Don Alias

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

New York percussionist Don AliasDon Aliasドン・エイリアス joined the Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 sessions and, when neither Lenny White nor Jack DeJohnette could deliver the marching-band feel Miles wanted, sat behind the kit to record 'Miles Runs the Voodoo Down'.

— Bitches Brew, Wikipedia, 2024

Don AliasDon Aliasドン・エイリアス played congas on Joni Mitchell's 1979 album Mingus, joining a jazz ensemble that included Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック and Peter Erskine on a record made around the time of Charles Mingus's death.

— Mingus (Joni Mitchell album), Wikipedia, 2024

While studying in Boston, Don AliasDon Aliasドン・エイリアス met bassist Gene Perla and the two formed the trio Stone Alliance with saxophonist Steve Grossman, a fusion group blending jazz improvisation with Latin and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

— Don Alias, Wikipedia, 2024

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius · 1976

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

Word of Mouth

Jaco Pastorius · 1981

The New Standard

Herbie Hancock · 1996

In 1976, a still largely unknown Jaco Pastorius played bass on Joni Mitchell's folk album Hejira — the same year he released his own debut and joined Weather Report. His avant-garde fretless playing found its way onto one of the era's defining singer-songwriter records.

— Statement stmt-michael-brecker-on-joni-mitchell

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

Black Market

Weather Report · 1976

Amandla

Miles Davis · 1989

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius · 1976

Don Alias was brought into the 1969 sessions as a percussionist. On "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" he turned out to be the only player in the room who could lay down the New Orleans beat he had brought in, so he ended up behind the drum kit himself. The most recognizable groove on Bitches Brew (1970) is played by the man filed under percussion.

Live-Evil

Miles Davis · 1971

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

Black Is The Color

Joe Henderson · 1972

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

Don Alias was brought to Bitches Brew (1970) as a percussionist, but on "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" he is the one at the drum kit — the New Orleans-flavored beat was his idea, and the leader told him to play it himself.

— Statement stmt-jack-dejohnette-on-don-alias

We also played together on Herbie's New Standards, that was a great recording which featured Michael Brecker, John Scofield, Dave Holland, myself and Don Alias.

Listing his work with percussionist Don Alias, including Herbie Hancock's The New Standard (1995).

The band with Joni Mitchell, Shadows and Light Band, was really extraordinary. It consisted of Jaco, Pat Metheny, myself, Don Alias and Lyle Mays and Joni, of course.

Brecker looking back on Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light band.