Artist: Elvin Jones
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Earth Jones
Year: 2003
Tracks: 6
Puttin' It Together
Year: 2000
Tracks: 7
Elvin Jones will ever be best-known for his association with the classical John Coltrane Quartet (1960-65) merely he as well had a noteworthy life history as a bandleader and continued to be a major influence in music. One of the all-time great drummers (bridging the gap 'tween innovative hard bebop and the van), Elvin is the younger brother of a remarkable musical family that besides includes Hank and Thad Jones. After disbursement time in the Army (1946-49), he was a piece of the very productive Detroit jazz scene of the early '50s. He affected to New York in 1955, worked with Teddy Charles and the Bud Powell Trio and recorded with Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins (the latter at his famed Village Vanguard session). After stints with J.J. Johnson (1956-57), Donald Byrd (1958), Tyree Glenn and Harry "Sweets" Edison, Elvin Jones became an important member of John Coltrane's Quartet, pushing the forward-looking saxophonist to noteworthy high and appearance on well-nigh of his best recordings. When Coltrane added Rashied Ali to his band in later 1965 as irregular drummer, Jones was reportedly non pleased and he presently at rest. He went on a European hitch with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and then started leading his possess groups which in the nineties became known as Elvin Jones's Jazz Machine. He remained dynamic good into the 2000's and continued to push himself musically with the Jazz Machine, inviting thomas Young lions into the faithful and touring regularly. Among his sidemen were saxophonists Frank Foster, Joe Farrell, George Coleman, Pepper Adams, Dave Liebman, Pat LaBarbera, Steve Grossman, Andrew White, Ravi Coltrane and Sonny Fortune, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, pianists Dollar Brand and Willie Pickens, keyboardist Jan Hammer and bassists Richard Davis, Jimmy Garrison, Wilbur Little and Gene Perla among others. Elvin Jones recorded as a leader for many labels including Atlantic, Riverside, Impulse, Blue Note, Enja, PM, Vanguard, Honey Dew, Denon, Storyville, Evidence and Landmark.
His allegiance and love of the drums was such that even in the grimace of wellness problems he continued to get on the drum stand, occasionally accompanied by an atomic number 8 armoured combat vehicle. On May 18, 2004, drum fable Elvin Jones suffered inwardness failure and passed aside.
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