Elvin Jones

John Coltrane’s ‘Live at Birdland’ is an album recorded on October 8 , March 6 and November 18, 1963 (half in Birdland, half in studio) and released in 1964 by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaría) – 10:50 . 2.I Want To Talk About You (Billy Eckstine) – 08:11 . 3.The Promise (John […]

John Coltrane’s ‘Live in Seattle’ is an album recorded on September 30, 1965 and released In 1971 by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.Cosmos (John Coltrane) – 10:49 . 2.Out Of This World (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 24:20 . 3.Tapestry In Sound (Jimmy Garrison) – 06:07 . 4.Evolution (John Coltrane) – 36:10 Chuck Stewart ALSO […]

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane’ is an album recorded on September 26, 1962 and released in February 1963 by Impulse!. Track Listing : 1.In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) – 04:14. 2.Take The Coltrane ((Duke Ellington)) – 04:42 . 3.Big Nick (John Coltrane) – 04:30. 4.Stevie (Duke Ellington) – 04:22 . 5.My Little Brown Book […]

This day (September 4, 1946), in Brooklyn, New York, is born Dave Liebman, an American saxophonist and flautist.

Freddie Hubbard’s ‘Ready for Freddie’ is his fourth album recorded on August 21, 1961 with Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Arietis (Freddie Hubbard) – 06:41 . 2.Weaver Of Dreams (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) – 06:35 . 3.Marie Antoinette […]

August 18, 1990 – Elvin Jones is with Sonny Fortuneand Pat LaBarbera (ts), Chip Jackson (b) at “Newport Jazz Festival” in Newport, RI

August 17, 1990 – Wynton Marsallis plus Doc Cheatham, Jacki Byard, Carrie Smith, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ruby Braff, Teddy Riley, Elvin Jones, Jon Faddis, Georges Wein and many others. They all pay tribute to Louis Armstrong. at Newport Casino in Newport, RI

This day (August 16, 2007), in Manhattan, New York, died Max Roach, an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

Wayne Shorter’s ‘JuJu’ is his fifth album recorded on August 3, 1964. In 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Juju (Wayne Shorter) – 08:30 . 2.Deluge (Wayne Shorter) – 06:49 . 3.House Of Jade (Wayne Shorter) – 06:49 . 4.Mahjong (Wayne Shorter) – 07:39 . 5.Yes Or No (Wayne […]

Miles Davis’ ‘Blue Moods’ is an album recorded on July 9, 1955, together with Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones and released the same year by Debut. Track Listing : 1.Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) – 06:14 . 2.Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 07:17 . 3.There’S No You (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) – 08:06 . […]

‘New Thing at Newport’ by John Coltrane & Archie Shepp is a live album recorded on July 2, 1965 at the Newport Jazz Festival and released the same year by Impulse!.. Track Listing : 1.Spoken Introduction To John Coltrane‘S Set By Father Norman O’Connor – 01:08 . 2.One Down One Up (John Coltrane) – 12:42 […]

John Coltrane’s ‘Ascension’ is an album of continuous performance without breaks recorded on June 28, 1965 and released in February 1966 by Impulse! Track Listing : 1.Edition I/Ascension (John Coltrane) – 38:30 . 2.Edition Ii/Ascension (John Coltrane) – 40:49 Chuck Stewart ALSO READ Wikipedia Ohio University Newsweek Musicians : John Coltrane – Tenor Saxophone . […]

Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman, Chris Barber, Joe Williams, Eddie Harris, Dave Holland, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, John Surman, Miles Davis, The Great Quartet. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 294 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

‘Coltrane (1962)’ is a studio album by John Coltrane recorded on April 11, June 19, 20 and 29, 1962 and released In August 1962 by Impulse!.. Track Listing : 1.Out Of This World (Harold Arlen) – 14:06 . 2.Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron) – 05:26 . 3.The Inch Worm (Frank Loesser) – 06:19 . 4.Tunji (John […]

June 19, 1982 – The Great Quartet – that is McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter & Elvin Jones – is expected at the Playboy Jazz Festival in the Hollywood Bowl

John Coltrane’s ‘Kulu Sé Mama’ is an album (two tracks with a large ensemble, four with the ‘classic quartet’) recorded on June 10 & 16, 1965 and October 14, 1965 and released In 1967 By Impulse! Track Listing : 1.Kulu Sé Mama (Juno Sé Mama) – 18:50 . 2.Vigil (John Coltrane) – 09:51 . 3.Welcome […]

John Coltrane’s ‘Transition’ is an album recorded on May 26 & June 10, 1965 and released posthumously only in 1970 by Impulse!.. Track Listing : 1.Transition (John Coltrane) – 15:31 . 2.Dear Lord (John Coltrane) – 05:32 . 3.Suite (Prayer And Meditation: Day, Peace And After, Prayer And Meditation: Evening, Affirmation, Prayer And Meditation: 4 […]

John Coltrane’s ‘Olé’ is his ninth album recorded on May 25, 1961 and released in February 1962 by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Olé (John Coltrane) – 18:17 . 2.Dahomey Dance (John Coltrane) – 10:53 . 3.Aisha (Mccoy Tyner) – 07:40 Musicians : John Coltrane — Soprano Saxophone On (1); Tenor Saxophone On (2 – 3) […]

John Coltrane‘s ‘Africa/Brass’ is his eighth studio album recorded on May 23 & June 7, 1961 with French horns and euphonium and released the same year by Impulse! Records. Track Listing : 1.Africa (John Coltrane) – 16:28 . 2.Greensleeves (Traditional, Mccoy Tyner) – 10:00 . 3.Blues Minor (John Coltrane) – 07:22 Musicians : John Coltrane […]

Grant Green’s ‘Matador’ is an album recorded on May 20 1964 with McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones and released in 1979 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Matador (Grant Green) – 10:51 . 2.My Favorite Things (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers) – 10:23 . 3.Green Jeans (Grant Green) – 09:10 . 4.Bedouin (Duke […]