Doug Hammond
Doug Hammond (born December 26, 1942) is an American free funk/avant-garde jazz drummer, composer, poet, producer, and professor. His first major release was "Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen" on Tribe Records in 1975. Career. He has worked with musicians including Earl Hooker, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Sammy Price, Donald Byrd, Wolfgang Dauner, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Marion Williams, Paquito D'Rivera, Arnett Cobb, James Blood Ulmer and Arthur Blythe. In 2010 Doug Hammond wrote and conducted "Acknowledgement Suite" with Dwight Adams, Jean Toussaint, Roman Filiú, Howard Curtis, Wendell Harrison, Dick Griffin, Stéphane  Payen, Kirk Lightsey and Arron James. He was a professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. His work has been filmed in a documentary "Sparkle of Inspiration" by the Austrian director Dieter Strauch released during the Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz in 2016. Personal life. He lives and works in Linz, Austria. With Charles Mingus With Lonnie Liston Smith