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Album Review

Rashied Ali Quintet: No One In Particular

Read "No One In Particular" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Many of us might ordinarily surmise that a recording by famed modern jazz drummer Rashied Ali would reside within the free jazz spectrum of things. However, Ali and his quintet opts for the mainstream, post-Bop realm on this 2001 release, which presents the listener with a session recorded at a New York City studio in 1992. Interestingly enough, Ali utilizes the talents of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, and a then young bassist Matthew Garrison, who has since enjoyed prominence performing with ...

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Recording

New Rashied Ali Quintet CD "Live in Europe"

New Rashied Ali Quintet CD "Live in Europe"

Source: All About Jazz


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Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Presents @ Twins Features the Rashied Ali Quintet, Sept. 7 & 8

Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Presents @ Twins Features the Rashied Ali Quintet,  Sept. 7 & 8

Source: The Cinarae Group

"The Coltrane/Ali association “began a musical odyssey whose reverberations are still felt in music today." --Bigmagic.com

“Rashied Ali turned the drum kit into a multi-rhythmic, polytonal propellant, helping fuel Coltrane's flights of free jazz fancy." And the beat goes on! A student of Philly Joe Jones and Blakey admirer, Rashied Ali developed the style known as “free jazz drumming." He has performed and recorded with such kindred free spirits as Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, Albert Ayler, Gary Bartz with his ...

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