Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6), by Hamid drake

Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6)

by Hamid drake

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more

1.	Dedicated to Die Like a Dog 08:22	buy track
2.	Dedicated to Adam Rudolph 13:20	buy track
3.	Dedicated to Don & Moki Cherry 06:06	buy track
4.	Dedicated to Milford Graves 08:29	buy track
5.	Dedicated to Paul Lovens 09:13	buy track
6.	Dedicated to Big Black 07:42	buy track
7.	Dedicated to Fred Anderson and to the beauty and diversity of Chicago 05:28	buy track
8.	Dedicated to Lex Hixon (Shaykh Nur) and Shaykha Fariha 08:45	buy track
9.	Dedicated to Lenn Keller, Brenda Jones, and Calvin Gantt 03:54	buy track

about

One of the towering creative musicians of our time, a master drummer and multiple percussionist, Hamid Drake has anchored inumerable
bands. As a hard working player, constantly touring the globe, he's collaborated with most of the major figures in improvised music and
contemporary jazz, from David Murray and Peter Brötzmann to Pharoah Sanders and Don Cherry. Along the way, Drake has never had an
opportunity to stop and make a solo record. Indeed, he's only performed solo on a few occasions. John Corbett began petitioning Drake
to record an unaccompanied session twenty years ago. At last, after the pandemic had (just slightly) slowed down Drake's incessant
travel itinerary, a plan was hatched and he entered Experimental Sound Studio during the cold, hard month of December, 2020. With
Corbett, Jim Dempsey, and engineer Alex Inglizian as his audience, Drake worked through a vaguely plotted-out blueprint, however after
a few months had passed, the drummer was unsatisfied with the result. He returned to the studio in July, 2021, with no pre-planned
notion, and this time the Hamid Drake magic was everywhere – perched on his drum-throne, working exclusively at the kit, sometimes
plying metallic percussion atop the snare, Drake recorded nine tracks, a cornucopia of rhythms and textures that touch on his love of
reggae and funk but retain the openness and buoyancy that have made him such a go-to figure among his peers. In the CD's liner notes,
he says: "A dedication in spirit to all those who have influenced, helped, opened, nurtured, shown love for, and cared for me along the
way." These include Brötzmann's band Die Like a Dog, longterm percussion pal Adam Rudolph and mentor Fred Anderson, fellow
drummers Paul Lovens and Milford Graves, Don and Moki Cherry, Big Black, and others. The record, precisely and soulfully recorded by
Inglizian, has the beauty and warmth that always radiate from Drake's sticks, from his person and spirit – deep humanity in the form of
an unstoppable engine room. Cover art by Christopher Wool

credits

released November 18, 2022

Hamid Drake – drum set and percussion
Recorded by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, on July 12, 2020. Mixed and
mastered by Alex Inglizian with Hamid Drake, Jim Dempsey, and John Corbett at ESS. Cover
design and artwork by Christopher Wool. CD design by David Khan-Giordano. Produced by
John Corbett and Christopher Wool

license

about

Corbett vs. Dempsey Chicago, Illinois

corbettvsdempsey.com

contact / help

Contact Corbett vs. Dempsey

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6), you may also like:

Painters Winter
by William Parker

supported by 14 fans who also own “Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6)”

On "Painters Winter", William Parker and company explore some fascinating musical spaces, a set of songs that stretch out and expand in a way that ably demonstrates both the players' impressive skills and Parker's exceptional gifts as a composer. rikm
go to album
Mayan Space Station
by William Parker

supported by 13 fans who also own “Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6)”

After a precision liftoff in Tabasco and setting a course to travel the space ways from planet to planet, the album peels away through a wormhole just past Saturn in the eponymous track Mayan Space Station to journey through time and space in Canyons of Light. eric F
go to album
Children of the Forest
by Milford Graves, Arthur Doyle, Hugh Glover

supported by 12 fans who also own “Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6)”

Professor Graves always amazes, this lost session from a week prior to the recording of his classic "Babi" is a welcome addition to his discography. Mr. Johnson
go to album
PHANTOM JAZZ
by PHANTOM JAZZ

Gerard Masters captures the looseness, magic, and swing of jazz in this second installment of the Composition Series. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2020
go to album
Rob Jacobs
by Rob Jacobs

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 20, 2015
go to album
There is only love and fear
by Bex Burch

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 29, 2023
go to album
Historic Music Past Tense Future
by Peter Brötzmann, Milford Graves, William Parker

supported by 12 fans who also own “Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6)”

free jazz you can lift weights to. aggressive and necessary. Lovdahl, Ian
go to album