Elvin Jones – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Elvin Jones was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Elvin Jones was born on 9 September 1927 in Pontiac and died on 18 May 2004 in Englewood. The music is usually filed under jazz and post-bop. Record labels: Blue Note and Enja Records. The discography here lists 44 albums, from “Elvin!” (1962) to “Revival (Live at Pookie's Pub)” (2022). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such albums as My Favorite Things, A Love Supreme, Ascension, and Live at Birdland. After 1966, Jones led his own trio, and later larger groups under the name the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. His brothers, Hank and Thad, were also celebrated jazz musicians with whom he occasionally recorded. Elvin was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1995. In his The History of Jazz, jazz historian and critic Ted Gioia calls Jones "one of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz". He was also ranked at Number 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Elvin! 1962 · Riverside Conflict 1963 · Contemporary Illumination! 1964 · impulse! And Then Again 1965 · Atlantic Dear John C. 1965 · impulse! Rip, Rig & Panic 1965 · Limelight Midnight Walk 1967 · Atlantic Heavy Sounds 1968 The Ultimate 1968 · Blue Note Poly-Currents 1969 · Blue Note Coalition 1971 · Blue Note Genesis 1971 · Blue Note Live at the Lighthouse 1972 · Live · Blue Note Merry-Go-Round 1972 · Blue Note Mr. Jones 1973 · Blue Note New Agenda 1975 · Vanguard The Main Force 1976 · Vanguard The Prime Element 1976 · Blue Note Hollow Out 1977 · Philips Skyscrapers, Volume 1 1977 · Live Summit Meeting 1977 · Vanguard Time Capsule 1977 · Vanguard Moonflower 1978 · Trio Very R.A.R.E. 1979 · Trio Heart to Heart 1981 · DENON Earth Jones 1982 · Quicksilver Love & Peace 1982 · Bellaphon Live at the Lighthouse Vol. 1 1990 · Live · Blue Note Live at the Village Vanguard 1990 · Live · enja In Europe 1992 · Live · enja Live at "Pit Inn" Tokyo Japan 1992 Youngblood 1992 · enja Going Home 1993 · enja It Don't Mean a Thing 1993 · enja Live at the Village Vanguard / Volume One 1993 · Live · Landmark Records When I Was at Aso-Mountain 1993 · enja At This Point in Time 1998 Jones For Elvin Vol. 2 2000 · Hip City Records Jones for Elvin 2000 · [no label] Brother John 2003 Live at the Lighthouse Vol. 2 2013 · Live · Blue Note Live In New York 1974 & 1976 2017 · Live · Hudson Records Revival (Live at Pookie's Pub) 2022 · Live · Blue Note Skyscrapers Vol. 3 · Honeydew Records

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Albums where Elvin Jones is credited as a sideman

1955	Blue Moods — Miles Davis	drums (drum set)
1956	The Magnificent, Volume 3 — Thad Jones	drums (drum set)
1957	A Night at the Village Vanguard — Sonny Rollins	drums (drum set)
1957	Dial J.J. 5 — J.J. Johnson	drums (drum set)
1957	Kenny Burrell — Kenny Burrell	drums (drum set)
1957	Paul Chambers Quintet — Paul Chambers	drums (drum set)
1957	Mad Thad — Thad Jones	drums (drum set)
1958	Farmer's Market — Art Farmer	drums (drum set)
1958	Overseas — Tommy Flanagan	drums (drum set)
1958	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams — Pepper Adams	drums (drum set)
1958	Mal/3 Sounds — Mal Waldron	drums (drum set)
1958	Soul Stirrin' — Bennie Green	drums (drum set)
1959	Great Jazz Standards — Gil Evans	drums (drum set)
1959	Brass Shout — Art Farmer	drums (drum set)
1959	Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk — Steve Lacy	drums (drum set)
1959	The Pepper - Knepper Quintet — Pepper Adams & Jimmy Knepper	drums (drum set)
1959	Motor City Scene — Thad Jones	drums (drum set)
1959	Two Altos — Sonny Red, Art Pepper	drums (drum set)
1960	Sketches of Spain — Miles Davis	percussion
1961	Coltrane Jazz — John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1961	Olé Coltrane — John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1961	My Favorite Things — John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1961	Motion — Lee Konitz	drums (drum set)
1961	Together! — Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones	drums (drum set)
1961	A Story Tale — Clifford Jordan	drums (drum set)
1962	Coltrane Plays the Blues — John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1962	Ready for Freddie — Freddie Hubbard	drums (drum set)
1962	Inception — McCoy Tyner	drums (drum set)
1962	Into Something — Yusef Lateef	drums (drum set)
1963	Quiet Nights — Miles Davis	percussion