia
Evanston, IL (USA)

[info from Chris Wilson]

Jim Pepper
Comin' and Goin' (+)

Bellaphon 290.31.029 (CD)
    also:  Bellaphon 5988827 (CD); Antilles/Island ANCD8706 (CD); Antilles/Island AN8706 (LP); Europa JP 2014; Europa Records RCD10001 (CD, Japan); Polygram 842652

1. Witchi-Tai-To (Pepper) [8:19]
4. Goin' Down To Muskogee (Pepper) [5:50]
5. Comin' And Goin' (Pepper) [4:41]
8. Custer Gets It (Pepper) [3:02]

Jim Pepper (ts, ss, voc)
John Scofield (g)
Lester McFarland (el-b, voc)
Nana Vasconcelos (perc, voc)
Hamid Drake (d)

1983 – May 12 to August 17
??
New York, NY (USA)

[info from Lanny Harrison's Colin Walcott discography & Andreas Dietz]

Herbie Hancock
Sound-System (+)

Columbia 65961 (CD)

1. Karabali (Hancock / Ponce) [5:17]
2. Sound System (Hancock / Laswell / Suso) [5:51]

Herbie Hancock (Fairlight CMI; p on #1; clv, Yamaha DX7 on #2)
Bernard Fowler (voc) on #1
Wayne Shorter (ss) on #1
Daniel Ponce (perc) on #1
Grandmixer D.ST (ttbl) on #2
Toshinori Kondo (tpt) on #2
Nicky Skopelitis (g) on #2
Bill Laswell (b, DMX) on #2
Anton Fier (Simmons-d, tmp, sound plates, synare) on #2
Foday Musa Suso (kora, g, talk-d) on #2
Aïyb Dieng (chatan, bells, talk-d) on #2
Hamid Drake (cym)

1984 – ??
Evergreen Studio, New York, NY (USA)
Garage Sale Recording, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Studio Media, Evanston, IL (USA)
Eldorado Recording, Los Angeles, CA (USA)

[info from C. Genzel's Herbie Hancock discography; Mark Harbers]

Foday Musa Suso / Mandingo
Watto Sitta

Celluloid 6103 (LP)
Celluloid 6103 (CS)
Celluloid 6103 (CD)
    also:  Terrascape  4116 (CD)

1. Harima  (Suso) [6:00]
2. Muso  (Suso) [6:20]
3. Natural Dancer  (Suso) [6:15]
4. Kansala  (Suso) [5:55]
5. Dewgal  (Suso) [6:16]
6. Don't Worry  (Suso) [5:25]

Foday Musa Suso (kora, dsng, kal, talk-d, lead-voc)
Joe Thomas (b)
Abdul Hakeen (g)
Adam Rudolph (perc)
Hamid Drake (d)
Reymond Sillah (dundungo)
Aiyb Dieng (talk-d, chatan)
Nora Harris, Robin Robinson, Isatou Walker (back-voc)
Herbie Hancock (Yamaha DX-7) on #1, 5
Manu Washington (djm) on #6

??1984 – 
Evergreen Studio
New York, NY (USA)

??1984 – 
Studiomedia
Evanston, IL (USA)

[info from C. Genzel's Herbie Hancock discography]

Herbie Hancock / Foday Musa Suso 
Jazz Africa

Verve/Jazzvisions 847145-2 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Kumbasora (Suso) [6:15]
2. Debo (Suso) [17:06]
3. Cigarette Lighter (Suso) [13:05]
4. Jimbasing (Suso) [7:51]

Foday Musa Suso (kora)
Herbie Hancock (key)
Armando Peraza, Joe Thomas, Adam Rudolph, Aiyb Dieng, Hamid Drake, Abdul Hakeem (perc)

??1986 – 
Live at the Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA (USA)

Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra
Johnny Lives

#1, 3-8 as Steeple Chase SCS 1228 (LP)
all on Steeple Chase SCCD 31228 (CD)

1. Flying Out With SAS (Dørge) [5:58]
2. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (Dørge) [7:53]
3. Lilli Goes To Town (Dørge) [7:50]
4. Manilla, Manilla (Dørge) [5:52]
5. Waltz for Two Camels (Dørge) [9:21]
6. Mbizo Mbizo (Dørge) [12:25]
7. The Root Eating Rag (Dørge) [5:12]
8. Flying Home With SAS (Dørge) [5:10]

Pierre Dørge (g)
John Tchicai (ts, bcl)
Jesper Zeuthen (as)
Harry Beckett (tpt)
Kenneth Agerholm (tb)
Irene Becker (key)
Morten Carlsen (ts, ney)
Bent Clausen (vib)
Hugo Rasmussen (b)
Thomas Dyani (perc)
Hamid Drake (d)
Marilyn Mazur (perc) on #5-6

1987 – April 15
??
??

