Alvin Ashley

Although not really a main name in the jazz world, Alvin Lee Ashley (who goes on Al Ashley for brief) is a trusted, swinging drummer that has been performing really difficult bop and post-bop because the ’70s — first in his native Virginia and recently in NEW YORK. Ashley (never to end up being confused using the Alvin Lee who used the well-known blues-rock band A DECADE After) was not documented on Compact disc extensively; actually, he was near 56 when he finally got around to documenting an album being a head. But over time, Ashley provides crossed pathways with well-known improvisers which range from vibists Terry Gibbs and Milt Jackson to tenor saxophonists Al Cohn and Jimmy Forrest to multi-hornman Ira Sullivan. A lot of people who Ashley provides used are instrumentalists, but he provides supported some well-known vocalists aswell, including Chris Connor, Mose Allison, and Carol Sloane. Ashley’s affects have included, amongst others, Utmost Roach, Elvin Jones, Artwork Taylor (such as Taylor’s Wailers), Billy Higgins, and Artwork Blakey. Ashley was created in Welch, VA, on March 25, 1946, but provides lived in NEW YORK since 1985. After heading such a long time without documenting an record, Ashley finally experienced a Brooklyn studio room on March 23, 2002 — just two times before his 56th birthday — and documented his first record being a head, THEY ARE Them, which features the versatile Dave Liebman on both tenor and soprano sax. Three from the tunes on THEY ARE Them are Ashley originals: “Blue Notice,” “Fat Write” (that was created in memory from the past due pianist/organist Fat Wright — someone else Ashley used), as well as the name monitor. The Brooklyn-based Jazzand Productions (instead of Jazzland Productions) offered THEY ARE Them a Feb 2005 release day.