Charles "Don" Alias (1939 - 2006) was born in New York City was a jazz drummer. He sometimes played a drum set and sometimes played congas. He played on hundreds of recordings.

He is best known for recording and playing with Miles Davis, and David Sanborn. Other people he recorded and played with are Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, the Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Nina Simone, Philip Bailey, Carla Bley, Marlena Shaw, Marc Cohn, Uri Caine, Bob Mintzer, Roberta Flack, Michael Franks, Joe Farrell, Dan Fogelberg, Bill Frisell, Hal Galper, Kenny Garrett, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, Lalo Schifrin, Jeremy Steig, Ira Sullivan, Steve Swallow, James Taylor, Lou Reed, Don Grolnick Group, Eliane Elias, and others.

This is Don playing congas, tambourine, bells, shaker, finger cymbals playing on "Dr. Faust" fromt the David Liebman album "Sweet Hands". David Liebman (tenor, soprano sax), Richie Beirach (keyboards), John Abercrombie (guitar), Frank Tusa (bass), Jeff Williams (drums).