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Elvin Jones: In Memoriam

by AAJ Staff
May 24, 2004

Elvin Jones: September 9, 1927 - May 18, 2004 AAJ pays special tribute to the life and legacy of drummer Elvin Jones... “I feel very, very gratified when people are complimentary to what I have done or appreciated it with sincerity... It makes me feel that maybe I did do something that was proper and that ...

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Happy Birthday Elvin Jones!

by Florence Wetzel
May 20, 2004

Legendary drummer Elvin Jones is turning 75 on September 9th, and to celebrate the occasion Jones is performing at the Blue Note for two weeks. The celebration kicks off on Jones' birthday, and that night Jones' group, the Jazz Machine, will perform with special guest Wynton Marsalis. Jones' relationship with Marsalis goes back many years. “Wynton's ...

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Elvin Jones: Drumming Icon is Still Cooking

by R.J. DeLuke
March 13, 2004

The name Elvin Jones conjures up a distinct image right away. You can see him seated behind his drum set, slightly hunched, arms awhirl; cranking out a firestorm of rhythms highlighted by crackling accents that fall at unexpected moments, giving the music just the right propulsion. He's been one of jazz music's preeminent drummers ...

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Earth Jones

By Elvin Jones

Label: QuickSilver Records
Released: 2003

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Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2002

The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...

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Bill Frisell With Dave Holland And Elvin Jones

By Bill Frisell

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Outlaws; Twenty Years; Coffaro's Theme; Blues Dream; Moon River; Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa; Strange Meeting; Convict 13;Again; Hard Times; Justice And Honor; Smilin' Jones.

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The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

By Elvin Jones

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Disc 1: Reza, Sweet Little Maia, Keiko's Birthday March, Village Greene, Jay-Ree, For Heaven's Sake, Gingerbread Boy, In The Truth, What Is This?, Ascendant. Disc 2: Yesterdays, Sometimes Joie, We'll Be Together Again, Inner Space, Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz), Raynay, Champagne Baby, Dido Afrique. Disc 3: Agenda, Agappe Love, Mr. Jones, Yes, Whew, Shinjitu, Yesterdays. Disc 4: 5/4 Thing, Ural Stradania, Simone, P. P. Phoenix, For All The Other Times, Slumber, Three Card Molly, Cecilia Is Love, Who's Afraid

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Jones for Elvin Vol. 2

By Steve Griggs

Label: Hip City Music
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Reunion Dues 12:51 2. The More I See You 07:29 3. Kavanah 06:20 4. Oscar's Oscillating Osculation 11:41 5. Zones for Elvin 04:00 6. Keiko's Kimochi 06:25 7. Chromatic Carioca 07:15

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Elvin Jones: The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

Read "The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2000

Although Mosaic's methods for rediscovering neglected artists have always been informed, this package of diverse material seems to be especially constructive in giving us a better picture of one of the jazz world's most innovative and important artists of the 20th century. While Jones had made a few of his own recordings as a leader during ...

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Elvin Jones: The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2000

Although Mosaic’s methods for rediscovering neglected artists have always been informed, this package of diverse material seems to be especially constructive in giving us a better picture of one of the jazz world’s most innovative and important artists of the 20th century. While Jones had made a few of his own recordings as a leader during ...