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Thad Jones (trumpet) Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophone) Terry Pollard (piano, vibraphone) Jimmy
Richardson (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Compulsory
Blue Room
The Zec
Alone Together
1950
Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano, vibraphone) Kenny Burrell (guitar)
Billy Burrell or Al Jackson (bass) Elvin Jones or Hindel Butts (drums)
Kenny's Sound
My Funny Valentine
1955
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (Debut DEB 120)
Miles Davis (trumpet) Britt Woodman (trombone) Teddy Charles (vibraphone) Charles Mingus
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Nature Boy
Alone Together
There's No You
Easy Living
** also issued on Disques Swing (F) LDM 30035 entitled "Miles Davis". Fantasy LP 6001, LP
86001; Original Jazz Classics OJC 043, OJCCD 043-2; America (F) 30 AM 6051.
1956
Eddie Bert (trombone) Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Kenny Burrell
(guitar) Carl Pruitt (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
CO55945 Hum-Bug
The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions (Mosaic MQ11-169)
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Hank Jones (piano) Percy Heath
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Wilbur
Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, May 14, 1957
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Hank Jones (piano) Percy Heath
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
CO56831 Overdrive
CO56832 Undecided
CO56838 Solar
Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, alto flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Nobil Totah
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Tutti Frutti
What's New
Spring Is Here
same personnel
I Remember You
Wee Dot
I Won't Dance
Art Farmer (trumpet) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Kenny Drew (piano) Addison Farmer
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1019 Reminiscing
1020 By Myself
1022 Ad-Dis-Un
Thad Jones (trumpet) Henry Coker (trombone -2,3) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy
Flanagan (piano) Eddie Jones (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. Bird Song
2. Cat Meets Chick
3. Quiet Sip
Thad Jones (trumpet) Henry Coker (trombone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy
Flanagan (piano) Eddie Jones (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Ballad Medley: Flamingo / If You Are Mine / I'm Through With Love / Love Walked In
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Wilbur
Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Jay's Original
Undecided
same personnel
Overdrive
Angel Eyes
Bags' Groove
J.J. Johnson (trombone -1,3,4) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute -1,2,4) Tommy Flanagan
(piano) Wilbur Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Wilbur
Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
CO57277 Barbados
J.J. Johnson (trombone -1,3) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute -1,3) Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Wilbur Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding - Jay And Kai (Columbia CL 973)
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Wilbur
Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
same personnel
Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone -1,2,4,5) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Doug
Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. 1071 Perceptions
2. 1073 Drum Boogie
** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7308 entitled "Blue Moods". Original Jazz Classics OJC 019,
OJCCD 019-2.
Thad Jones (trumpet) Benny Powell (trombone) Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone) Tommy Flanagan
(piano) George Duvivier (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
tk.9 Let's
tk.14 Thadrack
same session
** same contents as Blue Note BLP 1513 + BLP 1527 + BLP 1546 + United Artists UAL 4025 + 8
bonus tracks.
Thad Jones (trumpet) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Teddy Charles (vibraphone) Mal
Waldron (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1100 Touche
1101 Potpourri
1104 Dakar
** also issued on Status ST 8310 entitled "Frank Wess/Thad Jones - Touche". Original Jazz
Classics OJCCD 1004-2.
Donald Byrd (trumpet -1/5) Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone -1/5) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Paul
Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
3. tk.9 Beauteous
Donald Byrd (trumpet) Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Paul
Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Bobby Jaspar With George Wallington, Idrees Sulieman (Riverside RLP 12-240)
Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone, flute) George Wallington (piano)
Wilbur Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, May 23, 1957
Seven Up
Doublemint
Before Dawn
omit Sulieman
Sweet Blanche
My Old Flame
All Of You
same session
The Fuzz
mr1399 Eclypso
mr1396 Beat's Up
** also issued on Prestige PR 7632; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1033-2. Dragon (Swd) DRLP 87
entitled "Tommy Flanagan Trio In Stockholm 1957".
same session
Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone)
Tommy Flanagan (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Alonzo Levister (arranger)
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Wilbur Ware (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
tk.8 Four
Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note BLP 1581)
same session
Sonny Redd (alto saxophone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Wynton Kelly (piano) Doug
Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Stop
same session
Watkins Production
Redd's Head
Bernard McKinney (euphonium) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) George
Duvivier (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Skippy
Seein' Red
** also issued on Savoy MG 12211. Savoy SJL 1142 entitled "Pure Pepper".
same session
** reissue of Regent MG 6066 entitled "The Cool Sound Of Pepper Adams" + 1 bonus track.
Red Rodney (trumpet) Ira Sullivan (trumpet, tenor saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Oscar
Pettiford (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Ubas
Red Arrow
Box 2000
** also issued on Savoy MG 12148 entitled "Fiery". Onyx ORI 204 entitled "The Red Arrow".
1958
Art Farmer (trumpet) Eric Dixon (flute) Calo Scott (cello) Mal Waldron (piano) Julian Euell (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums) Elaine Waldron (vocals -4,5)
1. 1449 Tensions
2. 1450 Ollie's Caravan
Thad Jones (trumpet, flugelhorn) Hank Jones (piano, organ) Eddie Jones (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
It Had To Be You
On The Alamo
Jimmy Knepper (trombone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Wynton Kelly (piano) Doug
Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Donald Byrd (trumpet -1,3/5) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Bobby Timmons (piano) Doug
Watkins (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. 'Tis (theme)
2. You're My Thrill
5. Yourna
** also issued on Riverside RLP 1104; Original Jazz Classics OJC 031, OJCCD 031-2.
Bennie Green (trombone, vocals) Gene Ammons, Billy Root (tenor saxophone) Sonny Clark
(piano) Ike Isaacs (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Babs Gonzales (vocals -2,4)
Bennie Green (trombone, vocals) Gene Ammons, Billy Root (tenor saxophone) Sonny Clark
(piano) Ike Isaacs (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Babs Gonzales (vocals)
Julius Baker (oboe) Dwike Mitchell (piano) Milt Hinton (bass) Willie Ruff (bass, French horn) Elvin
Jones (drums) unidentified woodwinds and strings
I Got Rhythm
Fascinating Rhythm
It Ain't Necessarily So
My Ship
Aaron Bell - After The Party's Over (RCA Victor LPM 1876)
Tyree Glenn (vibraphone) Hank Jones (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
J2PB5093 Kumquat
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Buell Neidlinger (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1619 Skippy
1620 Reflections
1622 Bye-Ya
Hank Jones (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums, percussion)
Summertime
It Ain't Necessarily So
Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone, flute) Eddie Costa (vibraphone) Ray Bryant (piano) Kenny
Burrell (guitar) Aaron Bell (bass) Osie Johnson or Elvin Jones (drums)
The Floater
Brothers Go To Mothers
Fallout
Sorta Blue
Dreamsville
A Profound Gass
Soft Sounds
1959
Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone) Harry Lookofsky (violin) Hank Jones (piano) Paul Chambers
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone) Harry Lookofsky (violin, viola, tenor violin) Hank Jones (piano)
Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
3568 Move
Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Danny Stiles (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Curtis Fuller, Rod Levitt
(trombone) Earl Chapin (French horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Budd
Johnson (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Ed Caine (woodwinds) Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor)
Ray Crawford (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Joy Spring
La Nevada (theme)
** also issued on World Pacific ST-1270, ST-1027. Pacific Jazz PJ-28, ST-28 entitled "Gil Evans And
His Orchestra - America's #1 Arranger".
