Elvin Jones (1927-2004) was an American jazz drummer from Pontiac, Michigan. He is best known as the drummer of John Coltrane's quartet from 1960 to 1966, the classic line-up with McCoy Tyner and Jimmy Garrison, heard on My Favorite Things, Live at Birdland and A Love Supreme. He later led his own groups. Elvin Jones was the younger brother of pianist Hank Jones and trumpeter Thad Jones. After army service he worked in Detroit, moved to New York in 1955 and played in Sonny Rollins's trio on A Night at the Village Vanguard.
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on May 19, 1957, Paul Chambers Quintet captures bassist Paul Chambers leading an exceptional ensemble at the height of the hard-bop era. Released by Blue Note in 1958, the album brings t…
Cut on February 23 and 25, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and released later that year on Impulse!, Dear John C. marks drummer Elvin Jones’s first album for the label as a full-fledged leader, boldly looking forward while honoring his transformati…
Following the genre-redefining revelations of A Love Supreme in 1965, John Coltrane began a dramatic shift toward spiritual free jazz, abandoning familiar forms in favor of a more abstract sonic palette and bold questions he'd spend the rest of his l…
1974 US re-issue on Impulse!/ABC of the 1971 double-album with a 1965 live recording featuring Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Original Japanese edition on Atlantic of the 1970 compilation (edited by Ilhan Mimaroglu) with previously unreleased recordings by The John Coltrane Quartet, The John Coltrane Sextet and The Milt Jackson - John Coltrane Group.
Rare grey area first edition on Historic Performances Records in 1971 of live recordings from 1961 featuring Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner, later officially re-issued as Coltranology Volume One.
1980 Japanese re-issue on MCA's "Impulse Definitive 1500 Yen Collection" of the 1963 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1980 Japanese edition on MCA of the 1963 live album featuring Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1980 Japanese re-issue on Impulse!/MCA's "Jazztime Now!!" series of the 1964 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1991 Japanese re-issue on Impulse!'s "Gold Of G.D. 100" series of the 1964 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1974 re-issue on Impluse! of the Edition I of the 1966 album featuring Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, John Tchicai, Marion Brown, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
1968 US re-press on Impulse!/ABC of the 1966 album featuring Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Original US edition on Impulse!/ABC of the 1970 album with a recording from 1965 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Origina Japanese edition on BYG's "Jazz Collection 1500" series of the 1972 album with live recordings from 1965 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
Original edition of the Italy-only 1973 album on Jazz Galore with a live recording in Germany from 1963 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
1980 original Japanese edition on Affinity of the 1973 album with recordings from 1963 featuring Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1980 original Japanese edition on Affinity of the 1978 album with recordings from 1963 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
1980 original Japanese edition on Affinity of the 1978 album with recordings from 1963 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
** Special Time-Limited Offer ** After his six years with the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the master drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note in 1968 and began building his own career as a bandleader. His first two albums for the label were spare…
A 1978 piece composed by pianist Fumio Karashima with legendary drummer Elvin Jones. The trio with bassist Andy MacLeod will feature original songs and standards, including the title track. This is the work that gave Karashima an opportunity to becom…
Temporary Super Offer! "These Half Note recordings from March 26 and May 7, 1965, two dates from an extended stay at the club, were captured as a radio broadcast. ezz-thetics has re-sequenced the music here to demonstrate Coltrane’s approach to incor…
After his six years with the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the mighty drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note Records in 1968 and made a series of 10 fantastic albums including 1972’s Mr. Jones, produced by Francis Wolff and George Butler, and fea…
Elvin Jones' first Blue Note album as a leader, a piano-less trio with Joe Farrell and Jimmy Garrison recorded on April 8, 1968 at Van Gelder Studio, produced by Duke Pearson and first released in 1968.