The real pleasure, however, is the discovery of Jones’s work as drummer/leader with Perla and keyboardist Jan Hammer on “Elvin Jones Is on the Mountain” Three compositions by the pianist and three by the bassist go to make up the album – but the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Mar 24,  · Elvin Jones - At This Point in Time Elvin Jones d Gene Perla b Warren Smith Tympani Candido Camero Conga Omar Clay Perc Cornell Dupree g Frank Foster ss, ts Pepper Adams bs Steve Grossman ss, ts.

CD reissue. Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Summit Meeting was originally released in on Vanguard Records. Musicians appearing on this album include saxophonists James Moody and Bunky Green, trumpeter Clark Terry and guitarist Roland Price From to he was a member of the John Coltrane quartet.

May 18,  · Elvin Jones discography and songs: Music profile for Elvin Jones, born 9 September Genres: Post-Bop, Jazz, Hard Bop. Albums include Happiness Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, Illumination!, and Heavy Sounds.

Jul 08,  · Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group At This Point In Time · Elvin Jones At This Point In Time ℗ Blue Note Records Released on: .

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Sep 14,  · Hi! I'm just starting a Jazz collection on CD. I already have the very basics (Davis, Coltrane, Hancock, etc) covered, now I would like to know what in your opinion are the 3 best albums on which drummer extraordinaire Elvin Jones plays, in .

Elvin Jones. by Rick Mattingly. Born on September 9, , in Pontiac, Michigan, Elvin Ray Jones was the younger brother of jazz pianist Hank Jones and the late trumpet player and bandleader Thad Jones. After tenth grade, Jones began gigging around Pontiac, sometimes with his .

At This Point in Time is certainly Elvin's most experimental and probably most unsung album of all time. While most of his albums are wonderful and feature Elvin doing music in his Coltrane-period jazz style (although a little bit more straight ahead than most of the stuff he did with Trane) this particular album features intricate, percussion heavy compositions with harmonically-rich horn 5/5(4).