Various Artists - Swingin' Like Sixty, Vol. 1: The Singers/The Swingers (World Pacific WP-1289)
same session
Big Miller - Did You Ever Hear The Blues (United Artists UAL 3047)
Pat Brooks (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) Phil Woods (alto saxophone) Zoot Sims (tenor
saxophone) Al Cohn (baritone saxophone) Jimmy Jones (piano) Turk Van Lake, Chuck Wayne
(guitar) Chet Amsterdam (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Big Miller (vocals)
America
Lonely Town
Tonight
It's Love
Lucky To Be Me
The Curtis Fuller Sextet - Sliding Easy (United Artists UAL 4041)
Lee Morgan (trumpet) Curtis Fuller (trombone) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Tommy
Flanagan (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Bit Of Heaven
Down Home
Bongo Bop
C.T.A.
The Complete Blue Note/United Artists Curtis Fuller Sessions (Mosaic MR5-166)
same session
Art Farmer, Lee Morgan, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Curtis Fuller
(trombone) Julius Watkins (French horn) Don Butterfield (tuba) Percy Heath (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Benny Golson (arranger)
Nica's Dream
Autumn Leaves
Stella By Starlight
The Randy Weston Trio Plus Four Trombones - Destry Rides Again (United Artists UAL 4045)
Bennie Green, Slide Hampton, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak (trombone) Randy Weston (piano)
Peck Morrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Willie Rodriguez (congas)
We're Ladies
Fair Warning
I Say Hello
Herb Geller And His All Stars Play Selections From Jule Styne And Stephen Sondheim's Music For
"Gypsy" (Atco LP 33-109)
Thad Jones (trumpet) Herb Geller (alto saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) Scott LaFaro (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Barbara Long (vocals -1,2)
Thad Jones (trumpet) Herb Geller (alto saxophone) Billy Taylor (piano) Scott LaFaro (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Barbara Long (vocals -1)
Thad Jones (flugelhorn, cornet) Al Grey (trombone) Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophone) Tommy
Flanagan (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Minor On Top
No Refill
The Complete Miles Davis-Gil Evans Studio Recordings (Columbia/Legacy CXK 67397)
Bernie Glow, Taft Jordan, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Miles Davis (flugelhorn, trumpet)
Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (trombone) John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin (French horn)
Jimmy McAllister (tuba) Albert Block, Eddie Caine (flute) Harold Feldman (oboe, clarinet) Danny
Bank (bass clarinet) Janet Putman (harp) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums) Elvin Jones
(percussion) Gil Evans (arranger, conductor)
same personnel
Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Miles Davis (flugelhorn, trumpet) Dick Hixson,
Frank Rehak (trombone) Jim Buffington, Tony Miranda, Joe Singer (French horn) Bill Barber
(tuba) Albert Block, Harold Feldman (flute) Romeo Penque (oboe) Jack Knitzer (bassoon) Danny
Bank (bass clarinet) Janet Putman (harp) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums) Elvin Jones
(percussion) Gil Evans (arranger, conductor)
CO64560 Solea
CO64562-2 Saeta
Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone) Harold Mabern (piano) Grant Green (guitar) Gene Ramey
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
59503 Myra
Caravan
Sunkenfoal
omit Green
same session
Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone -1/3,5) Harold Mabern (piano) Grant Green (guitar) Gene
Ramey (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. 59504 Dog It
Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone) Harold Mabern (piano) Gene Ramey (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Black Forrest
Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone) Harold Mabern (piano) Grant Green (guitar) Gene Ramey
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Bob Wilber All Star Band - Sing Or Play With A Band (Music Minus One MMO 1004)
Irving "Marky" Markowitz (trumpet) Lou McGarity (trombone) Bob Wilber (tenor saxophone,
clarinet) Hank Jones (piano) Barry Galbraith (guitar) George Duvivier (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
NYC, 1959
Witchcraft
Tenderly
Manhattan
Sentimental Journey
Bob Wilber All Star Band - Sing With A Band (Music Minus One MMO 1013)
same session
NYC, 1959
You Make Me Feel So Young
Ain't Misbehavin'
Fools Rush In
Makin' Whoopee
Love Me Or Leave Me
Our Waltz
Harry Edison (trumpet) Jimmy Jones (piano) Barry Galbraith (guitar) George Duvivier (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Debby Moore (vocals)
NYC, 1959
No Lovin' No Nothin'
I Love Him So
Hallelujah
Come On Home To Me
Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days
1960
Julian Priester (trombone) Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone -1,2,4,6,7) Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Sam Jones (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. 24-Hour Leave
2. The End
3. 1239-A
4. Just Friends
7. Once In A While
8. Julian's Tune
** also issued on Riverside RLP 1163; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1863-2.
Harry Edison (trumpet) Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Tommy Potter
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Witchcraft
Blue Skies
Ain't Misbehavin'
Candied Sweets
Twenty-Forty
Sweetcakes
Angel Eyes
Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Miles Davis (flugelhorn, trumpet)
Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (trombone) Jim Buffington, Tony Miranda, Joe Singer (French horn) Bill
Barber (tuba) Albert Block, Harold Feldman (flute) Romeo Penque (oboe) Jack Knitzer (bassoon)
Danny Bank (bass clarinet) Janet Putman (harp) Paul Chambers (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums) Elvin
Jones (percussion) Gil Evans (arranger, conductor)
Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, xylophone, celeste) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Billy Mackel (guitar)
George Duvivier (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
same session
Art Blakey/Charlie Persip/Elvin Jones/"Philly" Joe Jones - Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland
(Roulette R 52049)
Charles Greenlee (trombone) Sylvester "Red" Kyner (alto saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Ron Carter (bass) Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Charlie Persip (drums)
"The Jazz Corner Of The World", "Birdland", NYC, April 25, 1960
El Sino
Fours
Art Blakey/Charlie Persip/Elvin Jones/"Philly" Joe Jones - Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland, Vol. 2
(Roulette R 52067)
Charles Greenlee (trombone) Sylvester "Red" Kyner (alto saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Persip (drums)
"The Jazz Corner Of The World", "Birdland", NYC, April 25, 1960
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Steve Davis (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
same session
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
5138 Satellite
same personnel
5142 Liberia
5144 Equinox
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
5140 26-2
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto
saxophone, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Steve Davis (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
NYC, afternoon, October 24, 1960
Chick Corea - Herbie Hancock - Keith Jarrett - McCoy Tyner (Atlantic SD 1696)
Johnny Coles, Phil Sunkel (trumpet) Keg Johnson, Jimmy Knepper (trombone) Tony Studd (bass
trombone) Bill Barber (tuba) Bob Tricarico (bassoon, flute, piccolo) Eddie Caine (alto saxophone,
flute, piccolo) Budd Johnson (tenor,soprano saxophone) Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor)
Ray Crawford (guitar) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones, Charlie Persip (drums, percussion)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 18 & 30, 1960
Stratusphunk
Sunken Treasure
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 10 & 15, 1960
La Nevada (theme)
Bilbao Song
Gil Evans/Gary McFarland - The Dedication Series, Vol. IX: The Great Arrangers (Impulse! IA
9340-2)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 18 & 30, 1960
Sister Sadie
Nat Adderley (cornet) Clark Terry, Snooky Young (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Hughes, Benny
Powell (trombone) Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, Billy Mitchell, Marshall Royal, Frank Wess
(saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Bill Henderson (vocals)
Tommy Flanagan (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Bill
Henderson (vocals)
61-1837 Skylark
Nat Adderley (cornet) Clark Terry, Snooky Young (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Hughes, Benny
Powell (trombone) Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, Billy Mitchell, Marshall Royal, Frank Wess
(saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Bill Henderson (vocals)
Tommy Flanagan (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Bill
Henderson (vocals)
