In this series, eight prominent musicians discuss with Charles Fox their careers in jazz and their approach to their music, with the aid of records.
3: Elvin Jones
In 1956 he moved from his home town of Pontiac, Michigan, to New York City, where he quickly established himself on the jazz scene, working with Bud Powell and Charles Mingus. and recording with Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins. Then he began a fruitful six years with the John Coltrane
Quartet, during which he initiated a new approach to jazz drumming. In 1964 he formed what was to be the first of many groups that he has since led.
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