Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Wednesday, March 30 for an exclusive in-studio interview with William Hooker. The program will contain a 1-hour interview focusing on EVIDENCE: The Baldwin Suite, his multimedia tribute to novelist and activist James Baldwin. EVIDENCE: The Baldwin Suite will be at Roulette on Friday, April 1st at 8:00 pm.

William Hooker (drummer, composer and poet) has created works that range from jazz and "new" music to experimental genres. As bandleader, Hooker has fielded ensembles in an incredibly diverse array of configurations. Each collaboration has brought a serious investigation of his compositional agenda and the science of the modern drum kit.

With EVIDENCE; the baldwin suite, William Hooker pays homage to the multifaceted James Baldwin during his year. Truly ahead of his time, much of what Baldwin spoke presaged today’s hyper politicized reality with an acuity that borders on the supernatural. EVIDENCE serves not only as a reminder of what Baldwin knew to be true but for what he saw as the path to transcendence: self acceptance.