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Don Alias (25 Dec 1939 - 28 Mar 2006)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Blood, Sweat & Tears (1975 - 1976) percussion
  2. Pork Pie (1996)
  3. Stone Alliance
  4. Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra percussion

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 4:49 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  2. Revolution, Part 1 2:52 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  3. I Shall Be Released 3:54 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  4. To Love Somebody 2:40 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  5. The Times They Are A‐Changin’ 5:58 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  6. Suzanne 4:19 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  7. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) 3:41 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  8. Revolution, Part 2 1:54 Nina Simone (1969) drums (drum set)
  9. Howlin' For Judy 4:38 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  10. Alias (a li'as) 4:18 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  11. Nardis 11:02 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  12. Mint Tea 5:20 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  13. All Is One 10:46 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  14. Space 5:41 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  15. Home 4:40 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  16. Cakes 5:00 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  17. Energy 4:47 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  18. Give Me Some 6:49 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  19. Come With Me 8:00 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  20. Dance of the Mind 2:07 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  21. Pharaoh’s Dance 20:04 Miles Davis (1970) congas
  22. Bitches Brew 26:59 Miles Davis (1970) congas
  23. Spanish Key 17:29 Miles Davis (1970) congas
  24. John McLaughlin 4:26 Miles Davis (1970) congas
  25. Sanctuary 10:55 Miles Davis (1970) congas
  26. Waves 5:52 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  27. Swamp Carol 4:12 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  28. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 14:04 Miles Davis (1970) drums (drum set)
  29. Hot Head 8:50 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  30. In the Beginning 8:15 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  31. Wayfaring Stranger 10:53 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  32. Down Stretch 4:07 Jeremy Steig (1970) percussion, membranophone
  33. Piece of Freedom 6:02 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  34. Permutations 8:00 Jeremy Steig (1970) drums (drum set)
  35. The Urchins of Shermêse 6:16 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  36. Lonesome Wells (Gwendy Trio) 7:29 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  37. Some Hip Drum Shit 1:31 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  38. Clap City 0:54 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  39. There Comes a Time 5:58 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  40. Circa 45 6:27 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  41. Mom and Dad 5:24 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  42. Piskow’s Filigree 3:52 The Tony Williams Lifetime (1971) percussion
  43. Rock #6 3:00 Jeremy Steig (1972) percussion
  44. Rock #10 4:12 Jeremy Steig (1972) percussion
  45. Something Else 7:03 Jeremy Steig (1972) percussion
  46. Elephant Hump 5:52 Jeremy Steig (1972) percussion
  47. Rock #9 5:47 Jeremy Steig (1972) percussion
  48. Lungs 2:23 Elvin Jones (1972) congas
  49. La Fiesta 6:06 Elvin Jones (1972) congas
  50. Tergiversation 3:27 Elvin Jones (1972) congas

Credited as (17)

  1. Charlie Mariano with Don Alias
  2. Puschkin & Steve Swallow & Don Alias & Victor Lewis
  3. Roy Hargrove, Steve Turre, Don Alias & The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
  4. Puschkin & Steve Swallow, Don Alias & Victor Lewis
  5. Nils Landgren Funk Unit feat. Roy Hargrove & Don Alias
  6. Victor Lewis, John Stubblefield, Eduardo Simon, Cecil McBee, Don Alias & Jumma Santos
  7. Herbie Hancock, Gary Thomas, John McLaughlin, Tom Barney, Omar Hakim & Don Alias
  8. Puschnig / Swallow / Lewis / Alias
  9. Jaco Pastorius / Don Alias
  10. Bill Evans, Mike Stern, Gil Goldstein, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Don Alias, Kevin DiSimone
  11. Victor Bailey, Gil Goldstein, Steve Gadd, Don Alias, Michael Colina
  12. Bob Mintzer, Mike Stern, Gil Goldstein, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Don Alias
  13. Don Alias, Randy Brecker, John Patitucci, George Whitty, Peter Erskine, Michael Colina
  14. Hiram Bullock, Will Lee, Jim Beard, Steve Gadd, Don Alias, Andy Snitzer, Chris Hunter, Jimmy Hynes, Michael Davis
  15. Bob Mintzer, Hiram Bullock, Jim Beard, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Don Alias
  16. Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Gil Goldstein, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Don Alias
  17. Bill Evans, Jim Beard, Hiram Bullock, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Don Alias

Works (4)

Wrote

  1. Some Hip Drum Shit

Composed

  1. Okonkole y Trompa
  2. Don's Solo
  3. The Tenth World

Links (9)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.donalias.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83160847
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13935095g
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83160847
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134312791

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/267099

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000794633

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/17411523

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238885