Colin Hinton is an active member of Brooklyn’s creative music community. A drummer, percussionist, and composer, his music draws from the jazz and free music traditions of Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, and Muhal Richard Abrams, as well as 20th century classical composers Messiaen, Scriabin, Feldman, and Grisey. He has performed in the US, Canada, Central and South America, and Asia, and has had his compositions performed in the US, Italy, and Canada. An active educator in the NYC area, Colin has taught at the City College of New York, numerous music academies, and runs a private teaching studio. Colin has performed with Ingrid Laubrock, Todd Neufeld, Tony Malaby, Eivind Opsvik, Tyshawn Sorey, Michaël Attias, and Anna Webber. He performed on Jake Hanlon’s 2012 CD release “Follow”, which was nominated for ECMA Jazz Recording of the Year. Hinton currently leads contemporary classical/avant jazz quintet Simulacra, free-jazz/post-punk hybrid Glassbath, and co-leads Ocelot - a trio with piano, tenor saxophone+woodwinds, and drums/percussion.