[info from Engelbert Schramm & Dan Kurdilla]

Hassan Hakmoun
Life Around The World (+)

Alula 6263 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Baba Hadi
2. Bakitini
3. Nadiyan

Hassan Hakmoun (lead-voc, perc, sintir)
Radouane Laktib (oud, perc, voc)
Adam Rudolph (perc)
Hamid Drake (d)

1990 – ??
??
Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)

David Rothenberg
Nobody Could Explain It (+)

Accurate Jazz AC-4004 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Se Lo [3:40]
2. Mani [3:43]
3. Three Sounds [13:25]

David Rothenberg (cl, key, wind-syn, fl, Tibetan lingbu)
Hamid Drake (cym, Tibetan bowls) on #1, 2; (tbl) on #3

?? (c) 1991 – 
??
??

[info from Ed Beuker]

Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang Duo
Ask The Sun

Okkadisk OD12008 (CD) includes session 2 below

1. The Black Basement (Drake / Zerang) [13:05]

Hamid Drake (d, perc, dgdo)
Michael Zerang (d, perc, dgdo)

1991 – May 19
live at Club Lower Links
Chicago, IL (USA)

Nelson Gill
Friends

Orchard 800834 (CD)
Etcetera Records 7-31011-6 (CD, 2002)
Etcetera Records 7-31011-6 (CD, 2002)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Friends [Soca] (Gill) [5:20]
2. Wings of a Bird [Soca] ( Gill) [4:51]
3. Tick Tock [version] ( Gill) [3:22]
4. Power to Be Me [version] ( Gill) [3:54]
5. Punta 'Til We Drop ( Gill) [4:54]
6. Dance Punta ( Gill) [3:29]
7. Soca Rock [Soca] ( Gill) [4:15]
8. Baila Merengue [Merengue] ( Gill) [4:03]
9. Amigo Leal [Spanish] ( Gill) [5:22]
10. Tick Tock [Spanish] ( Gill) [3:22]
11. Punta Hasta el Final [Spanish] ( Gill) [4:54]
12. Baila Punta [Spanish] ( Gill) [3:27]

Nelson Gill (g, voc)
Nanette Frank, Diane Madison (voc)
Nhaka Sevanhu "the Field Marshall" (rap)
Michael Hyde (key)
Clinton Crawford (key)
Abdul Hakeem (g)
Randy Hardy (g)
Fabian Cook (b)
Alejo Poveda, Dede Sampaio (perc)
Hamid Drake (d)
GiGi Murell, Gina Murrel (voc) on #1
Chavelita (voc) on #9-12

?? 1992 – 
Paramount Studios
Los Angeles, CA (USA)

[info from Ed Beuker]

Crispell / Brötzmann / Drake Trio
Hyperion

Music & Arts 4852 (CD)

1. Hyperion I (collective) [20:22]
2. Hyperion II (collective) [13:36]
3. Hyperion III (collective) [15:21]

Marilyn Crispell (p)
Peter Brötzmann (reeds, trgt)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1992 – June 25
Live at the Toronto Jazz Festival
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

Brötzmann / Kondo / Parker / Drake
Die Like A Dog

FMP CD64 (CD)
included on Die Like a Dog: Complete FMP Recordings, Jazzwerkstatt (2007, 4-CD)

Die Like A Dog:
fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler		 (Brötzmann)
1. no. 1* [21:47]
2. no. 2 [15:59] total
- A:  Saint James Infirmary (Don Redman) -- [4:07]
- B* -- [10:37]
- C:  Saint James Infirmary (Don Redman) -- [1:15]
3. no. 3 [18:51] total
- A:  Two Birds In A Feather (Brötzmann) -- [1:23]
- B* -- [17:28]
4. no. 4* [16:05]

        *NOTE:  includes "very short quotations out of Albert Ayler's music in 
          different variations ("Prophet," "Ghosts," "Spirits," "Bells" and others)"

Peter Brötzmann (as, ts, trgt)
Toshinori Kondo (tpt, elec)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d, fr-d)