Preminado
One Down
** also issued on Riverside RS 9354; Original Jazz Classics OJC 486, OJCCD 486-2.
1961
Blue Mitchell (trumpet) Curtis Fuller (trombone) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Wynton Kelly
(piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (drums)
5327 Le Roi
5329 Beau-Ty
Sonny Red (alto saxophone) Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone) Ronnie Matthews (piano -1,2,8)
Tommy Flanagan (piano -3/7) Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. A Story Tale
2. Cumberland Court
5. Prints
6. Hip Pockets
8. If I Didn't Care
Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (trumpet) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert
Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French horn) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euphonium) Bill
Barber (tuba) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass
clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor) Pat Patrick (baritone saxophone) Garvin Bushell (reeds)
McCoy Tyner (piano, arranger) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Romulus Franceschini
(conductor) Cal Massey (arranger)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 23, 1961
Greensleeves
Booker Little (trumpet) Britt Woodman (trombone) Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert
Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French horn) Carl Bowman (euphonium) Bill Barber (tuba) Eric Dolphy
(alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor) John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) Pat
Patrick (baritone saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Art Davis (bass -1)
Elvin Jones (drums)
1. Africa
2. Blues Minor
Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (trumpet) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert
Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French horn) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euphonium) Bill
Barber (tuba) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass
clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor) Pat Patrick (baritone saxophone) Garvin Bushell (reeds)
McCoy Tyner (piano, arranger) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Romulus Franceschini
(conductor) Cal Massey (arranger)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 23, 1961
Booker Little (trumpet) Britt Woodman (trombone) Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert
Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French horn) Carl Bowman (euphonium) Bill Barber (tuba) Eric Dolphy
(alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor) John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) Pat
Patrick (baritone saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis, Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (trumpet) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert
Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French horn) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euphonium) Bill
Barber (tuba) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass
clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor) Pat Patrick (baritone saxophone) Garvin Bushell (reeds)
McCoy Tyner (piano, arranger) Reggie Workman (bass) Paul Chambers (bass -2) Elvin Jones
(drums) Romulus Franceschini (conductor) Cal Massey (arranger)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 23, 1961
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass -1,2) Reggie Workman (bass -2,3) Elvin Jones (drums)
3. Naima
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
"Village Vanguard", NYC, November 2, 1961
Impressions
Greensleeves (take 2)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto
saxophone, flute) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Art Davis (bass -1,2) Elvin Jones
(drums)
1. 5556 Ole
3. 5558 Aisha
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis, Reggie Workman (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Impressions
My Favorite Things
Pretty Brown
add Thad Jones (cornet) Frank Wess (flute) Frank Foster (tenor saxophone)
Ray-El
Thad Jones (cornet) Frank Wess (flute) Frank Foster (tenor saxophone -1,2) Hank Jones (piano)
Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. Lady Luck
2. Buzz-At
** also issued on Riverside RS 9409; Original Jazz Classics OJC 259, OJCCD 259-2.
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Bernard McKinney (euphonium -1/3,5) Wayne Shorter (tenor
saxophone -1/3,5) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1961
1. tk.5 Arietis
3. tk.12 Crisis
5. tk.16 Birdlike
Various Artists - The Other Side Of Blue Note 4000 Series (Blue Note (J) TOCJ-5941/44)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Bernard McKinney (euphonium) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1961
Lee Konitz (alto saxophone) Sonny Dallas (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
NYC, August 24, 1961
61VK392 All Of Me
John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse! IMPD 4-232)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud) Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
India
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Reggie Workman (bass -2) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. 10574 Naima
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano -2,3) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Garvin Bushell (oboe, contrabassoon) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto
saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy Tyner (piano) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud -1) Reggie Workman
(bass) Jimmy Garrison (bass -1) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane - From The Original Master Tapes (MCA/Impulse! MCAD 5541)
Garvin Bushell (oboe, contrabassoon -1) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy
(alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy Tyner (piano) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud -1) Reggie
Workman (bass) Jimmy Garrison (bass -1) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. India
2. Spiritual
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet -2) McCoy
Tyner (piano -1) Reggie Workman (bass -1) Jimmy Garrison (bass -2) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Spiritual
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet -2) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
"Village Vanguard", NYC, November 3, 1961
1. 10575 Impressions
2. India
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 18, 1962
John Coltrane Quintet Featuring Eric Dolphy Live In Paris 1961 (Jazzway (It) LTM 1503)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Blue Train
Impressions
same personnel
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - The Complete Paris Concerts (Magnetic (Luxembourgian) MRCD 114/15)
same personnel
My Favorite Things
same personnel
Blue Train
John Coltrane - The Complete Copenhagen Concert (Magnetic (Luxembourgian) MRCD 116)
same personnel
Delilah
Impressions
Naima
My Favorite Things
Red Cover: Eric Dolphy Quintet Live On Mount Meru, Vol. 2 (Historic Performance (Swd) HPLP 5)
same personnel
Blue Train
Naima (two)
Impressions (four)
** also issued on BYG (J) YX-2039 entitled "John Coltrane - Coltranology". BYG (J) YX-8006;
Affinity (E) AFF 14 entitled "John Coltrane - Coltranology, Vol. 1".
White Cover: Eric Dolphy Quintet Live On Mount Meru (Historic Performance (Swd) HPLP 1)
same personnel
Naima (incomplete)
Impressions (one)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
"Konserthuset", Stockholm, Sweden, October 22, 1963
Impressions (two)
** also issued on Beppo (E) BEP 504 entitled "The John Coltrane Quartet In Europe, Vol. 2".
John Coltrane - Coltrane Quartet And Quintet In Europe (Jazz Connoisseur (Israeli) JC 112)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Impressions
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 21, 1961
10669 Greensleeves
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 21, 1961
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 18, 1962
11092 Nancy
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 13, 1962
11166 Say It
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 21, 1961
Greensleeves
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 13, 1962
Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, flute, oboe) Barry Harris (piano -4/7) Herman Wright (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 29, 1961
5. 3328 Rasheed
6. 3329 P. Bouk
1962
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 10, 1962
10684 Inception
10685 Sunset
10686 Effendi
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 11, 1962
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
"Birdland", NYC, February 9, 1962
Mr. P.C.
My Favorite Things
** also issued on Session Disc 114 entitled "Hooray For John Coltrane". Affinity (E) AFF 79
entitled "Live At Birdland Featuring Eric Dolphy".
