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Elvin Jones

Elvin Jones has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 32 episodes and was first played on 25 June 2013.

Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, working with the Army Special Services program, Operation Happiness, and in 1949 had a short-lived gig in Detroit's Grand River Street club. Eventually he went on to play with artists such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Wardell Gray. In 1955, after a failed audition for the Benny Goodman band, he found work in New York, joining Charles Mingus's band, and releasing…

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Three Step Dance
Oregon, Elvin Jones
Vanguard1976
Three Step Dance
Oregon, Elvin JonesVanguard1976
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Agenda
Elvin Jones
Vanguard1975
Agenda
Elvin JonesVanguard1975
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We’ll Be Together Again
Elvin Jones
Blue Note1968
We’ll Be Together Again
Elvin JonesBlue Note1968
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Mystical Dream
The Roland Kirk Quartet, Elvin Jones
Limelight1965
Mystical Dream
The Roland Kirk Quartet, Elvin JonesLimelight1965
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Summertime
Elvin Jones, Richard Davis
Impulse!, ABC Records1968
Summertime
Elvin Jones, Richard DavisImpulse!, ABC Records1968
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Slumber
Elvin Jones
Blue Note1971
Slumber
Elvin JonesBlue Note1971
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Pauke Tanz
Elvin Jones (Peter Doell mix)
Blue Note1998
Pauke Tanz
Elvin Jones (Peter Doell mix)Blue Note1998
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At This Point In Time
Elvin Jones (Peter Doell mix)
Blue Note1998
At This Point In Time
Elvin Jones (Peter Doell mix)Blue Note1998
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Half And Half
Elvin Jones
Impulse!2011
Half And Half
Elvin JonesImpulse!2011
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Azan
Elvin Jones
Atlantic1965
Azan
Elvin JonesAtlantic1965
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