1993 – August 19
Townhall
Charlottenburg, Berlin (Germany)

Flippomusic Globaljazz
Tendrils of Light (+)

Southport 0024 (CD)

1. Zimbabalupi (Flippo) [4:33]
2. Antelopin' (Flippo) [5:11]
3. Tendrils of Light (Flippo) [8:30]

David Flippo (p on #2, key on #1, 3)
Steven Hashimoto (el-b)
Dan Hesler (ts, ss, fl)
Aras Biskis (perc on #2, 3; d)
Ken Gueno (perc) on #2, 3
Hamid Drake (djm on #1, 2; tbl on #3)

1994 – March
Sparrow Sound Design Recording Studio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Fred Anderson Quartet
Birdhouse

Okkadisk OD12007 (CD) also includes session 2 below

1. Waiting for MC (Anderson / Drake) [12:20]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Hamid Drake (d)

1994 – April 7
 Sparrow Sound Design
Chicago, IL (USA)

Anderson / Crispell / Drake
Destiny

Okkadisk OD12003 (CD)

1. Destiny 1 (collective) [14:16]
2. Destiny 2 (collective) [8:26]
3. Destiny 3 (collective) [7:29]
4. Destiny 4 (collective) [13:36]
5. Destiny 5 (collective) [14:37]
6. Destiny 6 (collective) [8:17]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Marilyn Crispell (p)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1994 – April 8
live during the Women of New Music Festival at the HotHouse
Chicago, IL (USA)

Brötzmann / Drake Duo
The Dried Rat-Dog

Okkadisk OD12004 (CD)

1. The Dried Rat-Dog (Brötzmann / Drake) [15:50]
2. It's an Angel on the Door (Brötzmann / Drake) [6:51]
3. Open into the Unknown (Brötzmann / Drake) [5:17]
4. Trees Have Roots in the Earth (Brötzmann / Drake) [10:57]
5. The Uninvited Entertainer (Brötzmann / Drake) [16:09]
6. Dark Wings Carry Off the Sky (Brötzmann / Drake) [7:21]

Peter Brötzmann (trgt, Eb-cl, as, ts)
Hamid Drake (d, fr-d, tbl)

1994 – May 24
Sparrow Sound Design
Chicago, IL (USA)

Ken Vandermark
Standards: Four Improvising Trios (Chicago) (+)

Quinnah Q08 (CD)

1. From the Force of the Term (collective) [7:02]
2. Spirit of the Staircase (collective) [5:27]
3. Out of Mere Impulse (collective) [8:52]

Ken Vandermark (reeds)
Kent Kessler (b)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1994 – July 25
Sparrow Sound Design
Chicago, IL (USA)

Pharoah Sanders
Message From Home

Verve 529578-2 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Our Roots (Began in Africa) (Sanders) [10:21]
2. Nozipho (Sanders) [9:43]
3. Tomoki (Sanders) [6:26]
4. Ocean Song  (Sanders) [8:49]
5. Kumba (Sanders / Suso) [7:50]
6. Country Mile (Sanders) [6:03]

Pharoah Sanders (ts, ss, fl, bells, bowls, voc)
Michael White (vln)
William Henderson (p, el-p, voc)
Bernie Worrell (key, voc)
Jeff Bova (key)
Foday Musa Suso (kora, dsng, voc)
Dominic Kanza (g)
Charnett Moffett (b)
Steve Neil (b, el-b)
Hamid Drake (d, tbl, fr-d, voc)
Aiyb Dieng (chatan, cga, bells, gongs, voc)
Salie Suso, Mariama Suso, Fanta Mangasuba, Fatoumata Sako (back-voc)

?? 1995
Sony Studios & Greenpoint Studios
New York, NY (USA)

[info from J. Geissler's Bill Laswell discography]

Fareed Haque
Opaque (+)

Blue Note 29270 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Pastoral [6:04]
2. Inspiration City [5:16]

Fareed Haque (g, el-g, g-syn, sitar)
Mark Walker (d, dumbek, udu-drum)
Jonathan Paul (b)
Hamid Drake (tbl)

1995 – February 9-17
BearTracks Studio
Suffern, NY (USA)

[info from Fareed Haque website; track times from AMG]

