William Hooker
Squealer Music
Master drummer William Hooker has performed with a veritable "who's who" roster of jazz and avant-rock greats, including Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, DJ Olive of We, Zeena Parkins, William Parker, and a host of others. Hooker's "energy music" is never less than full-on. He leads his ensemble with a fierce, pummeling kick-drum attack, and each player adds another crazy layer to a dense and mildly hysterical overall sound that sometimes recalls Ornette Coleman. If Jackson Pollack's scatter paintings were music, this is what they would sound like. It's a spidery, labyrinthine map of sound that is sometimes exhausting, always exhilarating.
Jesse Ashlock
last updated:
08/16/01
Similar Artists:
Sun Ra, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Ornette Coleman
Other Suggestions:
Sonic Youth,
Steven Jesse Bernstein,
William S. Burroughs,
Glenn Branca,
Tyondai Braxton,
The Vandermark 5,
Mount Everest Trio,
Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project,
Joe McPhee,
Anthony Braxton,
Gold Sparkle Band,
The Flying Luttenbachers,
Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble,
Spaceways Incorporated,
Schlippenbach Quartet,
The Falcon Project,
Samarai Celestial,
Last Days of May,
David Axelrod,
Loren MazzaCane Connors
