Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali (* 1. July 1933 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania as Robert Patterson ; † 12. August 2009 in New York City ) was an American free jazz - and avant-garde jazz - drummer .
Live and act
Ali comes from a family of musicians: his mother once sang with Jimmie Lunceford ; his younger brother Muhammad Ali is also active as a drummer; his eldest son is the bass guitarist Amin Ali . He received music education from the Granoff School and played with US Army bands during the Korean War . Back in Philadelphia he worked with local bands, but also accompanied Big Maybelle and Jimmy Smith . In 1963 he moved to New York City, where he was best known for his work with John Coltrane , whom he knew from the Philadelphia neighborhood. He was originally supposed to play on the album Ascension next to Elvin Jones , then was first heard next to Jones on Meditations (recorded in November 1965). For the first time, Ali put a freely pulsating game under the music of the Coltrane Quartet. In February 1967 the duo album Interstellar Space was created . Ali continued to perform with Alice Coltrane after Coltrane's untimely death .
In the 1970s he opened a jazz club, Ali's Alley and the Survival Records label , which documented his collaboration with Leroy Jenkins and James Blood Ulmer . Later he also played with Sonny Rollins , Pharoah Sanders , Alan Shorter , Ellen Christi , William Parker and Aki Takase . He performed with Evan Parker at the Total Music Meeting . He founded the group Prima Materia , which was dedicated to the music of Coltrane and Albert Ayler . With the Japanese improvisation musician Keiji Haino and the fusion musician Bill Laswell he formed the group Purple Trap , which released their double CD Decided… Already the Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling the Prayer Called "I" on John Zorn's Tzadik label. In 2003 he founded his rashied Ali Quintet , whose playing is documented on three albums.
Selection discography
- 1971 - New Directions in Modern Music (Knit Classics) with Carlos Ward , Fred Simmons , Stafford James
- 1972 - Duo Exchange (Knit Classics) with Frank Lowe
- 1973 - Swift are the Winds of Life (Knit Classics) with Leroy Jenkins
- 1973 - Rashied Ali Quintet (Knit Classics) with James Blood Ulmer
- 1974 - Moon Flight (Knitting Factory)
- 1980 - Afro Algonquin (Moers Music, with Lee Rozie , Rick Rozie )
- 1994 - Peace on Earth (Knitting Factory) with John Zorn, Allan Chase
- 1995 - Medeitations (Knitting Factory) with Greg Murphy
- 1995 - Bells (Knitting Factory)
- 1999 - Rings of Saturn (Knitting Factory)
- 2000 - Live at Tonic (DIW) with Wilber Morris
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X . (former title: Encyclopedia of Jazz ).
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Web presence
- Appreciation on Drum Solo (English)
- Obituary (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ RIP Rashied Ali (1935 - 2009)
- ↑ also as CD-ROM. DirectMedia Publ., Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-018-3
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rashied Ali |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Patterson, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2009 |
Place of death | New York City |