Monday, November 26, 2007

Elvin!



Check out this clip of Elvin Jones with his trio in the post-Coltrane years. I'm not an easily star-struck individual, but meeting him (though only briefly) was being in the presence of true greatness. Powerful.

Hope you all had a good holiday.

3 comments:

Daniel said...

Yes! Great way to start a Monday. One of the greats to be sure. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for checking in Daniel.

unidentified said...

A master of dynamics as well as my hero Tony Williams.
You met him?
Awesome.
Met max roach, kinda at a clinic at Cal Arts.
He was kinda bitter.
Still dig 'em.