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JONES Elvin
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Personal Data:

Born: 09.09.1927 (Pontiac, MI, USA, as Elvin Ray Jones)
Died: 18.05.2004 (heart ailment)
JONES Elvin (photo)

Appearances:

1964 Wayne Shorter (LP "Night Dreamer")
1964 Wayne Shorter (LP "Some Other Stuff")
1964 Wayne Shorter (LP "Ju Ju")
1964 Wayne Shorter (LP "Speak No Evil")
1965 Wayne Shorter (LP "The All Seeing Eye")
1995 John McLaughlin (LP "After The Rain")

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland
& Philly Joe Jones & Charlie Persip & Art Blakey		1960
2.Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland, Vol. 2
& Philly Joe Jones & Charlie Persip & Art Blakey		1961
3.Elvin1962
4.Illumination
& Jimmy Garrison		08.08.1963
5.Dear John Coltrane1967
6.Heavy Sounds
& Richard Davis		1968
7.Live at the Village Vanguard
(live)		1968 Enja
8.Puttin' It Together08.04.1968Blue Note
9.Ultimate06.09.1968Ais
10.The Prime Element1969
11.Poly-Currents26.09.1969Ais
12.Genesis1970
13.Coalition17.07.1970Ais
14.Live
(live)		1971
15.Merry-Go-Round15.12.1971Blue Note
16.Mr. Jones1972
17.Live at the Lighthouse 1
(live)		09.09.1972Blue Note
18.Live at the Lighthouse 2
(live)		09.09.1972Blue Note
19.At His Point In Time1974
20.The Wide Point1975
21.On The Mountain1975
22.Time Capsule1978
23.Confirmation
& George Mraz & Tommy Flanagan		1978
24.Remembrance1978 MPS
25.Brother John1980
26.Earth Jones1982
27.For John1983
28.Power Trio
& John Hicks & Cecil McBee		4/1991 Novus
29.In Europe23.06.1991
30.Youngblood1992 Enja
31.Going Home1993 Enja Matthias Winckelmann
32.The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions
(8CD box set)		11.04.2000Mosaic
33.Bill Frisell With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
& Bill Frisell & Dave Holland		02.10.2001Atlantic
34.Main Force06.11.2001Universe
35.Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note
(live)		12.10.2004Half Note
36.Jazz Machine, Vol. 221.10.2008King
37.A New Dawn15.10.2013Quicksilver
38.Live in Japan 1978
(live)		18.11.2014
39.The Ultimate (75th Anniversary Edition)
with Joe Farrell & Jimmy Garrison		17.02.2015Blue Note
40.Midnight Walk
(reissue)		05.06.2015Atlantic
41.Harmonique23.10.2015Quicksilver

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19792 52profile
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19743714.09.197455Jazzsceneinterview
19752414.06.197524Caught In The Actgig review
19761908.05.197647Caught In The Actgig review
19763818.09.197618Caught In The Actgig review
19773710.09.197719Caught In The Actgig review
19784128.10.197861Caught In The Actgig review
19793622.09.197952Caught In The Actgig review
19803006.09.198019Caught In The Actgig review
19803404.10.198043Jazzinterview
19813819.09.198119Caught In The Actgig review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
20021 78Novinkyalbum review