{"id":235,"date":"2009-08-13T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2009\/08\/rashied_ali_multi-directional\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:33:41","slug":"rashied_ali_multi-directional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/08\/rashied_ali_multi-directional.html","title":{"rendered":"Rashied Ali, multi-directional drummer, interviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1990 I interviewed drummer Rashied Ali for\u00c2\u00a0The World According to John Coltrane<\/a><\/i>, a documentary produced and directed by Toby Byron. It was the first but not the last time I spoke to Ali, a sorely underrated musician and jazz presence who died yesterday (August 12, 2009) following a heart attack at age 74. Here’s a transcript<\/a> of our talk, slightly edited and annotated, mostly about Coltrane, with whom Ali became famous.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHe describes hearing the saxophonist practicing at his mother’s home in Philadelphia, how he first began to play with Coltrane, Trane’s dedication to improving his instrumental skills, their tour of Japan, of dreaming about Coltrane and of their duet recording\u00c2\u00a0Interstellar Space<\/a><\/span>. Only excerpts were used in the film.<\/span><\/p>\n


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