Albums

In France

Rashied Ali with Antoine Roney, Greg Murphy

This is one of the most representative recordings by drummer Rashied Ali's (1935-2009) repertoire in the 1980s. Recorded with his then active quartet, the energetic sounds of this document interpret compositions by Ali himself as well as some of his many former bandmates, John Coltrane and Jaco Pastorius among others. Recorded in Roanne, France in March 1989.
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Musicians

Edvard Grieg

was a Norwegian composer and pianist. His great-grandfather immigrated from Scotland to Norway around 1770, and settled as a businessman in Bergen. Edvard was brought up in a musical home. His mother, Gesine, became his first piano teacher. In the summer of 1858, Grieg met the legendary Norwegian violinist Ole Bull, who was a friend of the family and Gesine's brother-in-law. Bull noticed the 15-year-old boy's talent and persuaded his parents to allow him to go to Leipzig to study. Grieg...

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