RASHIED ALI

Avant-Garde Jazz / 21st Century Modern • United States
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Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson (July 1, 1933) was a progenitor and leading exponent of multidirectional rhythms and polytonal percussion. A student of Philly Joe Jones and an admirer of Art Blakey, Ali developed the style known as "free jazz" drumming, which liberates the percussionist from the role of human metronome. The drummer interfaces both rhythmically and melodically with the music, utilizing meter and sound in a unique fashion. This allows the percussionist to participate in the music in a harmonic sense, coloring both the rhythm and tonality with his personal perception. By adding his voice to the ensemble, the percussionist becomes an equal in the melodics of collective musical creation rather than a "pot banger" who keeps the others all playing at the same speed. Considered radical in the 1960s and scorned by the mediocre, multidirectional rhythms and polytonal drumming are now read more...
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RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali Quintet album cover 2.67 | 3 ratings
 Rashied Ali Quintet
Avant-Garde Jazz 1973
RASHIED ALI Duo Exchange (with Frank Lowe) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Duo Exchange (with Frank Lowe)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1973
RASHIED ALI Swift are the Winds of Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Swift are the Winds of Life
Avant-Garde Jazz 1975
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 "N.Y. Ain't So Bad": Ali Plays The Blues (featuring Royal Blue)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1976
RASHIED ALI Moon Flight album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
 Moon Flight
Avant-Garde Jazz 1976
RASHIED ALI Rings Of Saturn (with Louie Belogenis) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rings Of Saturn (with Louie Belogenis)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali Quintet : No One In Particular album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali Quintet : No One In Particular
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
RASHIED ALI Judgment Day Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Judgment Day Vol. 1
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
RASHIED ALI Judgment Day Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Judgment Day Vol. 2
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali, Hayes Greenfield, Don Pate : Duo + One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali, Hayes Greenfield, Don Pate : Duo + One
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
RASHIED ALI Cutt'n Korners album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Cutt'n Korners
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe : Sidewalks In Motion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe : Sidewalks In Motion
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RASHIED ALI New Directions In Modern Music album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
 New Directions In Modern Music
Avant-Garde Jazz 1973
RASHIED ALI The October Revolution (with Borah Bergman, Joe McPhee, Wilber Morris / Myra Melford Trio) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The October Revolution (with Borah Bergman, Joe McPhee, Wilber Morris / Myra Melford Trio)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1996
RASHIED ALI At the Vision Festival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 At the Vision Festival
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali, Louis Belogenis, Wilber Morris ‎: Live At Tonic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali, Louis Belogenis, Wilber Morris ‎: Live At Tonic
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
RASHIED ALI The Dynamic Duo - Rashied Ali & Arthur Rhames : Remember Trane And Bird album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Dynamic Duo - Rashied Ali & Arthur Rhames : Remember Trane And Bird
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
RASHIED ALI By Any Means - Live at Crescendo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 By Any Means - Live at Crescendo
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
RASHIED ALI Eddie Jefferson at Ali's Alley album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Eddie Jefferson at Ali's Alley
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
RASHIED ALI In France album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 In France
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali Quintet : Live In Europe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali Quintet : Live In Europe
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
RASHIED ALI First Time Out : Live at Slugs 1967 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 First Time Out : Live at Slugs 1967
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

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RASHIED ALI Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe : Duo Exchange - Complete Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe : Duo Exchange - Complete Sessions
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

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