Rashied Ali

DOUBLE LP GATEFOLD EDITION

INCLUDES BONUS MATERIAL

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

A great one from drummer Rashied Ali – issued here on his own Survival label!

Ali's perhaps best remembered for his spare backing behind Coltrane's solo sax on the record Interstellar Space – and we're tempted to say that there's a similar vibe going on here – as the record just features Ali on drums and percussion, and the great Frank Lowe on tenor, plus Japanese flute and a bit of percussion too.

The approach is nice and open, in a loft jazz mode – and Frank blows with a rough-hewn emotion that brings a lot to the session, and which provides a good grounding for Ali's sometimes loose work on drums! The original album features one long improvisation – "Duo Exchange" – but it's expanded here by more than a full album's worth of bonus material, really great recordings that appear here for the first time ever, pressed up beautifully.

PERSONNEL:

• Frank Lowe - (tenor saxophone)
• Rashied Ali - (drums)

Recorded probably September 1972 at Marzette Watts's studio, NYC

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• A1. Movement I: Master Take
• A2. Movement II: Rehearsal/Breakdown (previously Unissued)
• A3. Movement II: Master Take
• A4. Movement II: Complete Alternative Take" (previously Unissued)

• B1. Rashied's Instructions
• B2. Movement III: Master Take
• B3. Movement III: Discussion With Watts
• B4. Movement IV: Master Take
• ______________________________

• LP TWO (BONUS MATERAL)

• C1. Movement III: Soundcheck Fragments
• C2. Movement III: Complete Alternative Take
• C3. Movement III: Discussion Among Ali, Lowe, Watts
• C4. Movement III: Complete Alternative Take

• D1. Movement III: Warmup Fragments & Incomplete Rehearsal Take
• D2. Movement III: Rehearsal/Soundcheck Take
• D3. Movement V: Two Soundcheck Fragments
• D4. Movement V: Complete Take
• D5. Movement I: Incomplete Take
• D6. Movement I: Alternative (Short) Take