Eric Dolphy, Sonny Redd (alto saxophone) Pony Poindexter (alto,soprano saxophone) Jimmy
Heath, Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Gildo Mahones
(piano) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
"B" Frequency
Lanyop
same session
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 11, 1962
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1962
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 20, 1962
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 29, 1962
10992 Tunji
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 11, 1962
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 20, 1962
Miles' Mode
Tunji
Impressions
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 20, 1962
Impressions
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Duke Ellington (piano) Aaron Bell (bass -1) Jimmy
Garrison (bass -2/4) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 26, 1962
2. 11116 Angelica
Johnny Coles, Miles Davis, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Dick Hixson, Jimmy
Knepper, Frank Rehak (trombone) Paul Ingraham, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (French
horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Danny Bank, Eddie Caine, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Bob
Tricarico (woodwinds) Janet Putman (harp) Jimmy Cobb (drums) Elvin Jones, Bobby Rosengarden
(percussion) Gil Evans (arranger, conductor)
John Coltrane - The Complete 1962 Stockholm Concert, Vol. 1 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian)
MRCD 108)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
same session
The Inchworm
Impressions
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - Blue Cover: Blue Train Live On Mount Meru, Vol. 1 (Historic Performance (Swd)
HPLP 2)
same session
Mr. P.C.
same personnel
The Inchworm
** also issued on Beppo (E) BEP 500 entitled "The John Coltrane Quartet In Europe, Vol. 1".
John Coltrane - Yellow Cover: Blue Train Live On Mount Meru, Vol. 2 (Historic Performance (Swd)
HPLP 3)
same personnel
"Konserthuset", Stockholm, Sweden, 1st concert, November 19, 1962
Naima
Traneing In
same personnel
Impressions (three)
** also issued on Beppo (E) BEP 507 entitled "The John Coltrane Quartet In Europe, Vol. 3".
John Coltrane - Stockholm '62: The Complete Second Concert, Vol. 1 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian)
MRCD 127)
same session
Naima
John Coltrane - Stockholm '62: The Complete Second Concert, Vol. 2 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian)
MRCD 128)
same session
Mr. P.C.
My Favorite Things
Traneing In
same personnel
same session
The Inchworm
same personnel
Impressions
John Coltrane - The Complete Graz Concert, Vol. 1 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian) MRCD 104)
same session
Autumn Leaves
Mr. P.C.
same session
The Inchworm
John Coltrane - The Complete Graz Concert, Vol. 2 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian) MRCD 105)
same session
My Favorite Things
1963
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
same personnel
same personnel
11382 Vilia
Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 23, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Johnny Hartman (vocals)
Carmell Jones (trumpet) Jimmy Woods (alto saxophone) Harold Land (tenor saxophone) Andrew
Hill (piano) George Tucker (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Conflict
Coming Home
Aim
Apart Together
Pazmuerte
same session
Prince Lasha (flute, clarinet -1/5) Sonny Simmons (alto saxophone, English horn -1/5) Charles
Davis (baritone saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
2. Oriental Flower
5. Gettin' On Way
6. Just Us Blues
Thad Jones, unknown (trumpet) 2 unknown (trombone) unknown (French horn) unknown (tuba)
Phil Woods (alto saxophone) 3 unknown (reeds, woodwinds) Harry Lookofsky (violin) Gil Evans
(piano, arranger) Kenny Burrell (guitar) probably Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
unidentified strings
same personnel
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Gil Evans (piano, arranger) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Elvin Jones
(drums) unidentified brass and strings
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, afternoon, November 18, 1963
90018-4+5 Alabama
Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) Kenny Burrell or Jim Hall (guitar) Milt
Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Johnny Hartman (vocals)
Charade
If I'm Lucky
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 17, 1963
Sleepin' Bee
Our Time
Hank Jones (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 19, 1963
12769 My Wish
John Coltrane - Orange Cover: Blue Train 1963 (Historic Performance (Swd) HPLP 6)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Spiritual
** also issued on BYG (J) YX-8007; Affinity (E) AFF 16 entitled "Coltranology, Vol. 2".
same session
Naima
The Promise
John Coltrane - The Complete Copenhagen Concert, Vol. 1 (Magnetic (Luxembourgian) MRCD
137)
same personnel
Mr. P.C.
same session
Impressions (incomplete)
The Promise
Afro Blue
Naima
My Favorite Things
same personnel
"Auditorium Maximum", Berlins Freie Universitat, Berlin, West Germany, November 2, 1963
Lonnie's Lament
Naima
My Favorite Things
Afro Blue
Cousin Mary
same session
"Auditorium Maximum", Berlins Freie Universitat, Berlin, West Germany, November 2, 1963
Mr. P.C.
The Inchworm
John Coltrane - Unissued Concert In Germany 1963, Part 1 (Jazz Galore (It) 1001)
same personnel
The Promise
Afro Blue
My Favorite Things
same personnel
television broadcast, "Jazz Casual TV Show", KQED TV Studio, San Francisco, CA, December 7,
1963
Impressions
1964
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone) Andrew Hill (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) (Mosaic MR10-161)
same session
** same contents as Blue Note BLP 4151 + BLP 4159 + BLP 4160 + BLP 4167 + BLP 4203 + BLP
4217 + 27 bonus tracks.
Thad Jones (trumpet) Frank Strozier (alto saxophone) John Gilmore (tenor saxophone) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Butch Warren (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Contemporary Focus
T 'N' A Blues
Three Flowers
Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Tony Studd (trombone) Ray Alonge
(French horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Garvin Bushell (flute) Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Eric
Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute) Bob Tricarico (tenor saxophone, flute) Gil Evans
(piano, arranger, conductor) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Ron Carter, Paul Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
64VK311 Hotel Me
Frank Pehak (trombone) Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins (French horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Wayne
Shorter (tenor saxophone) Al Block, Andy Fitzgerald, George Marge, Bob Tricarico (reeds) Bob
Maxwell (harp) Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor) Gary Peacock (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Jimmy Cleveland, Gil Cohen (trombone) Don Corrado, Julius Watkins (French horn) Al Block
(flute) Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet, flute) Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Bob Tricarico (tenor
saxophone) Margaret Ross (harp) Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor) Barry Galbraith (guitar)
Paul Chambers, Richard Davis, Ben Tucker (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
NYC, 1964
Kenny Dorham (trumpet) Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Richard Davis
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 10, 1964
** also issued on Blue Note BST 84166, CDP 7 46510 2, 7243 8 29156 2.
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 10, 1964
John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (Impulse! IMPD
8-280)
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 27, 1964
90081 Crescent
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 18, 1965
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 27, 1964
same personnel
90127 Crescent
Lee Morgan (trumpet -1/3,5) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie
Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 29, 1964
1. 1339 tk.3 Night Dreamer
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 29, 1964
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Bill Evans (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Dark Eyes
** same contents as Verve V/V6 8497 + V/V6 8518 + V/V6 8526 + V/V6 8578 + V/V6 8613 + V/V6
8640 + V/V6 8655 + V/V6 8675 + V/V6 8683 + V/V6 8727 + V6 8762 + V6 8777 + V6 8792 + V6
8803 + V6 8833 + VE2 2545 + MGM SE 4723 + Philips (Swd) 6378 508 + 136 bonus tracks.
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Bill Evans (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Bill Evans (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Grant Green (guitar) Bob Cranshaw (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 20, 1964
** also issued on Blue Note (J) GXK-8159, CDP 7 84442 2, (J) BRP-8045.
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1964
Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone) Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron
Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
CO82271 Bracket
add Gary Burton (vibraphone)
same personnel
CO82277 Skylark
CO82279 Misty
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Tony
Bennett (vocals)
James Spaulding (alto saxophone) Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Grant
Green (guitar) Bob Cranshaw (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 12, 1964
tk.35 Ezz-Thetic
tk.37 Solid
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Toots Thielemans (harmonica, guitar) McCoy Tyner (piano) Richard Davis
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ or NYC, circa July 4, 1964?
Lullaby Of Jazzland
J.J. Johnson - Across The Karoo / Theme From Lilies Of The Field (Impulse! 45-227)
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ or NYC, circa July 4, 1964?
