The Dynamic Duo Remember Trane and Bird

The Dynamic Duo Remember Trane and Bird is a double-CD live album by drummer Rashied Ali and multi-instrumentalist Arthur Rhames.

[1][2][3][4] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated that the duos "are not so much in the manner of Interstellar Space, as an attempt to capture something of the spirit of the classic [Coltrane] quartet," and noted: "Perhaps most significant for its valuable glimpse of a lost genius – if the Trane catalogue is now almost meaninglessly bloated, while Rhames's is vanishingly small – there's some great Ali here as well.

"[5] Andrey Henkin of All About Jazz wrote: "The medley style of the set makes one marvel not only at Rhames' remarkable facility and tone, even at high speeds, but at both musicians' stamina.

"[7] One Final Note's Derek Taylor commented: "Rhames wears his affinity for Coltrane prominently throughout the program.

But unlike the legion of imitators that have milked the master's memory to point of rote adoration, Rhames appears intent on infusing his own sound into what on the surface feels like heavy homage.