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Chris Mule's MiM Mission Statement

RIP: Elvin Jones dead at 76.
Elvin Jones, once acknowlegded as the world's greatest jazz drummer, is dead at 76. He rose to fame in the Coltrane quartet from 1960-66. The other members were Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner. Now, only Tyner survives.

Elvin was born in Pontiac, Michigan. His father was a GM worker, and he has two musical brothers, Hank Jones (piano) and Thad Jones (horns). He was given great encouragement by his parents and reportedly practiced from 8-10 hours each day when he was only 13. More amazingly, Elvin was self-taught. Maybe that's what allowed him to urge John Coltrane on to ever greater heights by following Trane's flights of fancy and ultimatley raising each other up on the spiritual mission they both shared. Truly, their music was is testimony to God's love for us.

I count myself lucky to have seen Elvin a few weeks ago in Cambridge with Allison and another friend of mine.
posted by Ken | 11:03 AM |

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