Elvin Jones
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz drummer (1927–2004)
Key facts
- Born
- Elvin Ray Jones , ( 1927-09-09 ) September 9, 1927, Pontiac, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- May 18, 2004 (2004-05-18) (aged 76), Englewood, New Jersey , U.S.
- Genres
- Modal jazz avant-garde jazz hard bop post-bop
- Occupations
- Musician bandleader
- Instruments
- Drums percussion
- Years active
- 1948–2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pontiac
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Sibling
- Hank Jones
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Enja Records
- Official website
- www.elvinjones.com
- Image
- Elvin Jones 1979 3.jpg
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- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- birth name
- Elvin Ray Jones
- name in native language
- Elvin Jones
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1927-09-09
- date of death
- 2004-05-18
- Commons category
- Elvin Jones
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Elvin Jones
- end of work period
- 2004-00-00
- P12674
- .cat
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. 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 and Thad were also celebrated jazz musicians with whom he occasionally recorded. Elvin was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1995. In his The History of Jazz, jazz historian and critic Ted Gioia calls Jones "one of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz". He was also ranked at Number 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elvin Jones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.