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Don Alias | |
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| Birth name | Charles Alias |
| Born | December 25, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 28, 2006 (aged 66) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Percussion |
| Years active | 1960s–2006 |
| Website | Official website |
Charles "Don" Alias[1] (December 25, 1939 – March 28, 2006)[2] was an American jazz percussionist.
Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for example, Alias played drums on the song "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from trumpeter Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew (1969) when neither Lenny White nor Jack DeJohnette was able to play the marching band-inspired rhythm requested by Davis.[3] He also played drums and percussion on the Joni Mitchell live album Shadows and Light.
Alias performed on hundreds of recordings and was perhaps best known for his associations with Miles Davis and saxophonist David Sanborn, though he also performed and recorded with artists such as Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, the Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Nina Simone, and many others.
- ^ surname pronounced ah-LIE-ahs
- ^ Chinen, Nate (April 5, 2006). "Don Alias, 66, Percussionist and Sideman, Is Dead (Published 2006)". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ see the notes for The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (1998)