“You got to remember, music is all about love.”
—Elvin Jones
From Drum Therapy: Elvin Jones 9/9/27-5/18/04, by Adam Mansbach, a very moving Jazz Times piece about Elvin’s last days.
[h/t to AA]
VOQOTD: Elvin’s epitaph
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