Showing posts with label Elvin Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elvin Jones. Show all posts

1/15/2012

J. J. Johnson - J is for Jazz (1956)




01 Naptown U.S.A  (Johnson)  4:59
02 It Might As Well Be Spring  (Rodgers, Hammerstein)  4:46
03 Tumbling Tumbleweeds  (Nolan)  4:14
04 Angel Eyes  (Dennis, Brent)  3:35
05 Solar  (Davis)  5:14
06 Overdrive  (Johnson)  3:22
07 Undecided  (Shavers, Robin)  4:04
08 Never Let Me Go  (Scott)  3:40
09 Chasin' The Bird  (Parker)  4:40
10 Cube Steak  (Johnson)  3:41

J.J. Johnson (tb) 
Bobby Jaspar (ts, fl) 
Hank Jones (p)
Tommy Flanagan (p) on tracks 1, 2 & 9
Wilbur Little (b)
Percy Heath (b) on tracks 4, 6 & 7
Elvin Jones (d) 

Recorded in NYC, on July 24 (4, 6, 7), 25 (3, 5, 8, 10) and 27 (1, 2, 9), 1956

Elvin Jones - It Don't Mean a Thing (1994)



Elvin Jones (drums)
Kevin Mahogany (vocals)
Sonny Fortune (flute, tenor saxophone)
Nicholas Payton (trumpet)
Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone)
Willie Pickens (piano)
Cecil McBee (bass)

Gil Evans - Great Jazz Standards


01 Davenport Blues (Beiderbecke) 4:25
02 Straight, No Chaser (Monk) 6:19
03 Ballad of the Sad Young Men (Landesman, Wolf) 4:00
04 Joy Spring (Brown) 2:49
05 Django (Lewis) 8:05
06 Chant of the Weed (Redman) 4:25
07 La Nevada (Theme) (Evans) 6:15
Recorded in New York on February 5, 1959 (tracks 3,4,6,7) and early 1959 (tracks 1,2,5)

[1], [2], [5]
trumpet : Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith
trombone : Bill Elton, Curtis Fuller, Dick Lieb
french horn : Bob Northern
tuba : Bill Barber
soprano saxophone : Steve Lacy
reeds : Al Block
piano : Gil Evans
guitar : Chuck Wayne
bass : Dick Carter
drums : Dennis Charles

[3], [4], [6], [7]
trumpet : Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Danny Stiles
trombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Curtis Fuller, Rod Levitt
french horn : Earl Chapin
tuba : Bill Barber
soprano saxophone : Steve Lacy
clarinet, tenor saxophone : Budd Johnson
reeds : Ed Caine
piano : Gil Evans
guitar : Ray Crawford
bass : Tommy Potter
drums : Elvin Jones

1/02/2012

Elvin Jones - Dear John C.



Elvin Jones – drums
Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone
Roland Hanna (4, 5, 7); Hank Jones (1, 3, 8) - piano
Richard Davis – bass

10/09/2011

Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening / Ghetto Music


Eddie Gale's 1968 and 1969 albums Black Rhythm Happening and Ghetto Music are pinnacles of the jazz genre, classics and necessary listening. BRH features Elvin Jones and Jimmy Lyons.

Ghetto Music  • Mediafire mp3
Black Rhythm Happening / Ghetto Music • Piratebay .tta lossless