Hamid Drake

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hamid Drake
Occupation	Drummer
Date Of Birth	Aug 3, 1955(1955-08-03)
Age	69
Birthplace	Monroe
Country	United States
Birth City	Louisiana
Horoscope	Leo

Hamid Drake Biography

Hamid Drake is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on August 3, 1955 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Jazz drummer and percussionist, who also plays avant-garde music. He has also performed Afro-Cuban music.

He collaborated with jazz pianist Herbie Hanscock.

Hamid Drake (born August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist.

Don Cherry, who Drake first met in 1978, was another continuing collaborator. After meeting Don Cherry, Hamid and fellow percussionist Adam Rudolph travelled with Don to Europe, where they explored the interior landscape of percussion and shared deeply in Mr. Cherry‘s grasp of music‘s spiritually infinite transformational possibilities. Drake worked extensively with him from 1978 until Cherry‘s death in 1995.

When he was young, his family moved from Monroe Louisiana to Evanston Illinois.

Hamid Drake Net Worth

Hamid Drake is one of the richest Drummer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hamid Drake 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fred Anderson was his first boss.

He is well-known for his use of African, Indian, and Afro-Cuban percussion instruments.

Hamid Drake (birth name Henry Lawrence Drake) was born in 1955 in Monroe, Louisiana, and his family moved to Evanston, Illinois when he was a child, just as an older musician from Monroe named Fred Anderson also moved to Evanston, with his family. Hamid started playing with local rock and R&B bands, which eventually brought him to Fred Anderson‘s attention. Drake worked with Anderson from 1974 to 2010 including on Anderson‘s 1979 The Missing Link. At Fred Anderson’s workshops, a young Hamid met Douglas Ewart, George Lewis and other members of Chicago‘s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Another of the most significant percussion influences on Drake, Ed Blackwell, dates from this period. Hamid‘s flowing rhythmic expressions and interest in the roots of the music drew like~minded musicians together into a performance and educational collective named the Mandingo Griot Society, which combined traditional African music and narrative with distinctly American influences.

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Facts & Trivia

Hamid Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hamid Drake celebrates birthday on August 3 of every year.