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
** also issued on Blue Note BST 84182, CDP 7 46514 2, 7243 8 37644 2.
same session
Lee Morgan (trumpet -1/4) Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Bob
Cranshaw (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Ray Barretto (congas -1/3)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 11, 1964
Various Artists - Singin' Till The Girls Come Home-Various Artists: Vocalists (Columbia FC 38508)
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Tony
Bennett (vocals)
Johnny Coles (trumpet) Frank Pehak (trombone) Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins (French horn) Bill
Barber (tuba) Al Block, Andy Fitzgerald, George Marge, Wayne Shorter, Bob Tricarico (reeds) Bob
Maxwell (harp) Gil Evans (piano, arranger, conductor) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Gary Peacock (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Sam Rivers (tenor saxophone -1/4) Larry Young (organ) Grant Green (guitar) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 12, 1964
Sam Rivers (tenor saxophone) Larry Young (organ) Grant Green (guitar) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 12, 1964
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone) Larry Young (organ) Grant Green (guitar) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 16, 1964
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Bob Cranshaw (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 30, 1964
Johnny Coles or Louis Mucci (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper (trombone) Ray Alonge
or Julius Watkins (French horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Andy Fitzgerald, George Marge (flute, English
horn) Ray Beckenstein (flute, bass clarinet) Bob Tricarico (bassoon, tenor saxophone, flute) Steve
Lacy (soprano saxophone) Lee Konitz (alto saxophone) Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone, oboe)
Kenny Burrell (guitar) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones or Charlie Persip (drums) Gil Evans (arranger,
conductor)
same personnel
64VK610 Loie
Solitude
Duke's Place
Caravan
Searchin'
Satin Doll
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 9, 1964
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition (Impulse! 314 589 945-2)
same session
John Coltrane, Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 10, 1964
90246-6 -
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet -1/3,5,6) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano)
Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 24, 1964
** also issued on Blue Note BST 84194, CDP 7 46509 2, 7243 4 99001 2, B1-ST 46509.
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 24, 1964
1965
Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren, oboe, castanets) Jaki Byard (piano)
Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 13, 1965
No Tonic Pres
Black Diamond
Once In A While
Mystical Dream
J.J. Johnson (trombone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Charles Davis (baritone saxophone)
Don Friedman (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Melba Liston (arranger,
conductor)
NYC, February 16, 1965
8631 Azan
Thad Jones (cornet, arranger) J.J. Johnson (trombone -1/3) Charles Davis (baritone saxophone
-1/3) Hank Jones (piano) Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Melba Liston (arranger, conductor)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 17, 1965
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 18, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 10, 1965
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1965
My Favorite Things
same personnel
Joy
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 18, 1965
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1965
90306 Brasilia
Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone) Hank Jones (piano -3/5) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 23, 1965
1. Smoke Rings
3. Anthropology
4. Feeling Good
5. Fantazm
Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone) Roland Hanna (piano -1/3) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 25, 1965
1. Dear John C.
2. Ballade
3. Love Bird
4. Everything Happens To Me
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Impressions
John Coltrane - Live At The Half Note: One Down, One Up (Impulse! B0002380-02)
same personnel
announcements
Afro Blue
same personnel
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Grant Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Blue Note BLP 4202)
Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone -1/3,5,6) Larry Young (organ) Grant Green (guitar) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 31, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - Kulu Se Mama (Impulse! A 9106)
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 10, 1965
90312 Welcome
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1965
90319 Vigil
Donald Garrett (bass clarinet, bass) John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Frank Butler (drums, percussion) Juno
Lewis (vocals, percussion)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 10, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 10, 1965
90315 Transition
90316 Suite, Part 1 Prayer And Meditation: Day
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) + Alice Coltrane (harp, tambura) Joan Chapman (tambura) Oran Coltrane (bells) + string
section: Murray Adler (concertmaster) James Getzoff or Jerry Vinci, Gordon Marron, Michael
White (violin) Rollice Dale, Myra Kestenbaum (viola) Jesse Ehrlich, Ed Lustgarten (cello)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
+ Alice Coltrane (harp, vibraphone) Charlie Haden (bass) + string section: Murray Adler
(concertmaster) James Getzoff or Jerry Vinci, Gordon Marron, Michael White (violin) Rollice
Dale, Myra Kestenbaum (viola) Jesse Ehrlich, Ed Lustgarten (cello)
Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson (trumpet) Marion Brown, John Tchicai (alto saxophone) John
Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Art Davis,
Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 28, 1965
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 28, 1965
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
John Coltrane Quartet Live In Concert - A Love Supreme (Ingo (It) eleven)
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
same personnel
Naima
Impressions
John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Afro Blue
My Favorite Things
same personnel
Naima
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
90364 Attaining
90366 Ascent
90367 Amen
same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 2, 1965
90379 Love
- Compassion
- Joy
90380 Consequences
- Serenity
Donald Garrett (bass clarinet, bass) John Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone) Pharoah Sanders
(tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
91198 Cosmos
91200 Evolution
Tapestry In Sound
John Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders Live In Seattle (Impulse! GRD 2-146)
same session
Afro Blue
Joe Brazil (flute) Donald Garrett (bass clarinet, flute) John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders (tenor
saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) unknown
(percussion) unknown (voice)
Donald Garrett (bass clarinet, bass) John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) McCoy
Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Frank Butler (drums, percussion) Juno
Lewis (vocals, percussion)
90677 Selflessness
Woody Shaw (trumpet -1,2,4/6) Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone -1,2,4/6) Larry Young (organ)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 10, 1965
1. 1676 tk.5 If
John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jimmy Garrison (bass)
Rashied Ali, Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 23, 1965
90413 The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost
- Compassion
90414 Love
- Consequences
- Serenity
1966
Cat Anderson, Bill Berry, Ray Nance, Clark Terry (trumpet) Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper
(trombone) Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor saxophone) Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (alto
saxophone) Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone) Earl Hines (piano) Richard Davis
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Cat Anderson (trumpet) Ray Nance (trumpet, vocals) Lawrence Brown (trombone) Pee Wee
Russell (clarinet) Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet -1, tenor saxophone -2,3) Paul Gonsalves (tenor
saxophone) Earl Hines (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Hosea Taylor (alto saxophone, bassoon) Joe Henderson (tenor
saxophone) Herbie Hancock (piano, celeste) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Thad Jones (trumpet) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Dollar Brand (piano) Steve James (electric
piano -1) Don Moore (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
NYC, March 23, 1966
3. 10054 Tintiyana
Thad Jones (trumpet) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Dollar Brand (piano) Don Moore (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums) George Abend (percussion)
10058 All Of Us
Thad Jones (trumpet) Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone) Dollar Brand (piano) Steve James (electric
piano) Don Moore (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet -1) Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
2. Blessing In Disguise
3. We Kiss In A Shadow
** also issued on Impulse! IMPD 161.
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 21, 1967
Lee Konitz (alto saxophone) Karl Berger (vibraphone) Eddie Gomez (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Marshall Brown (valve trombone) Lee Konitz (alto saxophone, electric tenor saxophone) Joe
Henderson, Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone) Karl Berger (vibraphone) Dick Katz (piano) Jim Hall
(guitar) Eddie Gomez (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Alphanumeric
Various Artists - Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon, Vol. 1 (Solid State SS 18027)
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Ray Nance (violin) Chick Corea
(piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
same session
Various Artists - Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon, Vol. 4 (Solid State SS 18052)
Marvin Stamm (trumpet) Garnett Brown (trombone) Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone) Chick Corea
(piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
13 Avenue B
Stella By Starlight
Jaki Byard (piano, guitar) David Izenzon (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Cast Away
Chandra
Diane's Melody
Sunshine
Transition
Zildjian
1968
Hannibal Marvin Peterson (trumpet -3) George Coleman (tenor saxophone) Wilbur Little (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
2. Laura
3. Mister Jones
George Coleman (tenor saxophone) Wilbur Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
A Night In Tunisia
same session
Whew
same session
Yesterdays
A Night In Tunisia
Hannibal Marvin Peterson (trumpet) George Coleman (tenor saxophone) Wilbur Little (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
"Village Vanguard", NYC, March, 1968?
