Obviously I’m posting really lightly lately, getting ready to head to Germany next week, so: here are some recordings Elvin Jones plays on, with his drums isolated. Enjoy!
Here’s Passion Dance, from McCoy Tyner’s album The Real McCoy:
And here he is playing what I was calling his “Afro waltz” on Out Of This World, from the album Coltrane, one of my favorites:
There are a number of other of these, check them out. Don’t screw around, make sure you own the records!
[h/t to JDA at Drummerworld and DFO.]
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