He is a 30 year veteran of the New York creative music community, emerging in the loft-era movement. He is a very influential musician and band leader. Parker has performed and recorded with many jazz luminaries including Don Cherry, David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Charles Gayle and many others. He was Cecil Taylor's bassist of choice for many years. Percussion master Hamid Drake is one of the most versatile and wide ranging drummers in creative music.
Drake is a hard hitting free drummer who can groove mightily.
In addition to being one of the most highly sought after percussionist in free jazz, Drake has performed in a number of reggae groups including the Heptones, Michael Rose, and many others. Epistrophy Arts is proud to welcome Mr. Drake back to Austin since his show-stopping performance with Chicago's DKV Trio last year. This is a rare chance for local music fans to see one of the pillars of free jazz in one of the premier groups of our time in an intimate setting. I own only ten records. And Brotzmann's records stand up very well among those masterpieces.