Mr. Jones
Raunchy Rita
Joe Farrell (tenor,soprano saxophone, flute, piccolo) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Ornette Coleman - New York Is Now!, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BST 84287)
Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone, violin) Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Garrison
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
same personnel
same personnel
same session
same personnel
same personnel
same personnel
Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Ron
Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Inanout
Star-Crossed Lovers
Cindy's Tune
Serenity
Elusive
Punjab
Verdandi
Philly Jo Jones Quintet/Elvin Jones Trio (Top Jazz Sarpe (It) SJ 1017)
Joe Farrell (tenor,soprano saxophone) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Continental, 1968
Village Greene
Yesterday
Gingerbread Boy
Frank Foster (tenor saxophone -1/3,5,6) Billy Greene (piano -1,3,5,6) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums, guitar)
1. Raunchy Rita
2. Shiny Stockings
3. M.E.
4. Summertime
1969
Phineas Newborn Jr. (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rough Ridin'
Come Sunday
Brentwood Blues
Black Coffee
Little Niles
Stay On It
Harlem Blues
Ray's Idea
Stella By Starlight
Tenderly
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone) Barney Kessel (guitar) Chuck Domanico (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Moving Up
Blue Grass
** also issued on Contemporary S 7618; Original Jazz Classics OJC 179, OJCCD 1043-2.
Lee Morgan (trumpet) George Coleman (tenor saxophone -1/4) Joe Farrell (tenor,soprano
saxophone, flute, alto flute) Wilbur Little (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Candido (congas -1,2,4,5)
Miguelito Valdes (percussion -1,4,5)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 14, 1969
Frank Foster, Steve Grossman (tenor,soprano saxophone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone)
Jan Hammer (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) Cornell Dupree (guitar) Gene Perla (bass, electric
bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Candido (congas) Warren Smith (timpani) Omar Clay, Richie "Pablo"
Landrum (percussion, programmable rhythm box)
same personnel
** also issued on Blue Note 7243 4 93385 2 entitled "At This Point In Time".
same personnel
- Pauke Tanz
** reissue of Blue Note BN-LA506-H2 entitled "The Prime Elements" + 3 bonus tracks.
Eddie Gale (trumpet) Roland Alexander (soprano saxophone, flute -2/8) Jimmy Lyons (alto
saxophone -2/8) Russell Lyle (tenor saxophone, flute -2/8) Jo Ann Gale Stevens (guitar, vocals
-2/8) Henry Pearson, Judah Samuel (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) John Robinson (African drums
-2/8) Sylvia Bibbs, Charles Davis, Paula Nadine Larkin, William Norwood, Fulumi Prince, Carol
Ann Robinson, Sondra Walston (vocals -2/8)
Fred Tompkins (flute -2) George Coleman (tenor saxophone -1,3/5) Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone,
flute, English horn, bass flute) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone -1,3,5) Wilbur Little (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums) Candido (congas -1,3,5)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 26, 1969
1970
Wayne Shorter (soprano,tenor saxophone) Gary Bartz (alto saxophone) Alice Coltrane (harp -2/4)
McCoy Tyner (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Various Artists - Super Black Blues, Vol. 2 (Flying Dutchman/Bluestime (Du) BT 9009)
Russ Andrews (tenor saxophone) Wynton Kelly (piano) Lawrence Lucie (guitar) Al Hall (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Joe Turner (vocals -1,2) T-Bone Walker (vocals -6,7) Eddie Vinson (vocals, alto
saxophone -3/5)
1. Honey Hush
2. Yakety Yak
3. Cleanhead Blues
4. I Had A Dream
5. Person To Person
7. Sail On
George Coleman (tenor saxophone) Frank Foster (tenor saxophone, alto clarinet) Wilbur Little
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Candido (congas, tambourine)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 17, 1970
6675 Simone
6672 Yesterdays
6671 Shinjitu
1971
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 12, 1971
7400 Slumber
same session
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 12, 1971
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 16, 1971
Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, flute) Frank Foster (tenor,soprano saxophone) Chick Corea (piano)
Gene Perla (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
"John Coltrane Memorial Concert", "Town Hall", NYC, September 12, 1971
Shinjitu
Simone
Joe Farrell (tenor,soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo, arranger, conductor) Chick Corea
(electric piano) Buster Williams (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Airto (percussion)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, circa November 4, 1971
Outback
Sound Down
Bleeding Orchid
November 68th
1972
Various Artists - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions, Vol. 3&4 (Cobblestone CST 9026-2)
Joe Newman (trumpet) Nat Adderley (trumpet, cornet) Tyree Glenn (trombone) Illinois Jacquet,
Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone) Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone) Jaki Byard (piano) Chubby
Jackson (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
25538 Perdido
25539 Misty
Steve Grossman (tenor saxophone) Dave Liebman (tenor,soprano saxophone) Pepper Adams
(baritone saxophone) Jan Hammer (piano) Gene Perla (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Carlos "Patato"
Valdes (congas) Frank Ippolito (percussion)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 12, 1972
9995 New Breed
Thad Jones (flugelhorn) Dave Liebman (tenor saxophone, flute) Steve Grossman (tenor,soprano
saxophone) Jan Hammer (piano) Gene Perla (bass, electric bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Carlos
"Patato" Valdes (congas) Albert Duffy (timpani) Frank Ippolito (percussion)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 13, 1972
9994 Soultrane
New Breed
Sambra
My Ship
same personnel
Fancy Free
Sweet Mama
Elvin Jones - Live At The Lighthouse, Vol. 2 (Blue Note CDP 7 84448 2)
same personnel
Brite Piece
same personnel
same personnel
Children's Merry-Go-Round
Elvin Jones - Live At The Lighthouse, Vol. 1 (Blue Note CDP 7 84447 2)
same personnel
Taurus People
same personnel
Small One
announcement
Various Artists - Jazz Jamboree '72 (Polskie Nagrania Muza (Polish) XL 0929)
same personnel
Yesterdays
Children's Merry-Go-Round
Apple
Ginkai
Little Abi
Bell
Hollow Out
1973
Jimmy Owens (trumpet) Dick Griffin, Julian Priester (trombone) Billy Harper (saxophone) George
Cables (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Billy Cobham, Warren Smith (drums) with special guest:
Elvin Jones (drums) on Barbara Grant, Billy Harper, Laveda Johnson, Gene McDaniels, Pat
Robinson (voice)
released 1973
Capra Black
Sir Galahad
New Breed
Cry Of Hunger
1974
Steve Grossman (tenor,soprano saxophone) Roland Prince (guitar) Milton Suggs (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Luis Agudo (pandeiro, cuica, agogo, berimbau, afuche) Sjunne Ferger (percussion)
Antiqua
Geneva
New Moon
My Romance
Basic Truth
1975
McCoy Tyner (piano, celeste, harpsichord) Ron Carter (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Celestial Chant
Once I Loved
Impressions
Ruby, My Dear
Various Artists - Jazz Na Koncertnom Podiju, Vol. 1 (Jugoton (Yu) LSY 61323)
Pat LaBarbera (tenor saxophone) Roland Prince (guitar) David Williams (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Rowles (piano, vocals) Buster Williams (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Beverly Getz, Jon Hendricks, Judy Hendricks, Michele Hendricks (vocals -5)
2. My Buddy
3. Rose Marie
Namuh
On The Mountain
London Air
Destiny
Joe Farrell (soprano saxophone -5,7) Frank Foster (tenor,soprano saxophone -1,2,5) Azar
Lawrence (tenor,soprano saxophone -3,4) Steve Grossman (tenor,soprano saxophone, flute)
Kenny Barron (piano -1) Gene Perla (piano -5,7) Roland Prince (guitar) David Williams (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums) Frank Ippolito (percussion -1,2,4,5,7) Guilherme Franco (percussion -3,4) Candido
(percussion -5,7)
NYC, 1975
2. Naima
3. Haresah
4. Anti-Calypso
5. Stephanie
6. My Lover
7. Agenda
1976
Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, flute) Ralph Towner (12-string guitar, classical
guitar, piano) Glen Moore (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Collin Walcott (tabla, congas)
Lucifer's Fall
Charango
Driven Omens
Teeth
Brujo
Art Pepper (alto saxophone) George Cables (piano) David Williams (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
