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Omar Hakim
New York City, United States
Omar Hakim is credited on 1,315 releases across 285 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,315
Pressings credited
285
Albums
6
Decades active
1,268
In collections
Biography
Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American drummer, producer, arranger and composer. His session work covers jazz, jazz fusion, and pop music. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Chic, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate Bush, George Benson, Miles Davis, Daft Punk, Mariah Carey, the Pussycat Dolls, David Lee Roth, Celine Dion, and Thundercat.
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Credited work
1,315 releases · 285 albums · active 1977–2025
- Performance · 1,813
- Other credits · 73
- Production · 22
Studios: Le Studio · Blue Wave Recording Studios · Power Station · AIR Studios, Montserrat
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Brothers In Arms
1985

Random Access Memories
2013

Let's Dance
1983

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
1985

Tonight
1984

Medicine At Midnight
2020

Merry Christmas
1994

Pieces Of You
1995

Tutu
1986

Boys And Girls
1985

Money For Nothing
1988

Mariah Carey
1990

Changesbowie
1990

HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995

Bring On The Night
1986

In Your Eyes
1983

Sammy Hagar
1987

Tracks
1998

18 Tracks
1999

Amandla
1989

Giving You The Best That I Got
1988

Primitive Cool
1987

Found Heaven
2024

Sound+Vision
1989
Frequent collaborators
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