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Still Out There
Interstellar jazz legend Rashied Ali makes space for the next generation.
by Shaun Brady
Drummer Rashied Ali was the subject of one of the most famous mentorships in jazz history, thrust into the spotlight when he first supplemented and then replaced Elvin Jones in John Coltrane's band. Ali was there alongside the legendary saxophonist on his furthest explorations into the outer limits of his music, most notably as Trane's duet partner on the groundbreaking Interstellar Space.

Aid or Invade:
Pakistan
Rodney Anonymous vs. the World
by Rodney Anonymous
If mixing dub and qawwali sounds like the worst idea since your older brother conned you into drinking a mixture of Kool-Aid and cat piss, then you'll be relieved to know that this CD rules like Pervez Musharraf on New Uniform Day.

Music Picks:
Little Women/Where From Here?
Thu., Jan. 17, 8 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Little Women are neither. Four men blow so unrelentlessly big that you begin to feel sorry for their long-suffering instruments.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
David Starobin, guitar, Sun., Jan. 20, 3 p.m., $22.50, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.
by Peter Burwasser
The versatile and always popular guitar is an instrument that never quite gets a comfortable fit into the world of so-called classical music.

Aderbat/Peasant
Thu., Jan 17, 9 p.m., $8, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
The first word that comes to mind when you hear Aderbat's Matt Taylor is "autumnal."

Soundadvice
Get Out!
MaryClare Brzytwa and Dominique Leone | Kimya Dawson | Fantasy's Core | Misha Mengelberg Quartet | The Walkmen

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Thu., Jan 17, 9 p.m., $8, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
The first word that comes to mind when you hear Aderbat's Matt Taylor is "autumnal."
Thu., Jan. 17, 8 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Little Women are neither. Four men blow so unrelentlessly big that you begin to feel sorry for their long-suffering instruments.
David Starobin, guitar, Sun., Jan. 20, 3 p.m., $22.50, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.
by Peter Burwasser
The versatile and always popular guitar is an instrument that never quite gets a comfortable fit into the world of so-called classical music.
 
 
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