Albums

The Music of John Coltrane

Rashied Ali with Prima Materia

Originally recorded on John Coltrane's sensational, futuristic 1967 recording, "Stellar Regions", Coltrane's drummer Rashied Ali joins the excellent group Prima Materia for new renditions of these songs. The cover picture is an original John Coltrane drawing of "Configurations" from the mid 60s when he developed a completely new scientifically proven harmonic system. "It's not that I...
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Musicians

Alvaro Is Rojas

is a pianist and composer, who has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since the late 1960s. After having completed classical piano and composition studies at the Barcelona Conservatory, he worked as a touring music director for vocalist Josephine Baker. He later studied at Berklee College of Music with John LaPorta and Herb Pomeroy, and worked with electronic music in New York in the late 70s. In the early 80s, Rojas returned to Stockholm for a position as a professor at the Royal College of Music. In...

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