Ali, Rashied, 1933-2009

LC control no.	no 92000869
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ali, Rashied, 1933-2009 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Patterson, Robert, 1933-2009 Patterson, Robert, Jr., 1933-2009
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19350701
Death date	20090812
Place of birth	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	United States. Army Rashied Ali Quartet Granoff School of Music New York Musicians Festival Ali's Alley Survival Records
Profession or occupation	Percussionists Drummers (Musicians)
Found in	Brown, M. Marion Brown Quartet [SR] 1966: labels (Rashied Ali, percussion) New Grove dict. of jazz (Ali, Rashied (Patterson, Robert); b. 7-1-35, Philadelphia; drummer) New York times WWW site, Aug. 20, 2009 (in obituary published Aug. 14: Rashied Ali; b. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia; d. Wednesday [Aug. 12, 2009], Manhattan, aged 76; his expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltrane's final years) Times online WWW site, Aug. 20, 2009 (Rashied Ali; b. Robert Patterson, July 1, 1933, Philadelphia; d. Aug. 12, 2009) Guardian WWW site, Aug. 20, 2009 (Rashied Ali; b. Robert Patterson, Jr., July 1, 1933, Philadelphia; d. Aug. 12, 2009) African American National Biography, accessed November 1, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ali, Rashied; Robert Patterson; percussionist, jazz drummer; born 01 July 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; began his drumming career in the U.S. Army; studied at the Granoff School of Music; gradually progressed to the Philadelphia / Wilmington, Delaware / Camden-Trenton, New Jersey jazz scene; moved to New York City (1963); worked with John Coltrane (1965-1967); studied with drummer Philly Joe Jones in England; worked and recorded with the saxophonists Jackie McLean, Gary Lee Bartz, and Dewey Redman (1970s); helped coordinate the New York Musicians Festival (1972); opened his own venue, Ali's Alley (1973-1979) and artist-run label, Survival Records; performed with his own Rashied Ali Quartet and with Sonny Fortune (2000s); died 12 August 2009 in New York, New York, United States)