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.
Paul Chambers Quintet
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 together trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, pianist Tommy Flanagan, and drummer Elvin Jones.
Chambers is more than the foundation beneath the group: his resonant bass lines and confident solos give the session its unmistakable …
Dear John C.
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 transformative contributions with the John Coltrane Quartet since the beginning of the decade. Produced by Bob Thiele, the sessions feature alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianists Roland Hanna and Elvin’s brother Hank Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and Jones o…
Meditations
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 life and career pursuing. Meditations, released by Impulse! in 1966, continues that emotional throughline while retaining, for the last time in full, the classic quartet that propelled Trane to greatness: pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison an…
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A Love Supreme (LP)
1972 US re-issue on Impulse!/ABC of the 1964 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Live In Seattle (2LP)
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.
The Coltrane Legacy (LP)
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.
That's The Way I Feel Now (2LP)
Original Japanese edition on A&M of the 1984 2LP tribute to Thelonious Monk produced by Hal Wilner. With insert and obi.
Live On Mount Meru Volume Two (LP)
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.
Olé (LP)
1972 Japanese re-issue on Atlantic's "Jazz Age" series of the 1961 album featuring Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
Live At The Village Vanguard (LP)
First mono pressing in stereo sleeve of the 1962 album featuring Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Live At The Village Vanguard (LP)
1976 Japanese re-issue on ABC Impulse!'s "Impulse Best Collection" of the 1962 album featuring Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
Coltrane (LP)
First mono pressing in stereo sleeve of the 1962 album by the "John Coltrane Quartette" featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Ballads (LP)
1972 US re-issue on Impulse!/ABC of the 1963 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Ballads (LP)
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.
Impressions (LP)
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.
A Love Supreme (LP)
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.
A Love Supreme (LP)
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.
Live At Birdland (LP)
1991 Japanese re-issue on Impulse!/MCA of the 1964 live album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert and obi.
Ascension (LP)
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.
Kulu Sé Mama (LP)
1980 Japanese re-issue on Impulse!/MCA of the 1966 album featuring Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
Meditations (LP)
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.
Meditations (LP)
1968 US re-press on Impulse!/ABC of the 1966 album featuring Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali and McCoy Tyner.
Transition (LP)
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.
Live In Paris Part 2 (LP)
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.
Unissued Concert In Germany 1963 Part One (LP)
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.
Coltranology Volume One (LP)
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.
Coltranology Volume Two (LP)
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.
Coltranology Volume Two (LP)
1980 original Japanese edition on Affinity of the 1978 album with recordings from 1963 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With insert.
Impressions Of Europe (LP)
Grey area Italian LP on Ingo with live recordings made in Denmark and Austria in 1962 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Creation (LP)
Grey area UK LP on Blue Parrot Records with live recordings made in the USA in 1964 and 1965 featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Poly-Currents (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
** 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 trio outings—Puttin’ It Together and The Ultimate—both featuring saxophonist Joe Farrell and bassist Jimmy Garrison. For his next album—1969’s unfettered post-bop exploration Poly-Currents—Jones expanded his ensemble with additional woodwinds and pe…
Moonflower
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 become active on the world stage.
Song Of Praise, Live New York 1965
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 incorporating all his inventions into a performance, while also mapping a future to his music." – Mark Corroto
Producers note: "We have re-sequenced these tracks to allow the listener to become part of the development of the music and to follow J…
Mr. Jones
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 featuring saxophonists Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, and Pepper Adams, Thad Jones on flugelhorn, pianist Jan Hammer, bassist Gene Perla, and percussionists Carlos “Patato” Valdes, Frank Ippolito, and Albert Duffy. The music delves into expansive post-bo…
Puttin' It Together
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.