Fred Anderson Quartet
Birdhouse

Okkadisk OD12007 (CD) also includes session 2 above

1. Birdhouse (Anderson) [18:55]
2. Bernice (Anderson) [16:11]
3. Like Sonny (Anderson) [15:33]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Jim Baker (p)
Harrison Bankhead (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1995 – February 20
 Sparrow Sound Design
Chicago, IL (USA)

Borah Bergman with Hamid Drake
Reflections on Ornette Coleman and the Stone House

Soul Note 121280 (CD)

1. Focus On Sanity (Ornette Coleman) [17:00]
2. Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) [11:27]
3. Peace (Ornette Coleman) [8:51]
4. Congeniality (Ornette Coleman) [5:31]
5. The Stone House (Bergman) [6:09]
6. Focus On Sanity (Ornette Coleman) [4:38]

Borah Bergman (p)
Hamid Drake (d)

1995 – March 23
??
New York, NY (USA)

[date/location info from Andreas Dietz]

Ken Vandermark / Barrage Double Trio
Utility Hitter (+)

Quinnah Q09 (CD)

1. Over and Both (Vandermark) [5:15]
2. Chicago Trio (Drake / Kessler / Williams) [2:39]
3. Agamemnon Sleeps (Vandermark) [15:46]
4. Turn Your Head (Vandermark) [4:49]
5. There Is No Reason (Vandermark) [8:51]
6. Drum Duo (McBride / Drake) [3:31]
7. East River Suite (Vandermark) [12:40]
8. Polarity (Vandermark) [6:12]

Ken Vandermark (ts, Bb-cl, b-cl)
Mars Williams (ts, as, ss, Bb-cl)
Nate McBride (b, el-b)
Kent Kessler (b)
Curt Newton (d, perc)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1995 – September 9-10
Loose Booty Studio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Hamid Drake / Mats Gustafsson Duo
For Don Cherry

Okkadisk ODL10003 (CD, ltd ed. of 600)

1. (untitled) (Drake / Gustafsson) [4:53]
2. (untitled) (Drake / Gustafsson) [6:27]
3. (untitled) (Drake / Gustafsson) [17:30]
4. (untitled) (Drake / Gustafsson) [11:09]

Hamid Drake (perc)
Mats Gustafsson (reeds)

1995 – October 19
Urbis Orbis
Chicago, IL (USA)

Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang Duo
Ask The Sun

Okkadisk OD12008 (CD) includes session 1 above

1. Sacred Womb (for Oshun) (Drake / Zerang) [10:05]
2. The Children of Clark St. (Drake / Zerang) [8:20]
3. River Dance (Drake / Zerang) [11:22]
4. The Wisdom Sisters (Drake / Zerang) [6:05]
5. Ararat Mountain Two-Step (Drake / Zerang) [6:04]
6. Dreaming of Winter (Drake / Zerang) [7:02]
7. Zikr of the Heart (Drake / Zerang) [10:23]

Hamid Drake (d, perc, dgdo; voc on #7)
Michael Zerang (d, perc, dgdo)
Ashik Altany (zurma) on #5
Eddie Zerang (djm) on #5

1995 – September 14-15
Airwave Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

Scott Fields Ensemble
Five Frozen Eggs

Music & Arts CD 987 (CD)

1. Nada Que Ver, Juàrez (Fields) [5:04]
2. Laogai (Fields) [7:11]
3. The Archaeopteryx and the Manatees (Fields) [14:15]
4. Little Soldiers for Science (Fields) [5:06]
5. Teaching Rats Hope (Fields) [5:59]
6. When it comes time to hang the Capitalists, 
they shall be found bidding on the rope		 (Fields) [8:41]
7. Five Frozen Eggs (Fields) [8:34]

Scott Fields (g)
Marilyn Crispell (p)
Hans Sturm (b)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1996 – October 13
Smart Studios
Madison, WI (USA)

Brötzmann / Gania / Drake
The "WELS" Concert

Okkadisk OD12013 (CD)

1. Part 1 (Brötzmann / Drake) [25:46]
2. Part 2 (Brötzmann / Drake) [25:15]
3. Part 3 (Brötzmann / Drake) [19:17]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, as, Eb-cl, trgt)
Mahmoud Gania (guembri, voc)
Hamid Drake (d, fr-d, tbl)

1996 – November 8
Festival Music Unlimited 96
Schlachthof Wels (Austria)

Fred Anderson / DKV Trio
Fred Anderson / DKV Trio

Okkadisk OD12014 (CD)

