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Elvin Jones
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![]() Jones in 1976
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Birth name | Elvin Ray Jones |
Born | Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. |
September 9, 1927
Died | May 18, 2004 Englewood, New Jersey |
(aged 76)
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Years active | 1948–2004 |
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Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
From 1960 to 1966, he was a member of the John Coltrane quartet. His brothers Hank Jones and Thad Jones were also jazz musicians with whom he recorded. He was added into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Elvin Jones at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California. April 22, 1980.
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