Rashied Ali - Lausanne 2008

Here's the first of two posts dedicated to the late great drummer Rashied Ali, who died on August 12, 2009.

To read more about him, I suggest the two obituaries printed in the NY Times and The Guardian.

Let me just add that even if Ali had recorded nothing but "Interstellar Space" with John Coltrane, he'd be one of the greats in my book!


Rashied Ali Quintet
Jazz Onze+
Lausanne (Switzerland), Casino de Montbenon
October 30, 2008

Josh Evans - trumpet
Lawrence Clark - tenor sax
Greg Murphy - piano
Joris Teepe - bass
Rashied Ali - drums

1. M.O. (31:40)
2. Multi Culti (11:06)
3. Take the Coltrane (10:12)
4. unknown (22:02)
5. You're Reading My Mind (6:09) [inc]

TT: 81:10

Sound: A
Source: RSI Rete Due, May 10 (#4-5) & May 17, 2009 (#1-3)
Lineage: DVB-S (256 kbps/ 48 khz) > Technotrend C-1400 DVB-S PCI card > harddisk.
Edits were made made with the mp3DirectCut software.

Note: There are a few drop-outs during the first seconds of track 3.