WILLIAM HOOKER ‎– ... IS ETERNAL LIFE (REALITY UNIT CONCEPTS, 1977)

A.  Drum Form (Wings / Prophet Of Dogon / Still Water / Desert Plant / Tune)

B.  Soy: Material / Seven

C.  Passages (Anthill)

D1. Pieces I & II

D2. Above And Beyond

William Hooker, drums, percussion, vocals
Mark Miller, bass (B)
David Murray, tenor saxophone (B)
David S Ware, tenor saxophone (C)
Hasaan Dawkins, alto saxophone, flute, percussion (D1)
Les Goodson, tenor saxophone, flute, percussion (D1)


Recorded at Columbia University, NYC, on 29 May 1975 (A); at the Cubiculo, NYC, on 4 May 1975; at the Langston Hughes Library, Corona, NY, on 5 February 1976 (C);  at the Columbia Branch, New York City Library, on 20 May 1976 (D1) and at WHNB-TV, West Hartford, CT, on 19 November 1976 (D2)

Reality Unit Concepts ‎– RUC 444

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William Hooker-is eternal life 1977 (Incomplete)

This New York-based drummer has played a large part in forging a bond between the city's free-jazz and downtown rock scenes while — and this is the tricky part — refusing to compromise the purity of essence that's pervaded his music for nearly two decades. Hooker plays with enough power to steer combos suffused with post-punk guitar scree, while maintaining a terpsichorean grace (reminiscent of Rashied Ali, a John Coltrane sideman who has had ephemeral involvement with the avant-rock scene as well) that effortlessly demonstrates the limits of most "rock" percussion.Hooker's work is steeped in new age philosophy —
...Is Eternal Life resounds with intricate patterns that bring to mind aural recreations of Druid stone circles — but the burning intensity of something like the side-long duet with reedman David Murray would no doubt provoke convulsions among Windham Hill devotees who claimed the term as accepted nomenclature for their brand of holiday inn jazz.
the above is a trouser press review-by david sprague.

this album was first issued by reality unit concepts in 1977 ,though the material was recorded
in 1974-6 as far as i know(i may be wrong, does anyone know?) this is a very fine album,a must for hooker fans especially those whoprefer hooker in a setting approximating a classic free jazz situation.
whatever the context hooker's pulsating percussive waves seem irrevocably timeless ,another great drummerwho seems to me to have been influenced by Cecil Taylors pulsating , incandescent
rythymns.

this album features david murray,david s ware, mark miller(borbetomagus?),and two players i dont readily recognise les goodson,and hassan dawkins.
artwork and tracklist included.

PLEASE BUY WILLIAM HOOKER'S CD'S, MANY ARE AVAILABLE ON KNITTING FACTORY, ATAVISTIC AND OTHER LABLES.


enjoy!!