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Hamid Drake
dr, *1955 US, Monroe, Louisiana
Musician of Jazz
Hamid Drake (born August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He lives in Chicago, IL but spends a great deal of time touring worldwide.By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in jazz and avant improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion instruments and influence, in addition to using the standard trap set, Drake has collaborated extensively with top free-jazz improvisers. Drake also has performed world music; by the late 70s, he was a member of Foday Musa Suso’s Mandingo Griot Society and has played reggae throughout his career.
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Black Cherry on Piercing The Veil by William Parker & Hamid Drake Five Angels by the Stream on Heart Trio by William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake Atman on Heart Trio by William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake Mud Dance on Heart Trio by William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake All Be(tween) on Black Cherry by Organic Grooves, William Parker & Hamid Drake I on The All-Star Game by Various Artists Drum Nerds on Timelines by Hamid Drake & Jesse Stewart Serbia on Heart Trio by William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake Gold Weave on Black Cherry by Organic Grooves, William Parker & Hamid Drake For Brother Thompson on From the River to the Ocean by Fred Anderson & Hamid DrakeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chi | David Liebman, Adam Rudolph & Hamid Drake | 2019 | Album |
| In Between The Tumbling A Stillness | Assif Tsahar, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2018 | Album |
| Keep Going | Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake | 2018 | Album |
| Karuna (Compassion) | Hamid Drake, Ralph Jones, Adam Rudolph | 2018 | Album |
| Full Circle - Live In Łódź | Ned Rothenberg & Hamid Drake | 2017 | Album |
| Frode Gjerstad With Hamid Drake And William Parker | Frode Gjerstad With Hamid Drake And William Parker | 2017 | Album |
| Song Sentimentale | Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2016 | Album |
| Jungle Live At Okuden | Mat Walerian, Matthew Shipp, Hamid Drake | 2016 | Album |
| Heads Or Tails | Hamid Drake – Sylvain Kassap | 2016 | Album |
| Live At La Resistenza | John Dikeman, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2015 | Album |
| Cleaning the Mirror | John Dikeman, Hamid Drake, William Parker | 2015 | Album |
| For Ed Blackwell | Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang | 2015 | Album |
| Live At Jazzwerkstatt Peitz | Charles Gayle / William Parker / Hamid Drake | 2015 | Album |
| Đëğhė | Paolo Angeli, Hamid Drake | 2014 | Album |
| Le Chant Des Pierres | Philippe Champion / Hamid Drake | 2014 | Album |
| Flying Eagle | Claudine François, Hubert Dupont, Hamid Drake | 2014 | Album |
| Solid And Spirit | Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake | 2013 | Album |
| Tender Exploration | William Parker / Conrad Bauer / Hamid Drake | 2013 | Album |
| Timelines | Jesse Stewart, Hamid Drake | 2013 | Album |
| Seven Lines | Hera With Special Guest Hamid Drake | 2013 | Album |
| A Night In November - Live In New Orleans | Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake | 2013 | Album |
| Giornale Di Bordo | Antonello Salis, Paolo Angeli, Gavino Murgia, Hamid Drake | 2010 | Album |
| Sharing The Shed | Dresch Mihály, Lafayette Gilchrist, Mátyás Szandai, Hamid Drake | 2010 | Album |
| Brøtzmann / Drake | Peter Brötzmann / Hamid Drake | 2010 | Album |
| Frank Gratkowski Hamid Drake | Frank Gratkowski, Hamid Drake | 2010 | Album |
| Live In The Ghetto | Pasquale Innarella . William Parker . Hamid Drake | 2009 | Album |
| Washed Away, Live At The Sunside | Sophia Domancich / Hamid Drake / William Parker | 2009 | Album |
| On Reade Street | Frode Gjerstad With William Parker & Hamid Drake | 2008 | Album |
| DMG @ The Stone Volume 2: December 26, 2006 | Raoul Björkenheim, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2008 | Album |
