Mr. Al Ashley This is Me

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1. 1. Al Ashley - Drum Solo Artist

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   Published on: 11/17/2007   Last Visited: 11/17/2007

   Al Ashley
   
   Al Ashley was born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, the home of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen. In the 1940's, the Tuskegee Institute drew African-American intellectual, artistic, and entertainment giants to the small town, making it a cultural oasis for African-Americans. In 1978, he began to build a collection of the commemorative coins and stamps that pay tribute to African-Americans throughout U.S. history. As a child, Mr. Ashley had the fortune to meet many of the individuals in this elite group, including: the poet Langston Hughes, jazz composer Duke Ellington, educator Mary McLeod Bethune, surgeon and pioneer in blood transfusion Dr. Charles Drew, and one of the best jazz singers of all time - Billie Holiday, as well as "The Wizard" Dr. George Washington Carver.
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   Al Ashley is an emeritus staff member of Stanford University and serves as consultant for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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   Drummer Al Ashley's These Are Them , originally released in '03 but only now seeing broader release, finds Stone and fellow bandmates organist Oliver Von Essen and saxophonist David Liebman working their way through a set of seven originals that's completely committed, and as hard-hitting a straightahead session as you're likely to hear this year.
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   Operating under the radar, but with three decades of work that has seen him perform with artists including Milt Jackson, Miroslav Vitous and Randy and Michael Brecker, Ashley is an in-the-pocket drummer who seems more content to work in support rather than aggressively assert his personality.
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   But that shouldn't imply that Ashley is anything less than a richly intuitive player with a firm and supple sense of swing that pervades the entire set, from the straightahead "Blue Note," which pays obvious homage to the famed label's classic '60s recordings, to the more idiosyncratic samba of the title track.
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   These Are Them is a long overdue dbut from Ashley, proof positive that there is a host of world-class players out there operating underneath the radar who deserve broader exposure.

2. 2. JBHE: Latest News for 2/23/06

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   Published on: 2/23/2006   Last Visited: 8/17/2006

   , Alonzo Ashley, the retired employee relations manager at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, received the university,s Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. Ashley had established a summer research program for black and other minority students at the center.

3. 3. Drummers List A-G

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   Published on: 11/17/2007   Last Visited: 11/17/2007

   Al Ashley