Elvin Jones

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.