RASHIED ALI & LEROY JENKINS - Swift Are The Winds Of Life (Expanded Edition)- Deluxe 2LP - Vinyl [MAR 28]

2LP - Deluxe 2-LP Set Packaged In A Gatefold Jacket, First Time On Vinyl Since 1975 

Part of Rashied Ali's artistic strength involved turning improbable sound combinations into unchallenged masterpieces. After the pattern established by John Coltrane's Interstellar Space, and Duo Exchange with Frank Lowe, the drummer stepped into a rather unlikely duet with violinist Leroy Jenkins for Swift are the Winds of Life. Five years with the Revolutionary Ensemble had established Jenkins as a composer; he designed all the pieces played on these 1975 duets with Ali. That record is issued on vinyl here for the first time in almost a half century. The LP is augmented by an informal phantom session in which Ali and Jenkins explore thoroughly other territories -standards, Coltrane's music, and two untitled, unbridled improvisations.

From 1972 until his death in 2009, Rashied Ali operated Survival Records as the primary record label for his work as a leader and for other projects. Through that time, Ali documented every phase of his career as a musician. Under the custodianship of the Ali family, Survival Records was revived in 2019 as a platform for improved, definitive reissues of the original LP releases as well as additional, hitherto unreleased performances  from Ali's archive.

Tracklist: 

1. Past

2. It's For You

3. The Stomp

4. Swift Are The Winds Of Life