Elvin Jones: The Art of Playing Against Yourself

Send us Fan Mail

Video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzdxo3c00g

In 1966, Elvin Jones walked out of the John Coltrane Quartet, the band that made him famous, because Coltrane hired a second drummer. This is the story of the man who reconceived the drum kit as a source of multiple rhythms at once including a demonstration of his "Three Card Molly" solo build and a genuinely strange account of how he experienced sound as colour.
Chapters:

00:00 The Man Who Quit Coltrane
01:04 From Pontiac to the Bluebird Inn
01:58 Six Years That Changed Jazz
03:46 The Elvin Sound
06:59 Colour, Sound and the Drum Kit
08:52 Legacy

👉 Join Drum Dog for lesson packs from world-class drummers, live events and the community: https://drum.dog

#elvinjones #johncoltrane #drumdog

George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Support the channel: https://ko-fi.com/offbeat

For any enquiries: [email protected]

Support the show