Black Hat Records

12/06/2024

Today is Bandcamp Friday! It's the magical time when Bandcamp waives their revenue share and 100% of all proceeds go to the artists. Now is the ideal time to pickup something from our store.

Michael Cooke draws inspiration from the creative energy of multi-cultural and diverse music from around the world and from inside and outside the American and European jazz and avant-garde traditions. CQ's approach to acoustic jazz allows for a new freedom of emotional expression. Combining solid g...

02/10/2024

新年快樂!

01/08/2024

Morning radio session at KPOO plug in our Martin Luther King day concert at books Inc. in the marina and SF 

01/05/2024

My office view perparing for our show on MLK Day at Books Inc in the SF Marnia.

12/13/2023

10/19/2023

Great member of ROVA recovering from pancreatic cancer.

Greetings! My name is David Michalak. Bruce Ackley and I have been partners in improvised m… David Michalak needs your support for Bruce Ackley Recovery Fund

08/04/2023

It’s Bandcamp Friday, great day to pickup some of our tunes that are only available on that platform.

Michael Cooke draws inspiration from the creative energy of multi-cultural and diverse music from around the world and from inside and outside the American and European jazz and avant-garde traditions. CQ's approach to acoustic jazz allows for a new freedom of emotional expression. Combining solid g...

11/28/2022

Zelenskyy says, “Slava Ukraine” is available as a single on bandcamp.
Just in time for Cyber Monday.

track by Michael Cooke

09/04/2022

We just made "Sunset Shapes" available on bandcamp, check it out.

Michael Cooke draws inspiration from the creative energy of multi-cultural and diverse music from around the world and from inside and outside the American and European jazz and avant-garde traditions. CQ's approach to acoustic jazz allows for a new freedom of emotional expression. Combining solid g...

04/25/2022

From the April 23rd Opus Project (http://theopusprojectcelebration.blogspot.com/) concert at the Center for New Music in SF.

03/19/2022

Just got out of a rehearsal with artist Ian Fink, trying to convince him to paint live while a play at a show on April 23rd.

11/28/2021

As I mentioned a few weeks ago here is the other video for a new composition. It was inspired by a painting by artist Ian Fink. The painting in the video.

This work is for Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax and Chinese Meditation Chimes.The music was inspired by artist Ian Fink's painting "Houses". The title of the pie...