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Muhammad Ali: From a Family of Percussionists

by Clifford Allen
July 7, 2010

Though not as well known as his brother, drummer Rashied Ali (1935-2009), Muhammad Ali spent the 1970s as one of the busiest drummers in free jazz, primarily working in a cooperative Paris-based quartet with saxophonist Frank Wright, pianist Bobby Few and bassist Alan Silva, and known as the Center of the World Quartet. Born in Philadelphia ...

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A Measure of Vision

By Alvin Fielder

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Your Sons and Daughters Shall Prophesy; A Mon Frere; Camel; Max-Well; Ripe For Vision; Your Young men Shall See Visions; Time No Time; Your Old Men Shall Dream Dreams; The Cecil Taylor-Sunny Murray Dancing Lesson.

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Alvin Fielder: It's About Time

by Clifford Allen
July 16, 2007

Drummer Alvin Fielder grew up in Mississippi, but the fruition of his musical career in Chicago came in the 1960s, when he worked with Sun Ra and appeared on Roscoe Mitchell's legendary Sound (Delmark, 1966) LP, one of the first AACM recordings to be released. After returning to a pharmacy career in Mississippi in the late ...

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Alvin Fielder Trio: A Measure of Vision

Read "A Measure of Vision" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 20, 2007

Alvin Fielder, one of the original co-founders of the AACM, began his recording career drumming on Roscoe Mitchell's seminal album, Sound (Delmark, 1966). Despite his numerous associations and sideman duties (Joel Futterman, Dennis Gonzalez, Kidd Jordan, Sun Ra), he's never led a session under his own name, until now. A Measure of Vision is ...

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Alvin Fielder: A Measure of Vision

Read "A Measure of Vision" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 17, 2007

Esiste nella storia del jazz una categoria universalmente riconosciuta di musicisti che potremmo definire “piccoli eroi” o, buttandola sul mitologico, “divinità minori”. Cavalieri dai nomi oscuri che hanno partecipato e contribuito agli sviluppi di questo genere percorrendo sentieri tortuosi, scomodi e appartati. Lontani dalle luci della ribalta e dai superlativi riservati ai maestri consacrati, queste nobili ...