• 01. Cutt'n Korners 08:07
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Rashied Ali
Published by Rashied Ali
• 02. Witch Hunt 09:49
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Wayne Shorter
Published by Miyako Music
• 03. Dania 10:01
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Jaco Pastorius
Published by Mowgli Publishing Co
• 04. Blues 245 07:11
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Eric Dolphy
Published by Prestige Music Co
• 05. Blood on the Cross 04:14
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Rashied Ali
Published by Rashied Ali
• 06. Universe 06:44
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by James Hurt
Published by James Hurt
• 07. The Search 07:00
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by Greg Tardy
Published by Greg Tardy
• 08. Peace on Earth 06:41
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by John Coltrane
Published by Jowcol Music
• 09. Impressions 08:03
Performed by Rashied Ali, Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, Antoine Drye
Music by John Coltrane
Published by Jowcol Music

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• Rashied Ali - drums
• Greg Tardy - saxophone
• Abraham Burton - saxophone
• Antoine Drye - trumpet
• James Hurt - piano
• Omer Avitar - bass

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Featuring New York based virtuoso artists Greg Tardy, Abraham Burton, James Hurt and Antoine Drye, drummer legend Rashied Ali selected a perfect set of tunes for his new downtown band. The selections are compositions by Ali, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius as well as songs by the members of the band. "This is definitely all my thing" Ali said in an interview in early August 2009 before he passed away. "I heard these guys at Smalls, we played a few gigs and I really liked the sound." This group finds its rhythmic foundation in the jazz tradition, but feature a strong avant-garde and free jazz approach in the improvisations. Rashied Ali is a master of firing energy into an uptempo saxophone and drum duo, originally developed by John Coltrane, whose band Ali played in until Coltrane's death in 1967. "Coltrane gave me this sound, and although my playing was about the free direction already before, he was the one who gave the confidence in what I was doing." No wonder, on this album Rashied Ali passes on that confidence to his sidemen, who have no shortage of imagination on the path which Ali started with his peers in the 1960s.

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