RSchaut's been higlighting some of the great jazz drummers the past few days. He's pointed to videos by Buddy Rich, Max Roach and Kenny Clarke. I'm a big champion of Elvin Jones' so I thought I would contibute another drum voice to the pantheon. This clip is from a movie from the early 70's called "Zacharias", that billed itself as a rock n' roll western. It had the conceit that different great musicians of the time took the parts that you would find in a typical western. Elvin played the part of a bad, "Black Bart" type of character. Jimi Hendrix also appeared in it, but i don't remember his character as vividly.