| Blown Away | Philip Gibbs, Roy Campbell, Paul Dunmall, Daniel Carter, Paul Rogers, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
| The Last Dances | Hamid Drake / Anders Gahnold / William Parker | 2007 | Album |
| From The River To The Ocean | Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
| Summer Snow : Volume 2 | William Parker & Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
| Willisau & Taktlos | Irene Schweizer / Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
| First Communion + Piercing The Veil : Volume 1 Complete | William Parker & Hamid Drake | 2007 | Album |
| Life At Glenn Miller Cafè, Soul Bodies, Vol. 2 | Hamid Drake & Assif Tsahar | 2006 | Album |
| Palm Of Soul | Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker | 2006 | Album |
| Only | Beans Feat. William Parker & Hamid Drake | 2006 | Album |
| Evolving Silence Vol. 2 | Hamid Drake, Albert Beger, William Parker | 2006 | Album |
| Peace And Joy | Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Philip Gibbs, Hamid Drake | 2006 | Album |
| Evolving Silence Vol. 1 | Hamid Drake, Albert Beger, William Parker | 2005 | Album |
| Blue Winter | Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake / William Parker | 2005 | Album |
| Lost Brother | Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake | 2005 | Album |
| Uotha | Paolo Angeli, Hamid Drake | 2005 | Album |
| Back Together Again | Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake | 2004 | Album |
| For Trio (16 Fantasiestücke) | Georg Gräwe, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake | 2004 | Album |
| Your Spirit Is Calling | Arthur Doyle / Hamid Drake | 2004 | Album |
| Never Too Late But Always Too Early | Peter Brötzmann / William Parker / Hamid Drake | 2003 | Album |
| Songs For A Suffering World | David Budbill, William Parker, Hamid Drake | 2003 | Album |
| The All-Star Game | Marshall Allen / Hamid Drake / Kidd Jordan / William Parker / Alan Silva | 2003 | Album |
| Eloping With The Sun | William Parker, Joe Morris, Hamid Drake | 2002 | Album |
| Brothers Together | Hamid Drake & Sabir Mateen | 2002 | Album |
| Soul Bodies, Vol 1 | Hamid Drake / Assif Tsahar | 2001 | Album |
| New World Pygmies Vol. 2 | Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker With Hamid Drake | 2001 | Album |
| Open Systems | Assif Tsahar, Hugh Ragin, Peter Kowald, Hamid Drake | 2001 | Album |
| Piercing The Veil | William Parker & Hamid Drake | 2001 | Album |
| The Atlanta Concert | Peter Brötzmann / Fred Hopkins / Hamid Drake | 2001 | Album |
| Spirits | Pharoah Sanders, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph | 2000 | Album |
| 2 Days In April | Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker | 2000 | Album |
| Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement Of Freedom | Hamid Drake / Joe McPhee | 2000 | Album |
| Live At The Empty Bottle | Peter Brötzmann / Hamid Drake / Kent Kessler | 1999 | Album |
| Ask The Sun | Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang | 1997 | Album |
| The "Wels" Concert | Peter Brötzmann, Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Hamid Drake | 1997 | Album |
| Destiny | Marilyn Crispell / Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake | 1996 | Album |
| For Don Cherry | Mats Gustafsson / Hamid Drake | 1995 | Album |
| Hyperion | Marilyn Crispell / Peter Brötzmann / Hamid Drake | 1995 | Album |
| Reflections On Ornette Coleman And The Stone House | Borah Bergman With Hamid Drake | 1995 | Album |
| The Dried Rat-Dog | Peter Brötzmann / Hamid Drake | 1995 | Album |
| Jazz Africa | Herbie Hancock, Foday Musa Suso, Aiyb Dieng, Armando Peraza, Adam Rudolph, Joe Thomas, Hamid Drake, Abdul Hakeem | 1987 | Album |
| La Luna | Dørge/Becker/Carlsen Featuring Hamid Drake | 1987 | Album |
| Jazz Africa | Herbie Hancock, Foday Musa Suso, Aiyb Dieng, Armando Peraza, Adam Rudolph, Joe Thomas, Hamid Drake, Abdul Hakeem | 1987 | Album |
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