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Elvin Jones

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Artist information

Year of Birth:1927
Year of death:2004

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.|title=Elvin Jones|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 19, 2011}} 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... more

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