Video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDp_tV8MhOc&t

Omar Hakim is the drummer you've heard on more classic records than you probably realise: David Bowie's Let's Dance, Sting's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Miles Davis's Tutu and Daft Punk's Get Lucky, plus years behind Madonna and a spell in Weather Report.

Drawing on his own interviews, this video follows his path from the jazz clubs of Jamaica, Queens to the biggest stages in the world. It covers the Weather Report call he took without an audition, the Let's Dance session, how he made Money for Nothing by almost playing nothing, and why he believes a room full of humans still matters.

00:00 intro
01:34 Growing Up in Queens
03:31 The Weather Report Call
05:02 Bowie, Dire Straits and Sting
07:41 The Frame Around the Picture
11:11 Daft Punk
12:22 Freedom, Soul and Legacy

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