William Hooker

William Hooker (born 1946) is a jazz drummer and composer.

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1946 - Jazz - Drummer - Composer

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Early in his career, he played with the Isley Brothers and Dionne Warwick, among others. In college, Hooker began broadening his musical vision: He wrote a paper on Alban Berg, and befriended some members of Funkadelic.

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Isley Brothers - Dionne Warwick - Alban Berg - Funkadelic

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A move to New York City in the mid-1970s led Hooker to the so-called "loft scene" of adventurous free jazz performers. While Hooker was active in music throughout the 1980s, he was little recorded until the 1990s.

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New York City - Free jazz

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While most of Hooker's output is rooted in free jazz, Neil Strauss has written, "William Hooker is a man determined to get his music 'out there,' and he'll cross any genre to do it."

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Free jazz - Genre

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He has worked with Glenn Spearman, Christian Marclay, DJ Olive, William Parker, and Sonic Youth founders Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.

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Glenn Spearman - Christian Marclay - DJ Olive - William Parker - Sonic Youth - Thurston Moore - Lee Ranaldo

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