William Hooker

• DIGISLEEVE (MINI-LP GATEFOLD REPLICA)

William Hooker has been recognized as one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, leading a variety of ensembles within the worlds of free jazz, experimental, and new music. Hooker's prior collaborators range from avant garde jazz musicians to indie rock legends like Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. On his latest work, "Symphonie of Flowers", Hooker weaves three sections into a whole, or a "symphonie" of sorts. As he says, "the piece begins and ends with the drum... my instrument. It's rhythm and variations of timbre are the stabilizing element."

PERSONNEL:

• WILLIAM HOOKER, drums, percussion, bass, violin
• ERIQ ROBINSON, THEODORE WOODWARD, electronics
• MARC EDWARDS, WARREN SMITH, percussion
• MARA ROSENBLOOM, piano
• MICHAEL THOMPSON, piano & percussion
• DEVIN WALDMAN, STEPHEN GAUCI, saxophone

Recorded at NYU Steinhardt Studios NYC on October 26th, 2018.

TRACKS:

• 01. Chain Gangs
• 02. Freedom Riders
• 03. Rastafarian
• 04. Mud Cloth
• 05. Jazz
• 06. Soul
• 07. Hieroglyphics

Includes insert with Poems by William Hooker