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Rashied Ali
American drummer; a progenitor of free jazz drumming, John Coltrane's late-period drummer.
Rashied Ali (1935–2009) became John Coltrane’s sole drummer in 1966 after McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones left the group, playing on Coltrane’s final recordings including the free duets of Interstellar Space (1967). In 1972 he recorded Duo Exchange with tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe, released the following year as the inaugural album on Ali and Lowe’s own Survival Records.
Works in the Library
Rashied Ali, Frank Lowe ALBUM 2020
Duo Exchange: Complete Sessions
2020 expanded reissue of Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe's 1972 free-jazz duo sessions, Survival Records' inaugural release.
SOUND TIME
