Ali, Rashied Quintet / Judgment Day, Vol. 2
Album: Judgment Day, Vol. 2   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Ali, Rashied Quintet   Added:Aug 2007
Label:Survival Records  

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Add Date: 2007-10-07 Pull Date: 2007-12-09 Charts: Jazz
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Judgment Day
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Judgment Day
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-10-03
RASHIED ALI QUINTET: Judgment Day, Vol. 2
Survival, 2007

SEARING POSTBOP – A very strong but relatively straightforward session for drummer Ali, best known for his work on John Coltrane’s last recordings and usually thought of as a free-jazz guy. This sounds to me like the kind of burning session you might have heard in the 1970s, with a heavy-hitting attack and vaguely spiritual vibe. The recording itself is a bit hazy, but the band’s energy cuts right through.

Try if you like: McCoy Tyner, Woody Shaw, Elvin Jones

Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 5, 7

1. 7:09 – uptempo burner, hot solos for everybody: trumpet, piano, drums nice
2. 9:50 – standard ballad: surges like ocean waves, then chugs along
3. 8:03 – uptempo, furious; drums all over it, hot trumpet & sax, dense piano
4. 8:20 – catchy theme, soaring solos push & stretch, riding on skittery drums
5. 6:09 – relaxed, angular groove: fast, snaky sax solo
6. 7:40 – slow, standard ballad: loose & informal jam sound, gentle solos
7. 5:28 – speedy rush: twisty sax & trumpet solos, rolling drums
8. 6:42 – oddly mixed: slow jumbled surge alternates with a little latin groove

[ Fo ] 3-Oct-07

Track Listing
1. Skane's Refrain   5. Flight #643
2. Lush Life   6. Round Midnite
3. Thing For Joe   7. Yesterday (J-Man) Tomorrow
4. Judgment Day   8. Multi-Culti