The Trip
Junior Cat
Red Car
same session
Phineas Newborn Jr. (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
No Moon At All
Back Home
Pamela
Clark Terry (trumpet, flugelhorn) Bunky Green (alto saxophone) James Moody (tenor saxophone)
Al Dailey (piano) Roland Prince (guitar) David Williams (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Angel Allende
(percussion)
Moody Magic
Summit Song
Jones
Pat LaBarbera (reeds) David Liebman (reeds -1,2) Steve Grossman (reeds -2/5) Frank Foster
(reeds -3/5) Albert Dailey (keyboards) Ryo Kawasaki (guitar) David Williams (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Dave Johnson (percussion -1,2) Angel Allende (percussion -3/5)
1976
1. Salty Iron
2. Sweet Mama
3. Mini Modes
4. Philomene
Oleo
Denzil's Best
A Blue Time
Relaxin' At Camarillo
Cup Bearers
Eclypso
Confirmation
same session
Maybe September
Chico Freeman (tenor saxophone, flute) Hilton Ruiz (piano) Joony Booth (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums) Jumma Santos (percussion)
Excerpts
Pepe's Samba
Ojos De Rojo
Slippery
same personnel
Something In Common
Sister Sadie
same personnel
Love Walked In
Georgia On My Mind
Art Pepper - Thursday Night At The Village Vanguard (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 694-2)
Art Pepper (alto,tenor saxophone, clarinet) George Cables (piano) George Mraz (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (first show), July 28, 1977
same session
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (first show), July 28, 1977
But Beautiful
My Friend John
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (second show), July 28, 1977
Valse Triste
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (third show), July 28, 1977
The Trip
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (fourth show), July 29, 1977
You Go To My Head
Cherokee
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (seventh show), July 30, 1977
Goodbye
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (ninth show), July 30, 1977
Caravan
Labyrinth
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (Contemporary 9CCD 4417-2)
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (first show), July 28, 1977
Cherokee
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (second show), July 28, 1977
For Freddie
Caravan
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (fourth show), July 29, 1977
Valse Triste
My Friend John
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (fifth show), July 29, 1977
For Freddie
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (sixth show), July 29, 1977
Stella By Starlight
Goodbye
Vanguard Max
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (seventh show), July 30, 1977
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (eighth show), July 30, 1977
My Friend John
Cherokee
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (ninth show), July 30, 1977
My Friend John
Art Pepper - More For Les: At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 4 (Contemporary C 7650)
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (third show), July 28, 1977
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (fourth show), July 29, 1977
No Limit
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (fifth show), July 29, 1977
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (eighth show), July 30, 1977
Art Pepper - More For Les: At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 4 (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 697-2)
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (first show), July 28, 1977
Art Pepper - Friday Night At The Village Vanguard (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 695-2)
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 3rd set (third show), July 28, 1977
A Night In Tunisia
Art Pepper - The Village Vanguard Collection (Contemporary (J) VDP 5043/46)
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 2nd set (fifth show), July 29, 1977
Anthropology
same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (seventh show), July 30, 1977
Art Pepper - Saturday Night At The Village Vanguard (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 696-2)
same session
"Village Vanguard", NYC, 1st set (seventh show), July 30, 1977
For Freddie
** reissue of Contemporary C 7644 + 1 bonus track.
Frank Wess (flute -1,2) Frank Foster (soprano saxophone -2) Bunky Green (alto saxophone)
George Coleman (tenor saxophone -1,3/5) Kenny Barron (electric piano) Ryo Kawasaki (guitar)
Milt Hinton (bass -1,2) Juney Booth (bass -3/5) Elvin Jones (drums) Angel Allende (percussion)
NYC, 1977
1. Frost Bite
2. Digital Display
3. Moondance
4. Time Capsule
5. Spacing
1978
Pat LaBarbera, Michael Stuart (alto,tenor,soprano saxophone) Roland Prince (guitar) Andy
McCloud (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Giraffe
Section 8
Little Lady
Familiar Ground
Kalima
Beatrice
Rememberance
Frank Foster (tenor saxophone) Pat LaBarbera (tenor,soprano saxophone -1) Roland Prince
(guitar) Andy McCloud (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
The Educational Center For The Arts, New Haven, CT, March 22, 23 & 24, 1978
1. Shi-Tsu-Mon
Frank Foster (tenor saxophone -1) Pat LaBarbera (tenor,soprano saxophone) Roland Prince
(guitar) Andy McCloud (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
The Educational Center For The Arts, New Haven, CT, March 22, 23 & 24, 1978
1. Dealin'
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine - Live In Japan 1978 (Trio (J) PAP-9111)
Frank Foster (tenor saxophone) Pat LaBarbera (tenor,soprano saxophone) Roland Prince (guitar)
Andy McCloud (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
E.J. Blues
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine - Live In Japan, Vol. 2 (Trio (J) PAP-9200)
same session
Bessie's Blues
Antigua
E.J. Blues
Elvin Jones And Frank Foster Meet Nobuo Hara And His Sharp And Flats - Giant Steps (King
Records (J) SKA-3016)
Shuzo Morikawa, Hitoshi Okano, Hiroshi Sanami (trumpet) Yoshitaka Hanasaka, Tomiya Haneo,
Kenji Nishiyama, Yoshio Oikawa, Shunji Satoh (trombone) Frank Foster (soprano,tenor
saxophone) Hajime Maekawa, Kazuo Suzuki (alto saxophone) Yosuke Tonoki (tenor saxophone)
Nobuo Hara (tenor saxophone, leader) Nobuyuki Morikawa (baritone saxophone) Takeshi
Kamachi (piano) Kazuhiko Kawakami (guitar) Jun-ichi Kobayashi (bass) Elvin Jones, Yoshiyuki
Nakamura (drums)
Simone
Giant Steps
Shi-Tsu-Mon
1979
Art Pepper (alto saxophone -1,3,4,6) Roland Hanna (piano -1/4,6) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 14 & 20, 1979
1. Sweet Mama
2. Passion Flower
3. Zange
5. Pitter Pat
1980
Tommy Flanagan - Super-Session (enja (G) 3059)
Django
I Love You
Rachel's Rondo
Andrew White (tenor saxophone) Richard "Ari" Brown (tenor,soprano saxophone) Marvin Horne
(guitar) Andy McCloud (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
In A Sentimental Mood
Heavy Hit
Soul Train
George And Me
Yesterdays
In A Sentimental Mood
Moon River
Warm Valley
Joash
1981
Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone, bells) Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone) Joe Bonner (piano)
Art Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Babatunde Lea (a go-go bells) B. Kazuko Ishida (voice)
Rejoice
1982
Terumasa Hino (cornet) David Liebman (soprano saxophone, flute) Kenny Kirkland (piano)
George Mraz (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 10, 1982
Is Seeing Believing
Earth Jones
Never Let Me Go
Terumasa Hino (cornet) David Liebman (soprano saxophone) Kenny Kirkland (piano) George
Mraz (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) McCoy Tyner (piano) Jean-Paul Bourelly (guitar) Richard
Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 13 & 14, 1982
Hip Jones
Korina
For Tomorrow
Origin
Pat LaBarbera (tenor,soprano saxophone) Kenny Kirkland (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Necessary Evil
October's Child
Harmonique
Whatever Possessed Me
Familiar Ground
Minor Blues
Brother John
Bennie Wallace (tenor saxophone) David Holland (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
1984
Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera (tenor saxophone) Fumio Karashima (piano) Chip Jackson (bass) Elvin
Jones (drums)
Front Line
Tohryanse, Tohryanse
George And Me
A Love Supreme
1985
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live At Pit Inn (Polydor (J) 28MJ-3528)
Sonny Fortune (tenor saxophone, flute) Pat LaBarbera (tenor,soprano saxophone) Fumio
Karashima (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
George And Me
Shinjitsu
Zange
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live At Pit Inn (Polydor (J) J33P-20003)
