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Bill Frisell (featuring Elvin Jones): Moon River (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

The hectic schedules of these three master players prevented them from having much time to track this record live in ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

McCoy Tyner: Elvin (Sir) Jones (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

What a great combination: Tyner, Carter & Jones. McCoy Tyner wrote a fabulous song for his former Coltrane bandmate. ...

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                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

John Coltrane: Blues to Elvin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

The first of six blues on Coltrane's album-length exploration of the form, "Blues to Elvin" begins with McCoy Tyner d...

Derek Trucks Band: Elvin (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

Initially, Derek Trucks' "Elvin" sounds somewhat standard for the Trucks catalog. The instrumental jam begins slowly...

Elvin Jones: Gingerbread Boy (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

In just about as contrasting a gig as one can get, Elvin Jones spent two weeks touring Europe with Duke Ellington aft...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Sonny Rollins (featuring Elvin Jones): A Night in Tunisia (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

In the late 1940s and early '50s, a young Elvin Jones performed on a handful of impressive recording sessions, includ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Lee Konitz (featuring Elvin Jones): You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

Lee Konitz and Elvin Jones at first might not seem like a match made in heaven. Konitz's spacious, cerebral choices c...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Steve Lacy (featuring Elvin Jones): Four in One (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

After a Roy Haynes/Max Roach-influenced drum break to open "Four in One," Elvin Jones declares his singular presence ...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Yusef Lateef (featuring Elvin Jones): Water Pistol (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

The fours and eights traded by Yusef Lateef and Elvin Jones towards the end of this track make it the bolt-from-the-b...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

John Coltrane (featuring Elvin Jones): Pursuance (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

An extended unaccompanied solo by Elvin Jones opens "Pursuance," the 10-minute, up-tempo third movement of A Love Sup...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

John Coltrane (featuring Elvin Jones): One Up, One Down (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 01, 07

A vital part of any extended Coltrane improvisation (this one is 20+ minutes) is the intense interplay between Trane ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Wayne Shorter (featuring Elvin Jones): Juju (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

Elvin Jones's superior use of tension-building, repeated triplets works especially well in tunes in 3/4 time. While s...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Larry Young (featuring Elvin Jones): Monk's Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

The complexities of Elvin Jones's drumming style are superbly communicated throughout "Monk's Dream." He is playing m...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Joe Lovano (featuring Elvin Jones): Impressionistic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

Performing in the pianoless trio format, Elvin Jones's playing on this track is precisely what its title suggests – t...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Dewey Redman (featuring Elvin Jones): Spoonin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

Momentum Space, a trio date featuring Dewey Redman, Elvin Jones and Cecil Taylor, features more solo and duet tracks ...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

John Coltrane (featuring Elvin Jones): Sun Ship (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

The legendary A Love Supreme, aside from its reputation as one of the most important moments in the history of modern...

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     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Ornette Coleman: The Garden of Souls (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 24, 08

It seems almost an article of faith among critics that New York Is Now! and Love Call are among Ornette Coleman's les...

Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Funkallero (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

In this rare studio encounter between two of the era's most lyrical and romantic improvisers, we find an uncharacteri...

John Coltrane: Afro Blue (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

Everything changed during the tenure of the Classic Coltrane Quartet. The separation between leader and rhythm sectio...

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            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Andrew Hill: Siete Ocho (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is a fascinating intersection, because we have Andrew Hill with Elvin Jones, two powerful forces. Also, Hill and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

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