belyin
03-15-2009, 11:47 PM
International creative jazz artists Hamid Drake (Chicago, IL) and Frank Gratkowski (Cologne, Germany) will appear in concert at Piety Street Recording studio (728 Piety Street, N.O.L.A.) at 9 Pm Thursday March 19. The concert will recorded for release by Valid Records. There will be a $10 admission charge.
Hamid Drake(born in Monroe, LA) is the one of the greatest drummers of his generation. His list of associations is immense and immensely varied: stars such as Don Cherry, David Murray, Herbie Hancock, Pharaoh Sanders, and Bill Laswell; creative music legends Peter Brotzmann, Misha Mengelberg, Ken Vandermark, Fred Anderson, William Parker; New Orleans own Kidd Jordan and Rob Wagner; and world music and reggae performers Foday Musa Suso, Sister Carol, the I-Tals, and the Heptones. He brings to every project tremendous commitment and spirit, and he has the rare ability to find freedom in the groove and the groove in free time and space. Hamid has appeared numerous times in New Orleans and has many fans here, and he appears on two of the finest recordings by New Orleanians from the post-Katrina period: PALM OF SOUL (w/Kidd Jordan and William Parker, recorded in Brooklyn on Sept. 22, 2005) and the Valid Records release ROB WAGNER TRIO Featuring HAMID DRAKE & NOBU OZAKI (recorded in New Orleans, Dec. 6-7, 2005.)
Frank Gratkowski is one of the brightest talents on the lively European creative jazz scene, and has brought his prodigious technique and exploratory spirit to New Orleans on several occasions, where he has performed with an eclectic range of local luminaries: Steve Masakowski, Jason Marsalis, Phil DeGruy, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Helen Gillet, Rick Trolsen, etc. Gratkowski has also recorded a cd in New Orleans with TOUCH (Gratkowski, Justin Peake, and Dan Oestreicher.)
Drake and Gratkowski have performed together, both as a duo and with larger groups, on numerous occasions, but this will be their first recording together as a duo. Piety Street Recording is New Orleans premier studio; it's large Studio A is also a superb listening space for concert presentations. This concert is presented as a joint production by Scatterjazz and Valid Records, and it is the first event in an extended New Orleans residency for Frank Gratkowski and Hamid Drake presented by Scatterjazz, an independent producer devoted to the presentation of creative music in New Orleans. For the complete schedule, please consult their website (http://www.scatterjazz.com)
Hamid Drake(born in Monroe, LA) is the one of the greatest drummers of his generation. His list of associations is immense and immensely varied: stars such as Don Cherry, David Murray, Herbie Hancock, Pharaoh Sanders, and Bill Laswell; creative music legends Peter Brotzmann, Misha Mengelberg, Ken Vandermark, Fred Anderson, William Parker; New Orleans own Kidd Jordan and Rob Wagner; and world music and reggae performers Foday Musa Suso, Sister Carol, the I-Tals, and the Heptones. He brings to every project tremendous commitment and spirit, and he has the rare ability to find freedom in the groove and the groove in free time and space. Hamid has appeared numerous times in New Orleans and has many fans here, and he appears on two of the finest recordings by New Orleanians from the post-Katrina period: PALM OF SOUL (w/Kidd Jordan and William Parker, recorded in Brooklyn on Sept. 22, 2005) and the Valid Records release ROB WAGNER TRIO Featuring HAMID DRAKE & NOBU OZAKI (recorded in New Orleans, Dec. 6-7, 2005.)
Frank Gratkowski is one of the brightest talents on the lively European creative jazz scene, and has brought his prodigious technique and exploratory spirit to New Orleans on several occasions, where he has performed with an eclectic range of local luminaries: Steve Masakowski, Jason Marsalis, Phil DeGruy, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Helen Gillet, Rick Trolsen, etc. Gratkowski has also recorded a cd in New Orleans with TOUCH (Gratkowski, Justin Peake, and Dan Oestreicher.)
Drake and Gratkowski have performed together, both as a duo and with larger groups, on numerous occasions, but this will be their first recording together as a duo. Piety Street Recording is New Orleans premier studio; it's large Studio A is also a superb listening space for concert presentations. This concert is presented as a joint production by Scatterjazz and Valid Records, and it is the first event in an extended New Orleans residency for Frank Gratkowski and Hamid Drake presented by Scatterjazz, an independent producer devoted to the presentation of creative music in New Orleans. For the complete schedule, please consult their website (http://www.scatterjazz.com)