Rashied Ali was one of jazz's great innovators, a drummer whose partnership with John Coltrane helped define free jazz's outer reaches. With bassist Le Roy Jenkins, Ali recorded Swift Are The Winds Of Life in 1976 for the independent Survival Records label, capturing a particular moment in free jazz's development when music was both technically fearless and deeply soulful. The four extended compositions showcase Ali's polyrhythmic sensibility and Jenkins' melodic bass work, creating conversations both abstract and surprisingly tuneful. This is uncompromising music for listeners ready to abandon conventional song structures in favor of genuine instrumental dialogue.