Rashied Ali (born Robert Patterson on 1 July 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a drummer, who played with Albert Ayler, among others. More recently, Ali has played with Sonny Fortune. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), often known as Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... Sonny Fortune, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1939, is an American jazz player, alto saxophonist, and flutist. ...

Ali has also recorded or performed with Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, James Blood Ulmer and many others. Reggie Workman, Pharoah Sanders, and Idris Muhammad, c. ... Alice Coltrane (b. ... James Blood Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St Matthews, South Carolina) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer. ...

Among his credits is the last recorded work of John Coltrane's life, the Olatunji Concert and Interstellar Space an album of duets with Coltrane, recorded earlier in 1967. The Olatunji Concert is the Impulse! Records-released last live recording of saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded April 23, 1967 at the Olatunji Center of African Culture in New York and released posthumously on CD. The album consists of two songs, Ogunde, which Coltrane also recorded for his final self-approved... Interstellar Space was one of the last albums recorded before the death of John Coltrane in 1967. ...

Ali also briefly formed a non-jazz project called Purple Trap with Japanese experimental guitarist Keiji Haino and jazz-fusion bassist Bill Laswell. Their double CD album, Decided...Already the Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling the Prayer Called "I", was released on John Zorn's Tzadik label in March of 1999. Keiji Haino is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles, and covers. ... Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Albion, Michigan) is an American bassist, producer and record label owner. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. ...