TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
ABOUT “TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER”
– A podcast.
– A publication with transcriptions of the conversations + a collaborative artwork.
– A live talk/performance/art work.
“Talking about the Weather” is a series where beyond-the-drums-drummer Eric Thielemans talks, plays and shares with a variety of musicians, philosophers, visual artists, scientists…It is a research into space, artistry and life.
In this series Eric Thielemans digs into the oral ways of creating and sharing meaning and/or meaningful information. The project starts from the specificity of a situation (who, where, when, what), by tuning in into the atmosphere(s)/waves that are already present before the conversation starts.
After having worked with legendary jazz drummer Billy Hart, the project continues with the formidable Hamid Drake and Bob Moses.
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER #2 – ERIC THIELEMANS, BOB MOSES & HAMID DRAKE
A new dialogue between Eric Thielemans and two of the leading drummers of the past decades: Bob Moses and Hamid Drake.
The people are different, but the format stays the same – a drum conversation between three friends.
ABOUT BOB MOSES
Drummer, composer, artist, poet, dancer, visionary, nature mystic: Bob Moses’s life has been a continuous quest for vision, spirit, compassion, growth, and mastery in a multiplicity of art forms. A partial list of musicians Bob Moses has worked and/or recorded with includes: Charles Mingus, Larry Coryell, The Free Spirits, Gary Burton, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Paul Bley, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Hal Galper, Michael Brecker, Steve Kuhn, Sheila Jordan, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Sanborn, Bill Frisell, Eddie Gomez, John Scofield, Terumasa Hino, Dave Holland, Hermeto Pascoal, Jovinos Santos Neto, Danilo Perez, Chucho Valdes, Gregory Hines, Stan Strickland, Tiger Okoshi, Nana Vasconcelos, Obo Addy, Vernon Reid, Robert Pinsky, Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, free master guitar genius Tisziji Muñoz, and many others. He is a learned, erudite musician with an inspirational approach to jazz. He listens to the world around him and recreates it in a world of music.
ABOUT HAMID DRAKE
By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in jazz and improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion instruments and influence, in addition to using the standard trap set, Drake has collaborated extensively with top free jazz improvisers. Drake also has performed world music; by the late 1970s, he was a member of Foday Musa Suso’sMandingo Griot Society and has played reggae throughout his career.
Drake has worked with trumpeter Don Cherry, pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Fred Anderson, Archie Shepp and David Murray and bassists Reggie Workman and William Parker (in many lineups).
The three protagonists embark on a conversation, contemplating the spaces they co-create and the information that emerges from such awareness. The talk flows in and out of their specialist knowledge resulting in a collaborative creation (music piece, art work, book, installation…) combining fields of expertise, instruments, tools and practices.
“The musical conversations are at a high level. Hart and Thielemans converse and challenge each other without competing – they are clearly both past that stage.
Beautiful record and a rare case of artwork and music being one, with the whole being more than the sum of its parts.” – Gonzo
“The drums tell the story. Together, they conjure up landscapes. Breezes, coolness, storms, rain, drought. The volcano rumbling in the distance. And the rhythm that settles, that evolves, accelerates or slows down. Their musical conversation is sometimes as if they were arguing. A splendid record.” – Le Soir
Eric Thielemans (BE) – Drums
Hamid Drake (US) – Drums
Bob Moses (US) – Drums
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