AliDjeridi

Ali started to play drums at the age of 14.He was in same class in the elemenary school as the bassplayer Patrik Boman. Already in highschool he meet the saxophonist Joakim Milder.And they started to play together in a band called "Nära ögat" Later on he meet the pianist Carl Orrje.Now a days Carl has a trio with Patrik and Ali.We have been recorded a several records realesed in Japan.Ali is a leader of an quintet with:Karl Olandersson trumpet,Robert Nordmark tenorsaxophone,Daniel Tilling piano,and Filip Augustson doublebass. We made an 5 day tour in Sweden in the middle of april 2007.We were playing in Stockholm,Uppsala,Heby,Karlshamn and Helsingborg.And he also has a trio called Trinity. With Karl Olandersson and Andreas Hellkvist on hammond organ.We use to play in churches.Other band Ali plays with is Arko big band.We had the oppurtunity to work and with Maria Schneider, one week in the fall of 2005.Arko were performing in different clubs that week.Tommy Koverhult Quintet,he has been playing with Tommy since 1989.Tomas Janzon quartet,Maffy Falay quintet with Bernt Rosengren.He used to play With Bernt and Maffy at Lilla Maria for almost 10years. And they also performed in different jazzclubs all over Sweden.The best school i ever been to he recalls. Other musicians he had performed with is Karl-Martin Almqvist,Nisse Sandström,Krister Andersson,Lars Jansson.Hans Backenroth,Åke Johansson, Bertil Strandberg,Roland Keijser,Lars Bagge, vAmanda Sedgwick,Philip Harper.Carin Lundin,Lars Sjösten,Bertil Lövgren,Johan Setterlind,Torbjörn Hultcrantz, Lulu/Björn Alke,Göran Strandberg among others.