1. Planet E (Anderson) 8:30
2. Aaron's Tune (Anderson) 5:55
3. Black Woman (Anderson) 6:09
4. Our Theme (Anderson) 5:56
5. Dark Day (Anderson) 10:54
6. Lady's In Love (Anderson) 10:30

Fred Anderson (ts)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)
Kent Kessler (b)
Ken Vandermark (reeds)

1996 – December 3
Airwave Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

DKV Trio
Live

Okkadisk ODL10001 (CD, ltd ed. of 600)

1. I / II / III (collective) [66:01]

Hamid Drake (perc)
Kent Kessler (b)
Ken Vandermark (reeds)

1996 – December 26
Lunar Cabaret
Chicago, IL (USA)

Brötzmann Chicago Octet
The Chicago Octet/Tentet

Okkadisk OD12022 (3-CD) also includes session 2 & session 3 below

1. [disc 1, track 1] Burning Spirit (for Kazuka Shiraishi) (live) (Brötzmann) [29:42]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, cl, trgt)
Mars Williams (ts, as, cl)
Ken Vandermark (ts, cl, bcl)
Jeb Bishop (tb)
Fred Lonberg-Holm (clo)
Kent Kessler (b)
Michael Zerang (d, perc)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1997 – January 29
live at the Empty Bottle
Chicago, IL (USA)

DKV Trio
Baraka

Okkadisk OD12012 (CD)

1. Double Holiday (collective) [10:46]
2. Soft Gamma Ray Repeater (collective) [8:14]
3. Baraka (collective) [35:58]
4. Figure It Out (collective) [7:16]
5. Consequence (collective) [9:27]

Hamid Drake (d)
Kent Kessler (b)
Ken Vandermark (reeds)

1997 – February 17 & 19
Überstudio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures
Contemplations

Meta 002 (CD)  ** INCOMPLETE **

1. Black Cherry Lotus [
2. Bardo [
3. Abmilakelo [
4. Ascent [
5. Midnight [
6. Light Upon Light [
7. Spiral [
8. The Elders [
9. Nascence [
10. Miro [
11. Primal Iridescence [
12. Emptiness and Form [
13. Jumpover [
14. Chandrikans [

Adam Rudolph (udu drum, hand-d, thumb-p, talk-d, bendir, selya-fl, balafon, brekete, tajida, naqqara, key, gongs, cym, perc)
Hamid Drake (tr-d, def, bendir, tumba, voc)
Ralph Jones (ss, ts, C-fl, afl, bcl, bsn, p, shn, ney, bmb-fl)
Federico Ramos (g, charango, oud, bmb-fl)
Oguri (dance)

1997 – March 11 & 12
Live at The Flynn Theatre
Burlington, VT (USA)

Hu Vibrational
Boonghee Music 1

Eastern Developments EastDev001 (CD) also includes session 2 below

1. Meditation (Rudolph / Drake) [2:47]
2. Mirto (Hu Vibrational mix) (F. Ramos / A.Rudolph) [4:30]

        NOTE:  liner notes say these tracks were originally released on Meta002 above

Adam Rudolph (udu-d, dusun'goni, sintir, thumb-p, fl, hrm, batajon, talk-d, dmb, voc, perc)
Hamid Drake (tr-d, udu-d, batajon)

1997 – March 11 & 12 (#2)
Stagg Street Studios
North Hollywood, CA (USA)

1997 – Spring (#1)
Meta Studios
Venice, CA (USA)

Georg Gräwe Quartet
Melodie Und Rhythmus

Okkadisk OD12024 (CD)

1. Nodality (collective) [4:51]
2. Imaginary Portrait I (collective) [6:56]
3. Passing Scopes (collective) [7:11]
4. Trajectory (collective) [7:17]
5. Fringe Factor (collective) [11:01]
6. Multiversum (collective) [5:59]
7. Memory of Wings II (collective) [17:55]

Georg Gräwe (p)
Frank Gratkowski (reeds)
Kent Kessler (b)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1997 – May
AirWave Recording Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
The Chicago Octet/Tentet

