Gerry Hemingway

Gerry Hemingway (born March 23, 1955) is an American avant-garde jazz and free improvisation drummer, percussionist, vibraphonist, and composer from New Haven, Connecticut. Hemingway studied under Alan Dawson and graduated from the Foote School. From 1983 to 1994, Hemingway performed as a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet. Hemingway released the debut solo album Kwambe in 1979 through his own label, Auricle. Hemingway recorded over one hundred albums for labels including Clean Feed, Enja, hatArt, Palmetto, Random Acoustics, and Tzadik. Collaborators include Ernst Reijseger, Marilyn Crispell, Anthony Davis, and Ray Anderson. Significant releases as a leader include Outer Bridge Crossing (1987), Special Detail (1991), and Demon Chaser (1993). Hemingway also performed with the trio Bass-Drum-Bone and the WHO trio. In 2000, Hemingway received a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition.