Elvin Jones
USA
Born: 09 September 1927
Died: 18 May 2004
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing
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Elvin Jones will always be best-known for his association with the classic John Coltrane Quartet (1960-1965) but he also had a notable career as a bandleader and continued to be a major influence in music. One of the all-time great drummers (bridging the gap between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde), Jones is the younger brother of a remarkable musical family that also includes Hank and Thad Jones. After spending time in the Army (1946-1949), he was a part of the very fertile Detroit jazz scene of the early '50s. He moved to New York in 19...
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See also
- Hank Jones (12)
- Thad Jones (5)
- Steve Grossman (1)
Similar artists
- Tony Williams (5)
- Kevin Mahogany (4)
Influenced by
- Art Blakey (15)
- Hank Jones (12)
- Max Roach (11)
- Lester Young (8)
- Roy Haynes (6)
- Thad Jones (5)
- Kenny Clarke (4)
Followers
- Ron Carter (33)
- Jan Hammer (22)
- Peter Erskine (21)
- Trilok Gurtu (18)
- Collin Walcott (12)
- Lenny White (10)
- David Liebman (10)
- Tony Oxley (8)
- Norman Connors (6)
- Joe farrell (5)
- John Stevens (1)
- Michael Carvin (1)
- Pete La Roca (0)
Performed Songs By
- Duke Ellington (169)
- John Coltrane (110)
- Thelonious Monk (94)
- McCoy Tyner (53)
- Pharoah Sanders (14)
- Frank Foster (9)
- Thad Jones (5)
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