Okkadisk OD12022 (3-CD) also includes session 1 above & session 3 below

1. [disc 2, track 3] Immediate Music (studio) (Lonberg-Holm) [13:49]
2. [disc 2, track 4] Makapoor (studio) (Zerang / Drake) [12:53]
3. [disc 3, track 1] Foolish Infinity (studio) (Brötzmann) [26:12]
4. [disc 3, track 2] Old Bottles, No Wine (studio) (Gustafsson) [9:20]
5. [disc 3, track 3] Other Brothers (studio) (Vandermark) [24:44]
6. [disc 3, track 4] Divide By Zero (studio) (Bishop) [10:40]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, cl, trgt)
Mats Gustafsson (bar, fluteophone)
Mars Williams (ts, as, ss, cl)
Ken Vandermark (ts, cl, bcl)
Joe McPhee (p-cor, v-tb, ss)
Jeb Bishop (tb)
Fred Lonberg-Holm (clo)
Kent Kessler (b)
Michael Zerang (d, perc)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1997 – September 16
Airwave Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
The Chicago Octet/Tentet

Okkadisk OD12022 (3-CD) also includes session 1 & session 2 above

1. [disc 1, track 2] Other Brothers (live) (Vandermark) [24:39]
2. [disc 1, track 3] Old Bottles, No Wine (live) (Gustafsson) [9:46]
3. [disc 1, track 4] Aziz (live) (Zerang) [9:46]
4. [disc 2, track 1] Divide By Zero (live) (Bishop) [12:53]
5. [disc 2, track 2] Foolish Infinity (live) (Brötzmann) [26:45]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, cl, trgt)
Mats Gustafsson (bar, fluteophone)
Mars Williams (ts, as, ss, cl)
Ken Vandermark (ts, cl, bcl)
Joe McPhee (p-cor, v-tb, ss)
Jeb Bishop (tb)
Fred Lonberg-Holm (clo)
Kent Kessler (b)
Michael Zerang (d, perc)
Hamid Drake (d, perc)

1997 – September 17
live at the Empty Bottle
Chicago, IL (USA)

Frode Gjerstad Trio
Ultima

Cadence Jazz CJR 1108 (CD)

1. Ultima (Gjerstad/Parker/Drake) [58:33]

Frode Gjerstad (as)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1997 – October 7
Ultima Festival
Oslo (Norway)

Frode Gjerstad Trio
Remember To Forget

Circulasione Totale 199710 (CD)

1. Remember (collective) [38:12]
2. Forget (collective) [29:31]

Frode Gjerstad (as)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1997 – October 8
Cafe Sting
Stavanger (Norway)

Peter Brötzmann / Die Like A Dog Quartet
Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1

FMP CD97 (CD)
included on Die Like a Dog: Complete FMP Recordings, Jazzwerkstatt (2007, 4-CD)

Little Birds Have Fast Hearts (Brötzmann)
1. Part 1 [45:44]
2. Part 2 [21:59]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, cl, trgt)
Toshinori Kondo (tpt, elec)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1997 – November 7 & 8
live at the 30th Total Music Meeting, Podewil
Berlin (Germany)

Peter Brötzmann / Die Like A Dog Quartet
Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 2

FMP CD101 (CD)
included on Die Like a Dog: Complete FMP Recordings, Jazzwerkstatt (2007, 4-CD)

Little Birds Have Fast Hearts (Brötzmann)
1. Part 3 [20:19]
2. Part 4 [25:41]
3. Part 5 [8:48]
4. Part 6 [4:25]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, cl, trgt)
Toshinori Kondo (tpt, elec)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1997 – November 8 & 9
Live at the 30th Total Music Meeting, Podewil
Berlin (Germany)

Scott Fields Ensemble
Dénouement

Geode 99001 (CD, 1999)
Clean Feed CF088 (CD, 2007)

1. ...her children are her half-siblings and (Fields) [10:50]
2. ...although each had married the other... (Fields) [13:07]
3. ...the shots he missed were not for the... (Fields) [8:00]
4. ...the genius injections that had seemed... (Fields) [9:56]
5. ...his late wife wasn't unfaithful and... (Fields) [15:04]
6. ...the man he killed for "raping" his... (Fields) [7:11]
7. ...nothing had been wrong with him and he (Fields) [7:50]

Scott Fields, Jeff Parker (g)
Jason Roebke, Hans Sturm (b)
Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang (d, perc)

1997 – December
Airwave Studios
Chicago, IL (USA)

Jeb Bishop
98 Duets (+)

Wobbly Rail 004 (CD)

1. k. [13:18]

Jeb Bishop (tb)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1998 – betw. January 21 and April 23
Überstudio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Malachi Thompson
Freebop Now! (+)

Delmark 506 (CD)

