Drummer Rashied Ali, who died of a heart attack, was an important figure in free jazz, a member of John Coltrane's last bands and an invaluable contributor to Coltrane's albums Meditations and Interstellar Space.
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Showing posts with label John Coltrane. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Rashied Ali 1935-2009
Drummer Rashied Ali, who died of a heart attack, was an important figure in free jazz, a member of John Coltrane's last bands and an invaluable contributor to Coltrane's albums Meditations and Interstellar Space.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Two Celebrated Recordings
2009, of course, marks the fiftieth anniversary of Miles Davis' seminal recording Kind of Blue but, as Mike Hobart writes, it also marks the anniversary of John Coltrane's Giant Steps.
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