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Unpacking a groove: Predator

  • January 8, 2023
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I’m getting into some finer points of playing the hihat two handed with a younger student, and was tempted to show him a groove I transcribed a long time ago: Predator, played by Omar Hakim […]

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Very occasional quote of the day: Fast City

  • October 31, 2019
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Omar Hakim speaks to Modern Drummer when he was with Weather Report in the mid 80s: RT : How did you learn to play bop so fast?  OH : I don’t know. With much difficulty. […]

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Groove o’ the day: Omar Hakim / Gil

  • November 20, 2016
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The early 80s were kind of a heyday for hip hihat work. Stewart Copeland and Omar Hakim, really got my attention for that, anyway. Can two great players make a heyday? You decide. Here’s Hakim’s […]

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Groove o’ the day: Predator by Omar Hakim

  • October 16, 2011
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Another new “of the day” feature that is going to be nothing like daily. But I’ll post them now and then, and it will be on a day, hence the… never mind. This is the […]

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