Hamid Drake’s project Turiya honors a titan in Black American music: Swamini Turiyasangitananda, a.k.a. Alice Coltrane. This performance, captured in 2023 at beloved DC rock club Black Cat, features one of Coltrane’s muscial compositions built on Hindu scripture — to which Drake has added energy and spirit from his own musical past as a drummer in reggae groups. For more multimedia messages from the DC jazz scene, head to capitalbop.com.
recorded June 23, 2023 at Black Cat- Washington, DC CapitalBop x Home Rule Music Festival present: Hamid Drake’s TURIYA
Hamid Drake — drums + voice
Joshua Abrams — bass
James Brandon Lewis — saxophone
Jamie Saft — organ + keyboard
produced by: Jamie Sandel / All Power Media for CapitalBop
cameras: Jamie Sandel + Lauren Honesty live/intake
engineer: Elisa Binger, Black Cat
mix engineer + video editor: Jamie Sandel
The editing and publication of this video was supported by a grant from HumanitiesDC as part of the Humanities Grant Program, an initiative funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.