same session
E.J. Blues
** reissue of Polydor (J) 28MJ-3528 + 1 bonus track.
1986
Lew Soloff (trumpet) Mike Stern (electric guitar) Charnett Moffett (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Yesterdays
Barbara
Beautiful Mimi
All Blues
Thaddeus
Little Laura
same session
Antigua
Lew Soloff (trumpet) Kenny Kirkland (piano) Richard Davis (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Marilyn
Speak Low
Raunchy Rita
Reincarnation Of A Love Bird
But Beautiful
same session
Stella By Starlight
Wynton Marsalis - Thick In The South: Soul Gestures In Southern Blue, Vol. 1 (Columbia C 47977)
Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) Joe Henderson (tenor,soprano saxophone) Marcus Roberts (piano)
Robert Hurst (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Elveen
1990
Cousin Mary
Duke's Place
Chelsea Bridge
Beautiful Love
Dream Gypsy
Soultrane
Stella By Starlight
1991
Sonny Fortune (tenor saxophone, flute) Ravi Coltrane (tenor,soprano saxophone) Willie Pickens
(piano) Chip Jackson (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Ray
Island Birdie
Pharoah Sanders (tenor,soprano saxophone) Sonny Sharrock (electric guitar) Charnett Moffett
(acoustic bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Promises Kept
Little Rock
As We Used To Sing
Many Mansions
Javon Jackson Quartet - Me And Mr. Jones (Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1053 CD)
Javon Jackson (tenor saxophone) James Williams (piano) Christian McBride (bass) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Opus One-Point-Five
A Certain Attitude
A Free Man?
Buzz-At
NYC?, 1991-1992
Egyptian Fantasy
1992
Nicholas Payton (trumpet) Javon Jackson, Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone) George Mraz (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 20 & 21, 1992
Not Yet
Angel Eyes
Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling
Lady Luck
Strange
My Romance
Young Blood
The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine - Going Home (enja (G) ENJ-7095 2)
Nicholas Payton (trumpet) Kent Jordan (flute, piccolo) Ravi Coltrane (soprano,tenor saxophone)
Javon Jackson (tenor saxophone) Willie Pickens (piano) Brad Jones (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 15 & 16, 1992
Going Home
Cross Purpose
You've Changed
Truth
In 3/4 Thee
April 8th
Elvin Jones Special Quartet Live At "Pit Inn", Tokyo, Japan (CBS/Sony (J) SRCS 7376)
Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) Marcus Roberts (piano) Reginald Veal (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Dear Lord
Happy Birthday For "Yuka"
Blues To Veen
1993
Hank Jones With Elvin Jones And George Mraz - Upon Reflection - The Music Of Thad Jones
(Verve 314 514 898-2)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 25 & 26, 1993
Thad's Pad
Ah, Henry
The Summary
Upon Reflection
Lady Luck
Ray-El
A Child Is Born
Nicholas Payton (trumpet) Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone) Sonny Fortune (tenor saxophone, flute)
Willie Pickens (piano) Cecil McBee (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Kevin Mahogany (vocals)
Green Chimneys
Lush Life
Zenzo's Spirit
Medley: A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing / Ask Me Now
Bopsy
Fatima's Waltz
1995
Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn) Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone) Buck Hill (saxophone) Charles Ables
(guitar, bass) Steve Novosel (bass) Billy Hart, Elvin Jones, Steve Williams (drums) Shirley Horn
(vocals, piano)
You Go To My Head
Fever
Peel Me A Grape
The Greg Packham Group Featuring Elvin Jones - Into The Frying Pan (Packed Records
2033840591?)
Bob Griffin (flute) Dave Hromjak (alto saxophone) Martha Lind (organ, piano) Greg Packham
(guitar) Perry Lind (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Carlos Izquierdo (congas, percussion)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 22-23, 1995
Frying Pan
Ginza Lady
Afternoon Reflection
Steve Griggs - Jones For Elvin, Vol. 1 (Hip City Music HC 101012)
Jay Thomas (trumpet) Steve Griggs (tenor,soprano saxophone) Milo Petersen (guitar) Phil Sparks
(bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Healing
Flora
Sparks
In A Sentimental Mood
Claudia
Jay's Maze
Steve Griggs - Jones For Elvin, Vol. 2 (Hip City Music HC 101022)
same session
Reunion Dues
Kavanah
Oscar's Oscillating Osculation
Keiko's Kimochi
Chromatic Carioca
Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones - Momentum Space (Verve 314 559 944-2)
Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone -1,3,5) Cecil Taylor (piano -1,4,5) Elvin Jones (drums)
1. Nine
2. Bekei
3. Spoonin'
4. It
5. Is
1999
Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone) Larry Goldings (organ) Pat Metheny (guitar) Elvin Jones
(drums)
Timeline
Outrance
2001
Bill Frisell With Dave Holland And Elvin Jones (Nonesuch 7559-79624-2)
Bill Frisell (electric,acoustic guitar, loops) Dave Holland (bass) Elvin Jones (drums)
Outlaws
Twenty Years
Coffaro's Theme
Blues Dream
Moon River
Strange Meeting
Convict 13
Again
Hard Times
Smilin' Jones
2002
The Great Jazz Trio - Autumn Leaves (Eighty-Eight's (J) VRCL 6008)
Autumn Leaves
Yesterdays
Rhythm-A-Ning
Blue Bossa
Summertime
Caravan
My Funny Valentine
same session
A Child Is Born
Satin Doll
same session
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