CDs
Title: The Season's Fire
This all-star trio features William Hooker on drums, Eyvind Kang on violin and guitar and Bill Horist on guitar. Sync'd up like they've been playing together for eternity these recordings represent a dramatic paradigm shift in the art of improvisation. These three thoroughly modern artists scan jazz, new music and noise – stretching it all out and putting it back together within the expansive boundaries of these tremendously compelling high energy recordings.
William Hooker has performed as a leader of many ensembles of improvised and new music. Accompanying musicians have included: Billy Bang, Thurston Moore, David Murray, David S. Ware, William Parker, Melvin Gibbs, Donald Miller, DJ Olive, Elliot Sharpe, Malachi Thompson, Zeena Parkins, Lee Ranaldo, DJ Spooky, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Mark Hennen, Steven Bernstein, Roy Nathanson, Jason Hwang, Glenn Spearman, Joseph Celli, Ellen Christi and many more.
Eyvind Kang's introduction seems to have come when he was still a student at Cornish College. At this time he traveled to NYC to perform and tour with John Zorn''s Cobra game piece. Kang has since recorded and toured with John Zorn, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs, Bill Frissel, Sun City Girls, Arto Lindsay, Wayne Horvitz & many more.
Bill Horist has played or recorded with members of Larsen, Earth and The Boredoms as well as Bill Frisell,Wayne Horvitz, KK Null, Matt Chamberlain, Trey Gunn, Chris Cutler, Kawabata Makoto, Trey Spruance, Eugene Chadbourne, TatsuyaYoshida, Shazaad Ismaily, Climax Golden Twins, Haco, Illusion of Safety, Saadet Tuerkoez, Planktonman, Jack Wright, Steve Fisk, Anla Courtis (Reynols) and many more.
TRACK LISTING
1. Realize
2. Outcry
3. Pitch
4. Under The Hammer
5. Baron
6. Seasons II
7. Fate
REVIEWS
NYC
A radio interview "ON GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME" w/ Dave Sewelson of WFMU FM nyc 2-5 pm 81.1 fm speaking about my new record JUBILATION More...
nyc
Live interview w/ Basir MChowi on WBAI FM - 99.5 FM regarding my new recording , "JUBILATION." Always a stimulatin conversation. More...
Takoma Park, MD
William Hooker Trio w/ Ras Moshe and Hans Tammen perform at Rhizome,Takoma Park,MD. 7pm * $20-25 * TICKETS Transparent Productions welcomes the William Hooker Trio with William Hooker (drums), Ras Moshe (saxophone and flute) and Hans Tammen (guitar, electronics) for a night of incendiary music at Rhizome DC. William’s latest recording is “Jubilation” on Org Music. William Hooker (drummer, composer and poet) has created works that range from jazz and "new" music to experimental genres. Ras Moshe Burnett is a composer, multi-instrumentalist specializing in saxophone and flute, musicologist, and educator. Hans Tammen uses textures, timbre and dynamics as primary elements, his music is continuously shifting, with different layers floating into the foreground while others disappear. More...