The Michael Hashim Quartet

b. 9 April 1956, Geneva, New York, USA. While attending school at Geneva in upstate New York, Hashim joined the school band programme. His first choices, drums and trombone, were ruled out and he settled instead on alto saxophone. His interest in music had been sparked when he met a fellow student, bass player Phil Flanigan, whose father had an extensive jazz record collection. They listened to a wide range of musicians, from Sidney Bechet to Frank Zappa, by way of Lester Young and Charlie ‘Bird' Parker. By chance, he and Flanigan met guitarist Chris Flory and with drummer Joh...