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Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones' brothers were also jazz musicians 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 Davi...Read More >
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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 we... MORE
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