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This is Joe Wong.

Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

I'd like to play something for you. You're hearing back together again by Fred Anderson and my guest Hamid Drake on drums.

Over the past four decades, Hamid Drake, on drums. Over the past four decades,

Hamid has established himself as one of the most exciting

and well-respected artists in improvised music.

His long list of collaborators

include such luminaries as Don Cherry,

Ken Vandermark, Peter Brothsman,

Bora Bergman, and Herbie Hancock.

Both deeply spiritual and intellectually astute, Hamid has studied sacred music from around the world.

His style builds on the American avant-garde artists that preceded him and incorporates the influences of,

among other things, North African frame drumming, Indian tabla tradition, incorporates the influences of, among other things,

North African frame drumming, Indian tabla tradition, and the music of the Caribbean,

especially reggae.

Somehow, Hamid metabolizes this broad range of influences into a cohesive style all his own.

And now, our interview with Hamid Drake.

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