1. Jammin' at the Point (Thompson) [8:02]
2. Jammin' at the Point (reprise) (Thompson) [2:25]

Malachi Thompson (tpt)
Steve Berry (tb)
Oliver Lake (as)
Kirk Brown (p)
Harrison Bankhead (b)
Dana Hall (d)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1998 – February 22 & May 3
Riverside Studio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Irène Schweizer / Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake
Willisau & Taktlos 

Intakt 104 (CD, 2007)  see also session below

1. A Former Dialogue [21:59]

Irène Schweizer (p)
Hamid Drake (d)

1998 – March 28
Taktlos Festival
Zurich (Switzerland)

Joe Morris w/ DKV Trio
Deep Telling (+)

Okkadisk OD12027 (CD)

1. "standing here" (collective) [12:15]
2. "hollow curve" trio #1 (collective) [5:59]
3. "narrative" (collective) [7:33]
4. "breathe easily" trio #2 (collective) [4:47]
5. "telling" suite (collective) [18:35]

Hamid Drake (d)
Joe Morris (g)
Kent Kessler (b) on #1-3, 5
Ken Vandermark (ts) on #1, 3-5

1998 – April 30
Überstudio
Chicago, IL (USA)

John Corbett & Heavy Friends
I'm Sick About My Hat (+)

Atavistic ALP116 (CD)

1. Ready Kilowatt (Corbett) [7:34]

John Corbett (el-g, voc)
Mats Gustafsson (bar, fluteophone)
Jeb Bishop (tb)
Hamid Drake (d)

between
1998 – May and 
1999 – June
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL (USA)

Fred Anderson Trio
Live at the Velvet Lounge

Okkadisk OD12023 (CD)

1. Straight, But Not Straight (collective) [33:17]
2. To Those Who Know (collective) [11:41]
3. Multidimensional Reality (collective) [28:54]

Fred Anderson (ts)
Peter Kowald (b)
Hamid Drake (perc)

1998 – June 1
live at the Velvet Lounge
Chicago, IL (USA)

Aesop Quartet
Fables For A New Millenium

8th Harmonic Breakdown 8000 (CD)

1. Summer Solstice (Dawkins) [6:51]
2. Egyptian Knights (Dawkins) [7:52]
3. Jamila's Song (Dawkins) [6:14]
4. Cuttin'-n-Scratchin' (Dawkins) [8:32]
5. Graph-ti-fi-ca-tion (Dawkins) [8:58]
6. Tobias & Me (Dawkins) [7:00]
7. One-Minute Ballad (Dawkins) [1:52]
8. Improvisation #8 (Dawkins) [8:50]

Ernest Dawkins (reeds)
Jeff Parker (g)
Rollo Radford (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

1998 – June 20
Chicago, IL (USA)

Kali Z. Fasteau
Vivid (+)

Flying Note 9007 (CD)

1. Red (Fasteau) [5:05]
2. Sun Yellow (Fasteau) [12:06]
3. Sienna (This Moment) (Fasteau) [1:50]
4. Tamil Blue (Fasteau / Drake) [2:03]
5. Pimento (Fasteau / Parker) [5:07]
6. Magenta (Fasteau / McPhee / Parker / Drake) [8:21]

Kali Z. Fasteau (moursin on #1; ss on #1, 2, 5, 6; sanza on #3; Nai-fl, Kaval-fl on #4; voc on #1-3, 5, 6)
Joe McPhee (ss on #1, 2, 6; p-tpt on #2, 5)
William Parker (b)
Hamid Drake (d on #1, 2, 5, 6; bindir on #3, 4; voc on #4)

1998 – June 27
Live at the Velvet Lounge
Chicago, IL (USA)

Pharoah Sanders / Adam Rudolph / Hamid Drake
Spirits

Meta 004 (CD)

1. Sunrise (collective) [19:18]
2. Morning in Soweto (collective) [5:00]
3. The Thousand Petalled Lotus (collective) [7:00]
4. I and Thou (collective) [2:05]
5. Uma Lake (collective) [3:14]
6. Ancient Peoples (collective) [7:35]
7. Calling to the Luminous Beings (collective) [5:54]
8. Roundhouse (collective) [2:28]
9. Molimo (collective) [2:44]
10. Sunset (collective) [5:05]

Pharoah Sanders (ts, w-fl, hindehoo, voc)
Adam Rudolph (hand-d, bmb-fl, gong, perc, v