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Rashied Ali - A Photo Tribute : Free-jazz drummer and John Coltrane sideman Rashied Ali died  in New York August 12, 2009. He was 76.
He died after becoming too ill to preform at The Newport Festival 55 Festival, and had been hospitalized, and apparently died after leaving the hospital hospital of a blood clot in his lung.

I had the privilege of photographing him, and getting to know him over the last 2 years,

This gallery is my tribute to him. 

He joined John Coltrane's group in the mid-1960s during the saxophonist's late period of avant-garde jazz experimentation.
He recorded with Coltrane on the 1965 album "Meditations" and on "Interstellar Space" in 1967.
After Coltrane died in 1967, Ali toured Europe before returning to New York.
He ran the jazz club Ali's Alley before it closed in 1979 and continued to perform and record until his death.
Ali was born Robert Patterson on July 1, 1933, to a musical family in Philadelphia, Pa.

Rashied Ali - A Photo Tribute

Ben Johnson

Free-jazz drummer and John Coltrane sideman Rashied Ali died in New Y ...

Updated: Aug 14, 2009 11:50am PST

2006 JVC Newport Jazz Festival Photos : The 2006 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport Rhode Island

2006 JVC Newport Jazz Festival Photos

Ben Johnson

The 2006 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport Rhode Island

Updated: Apr 22, 2009 12:10pm PST

NCHS Jazz Night 2007 : Annual Jazz Night at Normal Community High School. If you need a different size of one of these photos just click on the 'email me' link on the main page. Or if you would like a photo cropped a different way, just let me know.

NCHS Jazz Night 2007

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

Annual Jazz Night at Normal Community High School. If you need a diffe ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2007 4:48am PST

Unit 5 Jazz Night - 2007 : photos of all the Unit 5 bands that performed.

Unit 5 Jazz Night - 2007

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

photos of all the Unit 5 bands that performed.

Updated: Dec 05, 2007 11:44am PST

Past Jazz Band photos : from 2004, 2005

Past Jazz Band photos

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

from 2004, 2005

Updated: Apr 08, 2007 6:10am PST

IWU Jazz Festival 2007 - NCHS Jazz Band 1 : <h1> IWU Jazz Festival 2007</h1>
<h4> Photographed by ©Music Man5 Photos - Normal, IL </h4>
Normal Community High School Jazz Band 1 performing at IWU's Presser Hall. 1/20/2007
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IWU Jazz Festival 2007 - NCHS Jazz Ba...

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

IWU Jazz Festival 2007 Photographed by ©Music Man5 Photos - Normal, ...

Updated: Jan 22, 2007 3:42am PST

IWU Jazz Festival 2007 - CJHS Jazz Band : The majority of the photos here are of Chiddix Junior High but at the front are some pics of Bloomington and Kingsley Junior Highs.

IWU Jazz Festival 2007 - CJHS Jazz Band

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

The majority of the photos here are of Chiddix Junior High but at the ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2007 2:08pm PST

Rehearsal Jan 16, 2007 : Just some photos I took at rehearsal.

Rehearsal Jan 16, 2007

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

Just some photos I took at rehearsal.

Updated: Jan 17, 2007 1:49pm PST

2006 Jazz Dodgeball activities : The end of the year dodgeball/kickball contest between JB1 and JB2.

2006 Jazz Dodgeball activities

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

The end of the year dodgeball/kickball contest between JB1 and JB2.

Updated: Aug 06, 2006 8:24am PST

2006 NCHS Jazz Night : The final jazz concert of the school year, NCHS Jazz Night. Performances by: Jazz Band 2, Jazz Combo, the Jazz Choir (and guests) and Jazz Band 2 with the final performance of director Gabe Myers.

2006 NCHS Jazz Night

Mark Coons (MusicMan5)

The final jazz concert of the school year, NCHS Jazz Night. Performanc ...

Updated: Aug 06, 2006 8:23am PST