Monday 9 September 2013

86th birthday of Elvin Jones

(Born 9 September 1927, Pontiac, Mich, United States)
Renowned drummer and member of the 1960s John Coltrane classic quartet (Coltrane, tenor and soprano saxophones; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jones, drums), providing the polyrhythmic anchor for the group’s restless stretch of creativity, and whose duet passages with Coltrane in many a performance of compositions, during the period, are opportunities for profound commentaries and analyses on pertinent subjects of both domestic and international affairs

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3 comments:

  1. Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey and Billy Higgins; who was the best drummer in the cast of Alfred Lyon's Blue Note Records? Your take!

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  2. Ambrose, this is an extraordinary age in which each of these seminal minds opens up a continent of ideas of transformative contemplation. They are all operating on stellar heights with the overarching shared-theme that goes by the name, "Let freedom ring"!

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  3. Well said, Professor; "extraordinary age" and my take, extraordinary experiment with the likes of John Coltrane and Miles Davis with what they did with the instruments and no one coming close till today.

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