Derrick Hodge

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Derrick Hodge is an African-American bassist and hip-hop producer. He has toured and recorded with Mulgrew Miller, Terell Stafford, and Terence Blanchard as well as others. He appeared on and composed for the extremely successful albums of the latter, Flow and A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (2007), which were nominated for a total of 4 Grammy Awards, winning one. He also appeared on rapper Common's albums Be and Finding Forever playing bass and producing two tracks. Derrick was a contributing composer for the original musical score of When The Levees Broke: A Requium in Four Acts, an HBO documentary produced by Spike Lee, aired in August 2006. He remains in Terence Blanchard's band and is a member of The Robert Glasper Experiment.