Dave Liebman and Steve Grossman make a great two saxophonists front line on Elvin Jones’ 50-year-old Live at the Lighthouse. Elvin Jones Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1973) If you had been saxophonist John Coltrane’s drummer for five years, like Elvin … Continue reading Elvin Jones live with Liebman and Grossman
Even playing at a small club with a horribly out of tune piano Elvin Jones’ capacity as a band leader is obvious. Elvin Jones – Revival Live at Pookie’s (Blue Note, 2022) New York 1967. Elvin Jones’ former bandleader John … Continue reading Elvin Jones live in 1967
A live recording of the Elvin Jones Quartet from 1967 will be released by Blue Note this fall. The historical releases keep coming out at a rate which must be discouraging to present recording artists. Sometimes there even are historical … Continue reading Elvin Jones Quartet live in 1967
Elvin Jones – Puttin’ It Together (Blue Note, 1968) After leaving John Coltrane’s band drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Jimmy Garrison continued to work as a rhythm section. They recorded with Sonny Rollins on his ”East Broadway Rundown” and with … Continue reading Elvin Jones after Coltrane
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