Elvin Jones

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John Coltrane: The Lost Album review – a gift to the world
  • Music
  • June 29, 2018, 07:00

John Coltrane and his stellar quartet – pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones – were in the process of reinventing their(...)

Sue Rynhart: “It’s important to get the opportunity to talk to other musicians from other countries”
Improvised Music Company: Giving structure to Irish jazz

It’s a quarter of a century since the Improvised Music Company (IMC) first began to operate in the jazz and world music fields. Current director Kenn(...)

David Liebman: “I’m good but I’m not that good. I don’t know how this happened to me. I still pinch myself daily”
How David Liebman got the keys to the jazz kingdom
  • Music
  • January 28, 2016, 06:00

‘As far as I’m concerned,” says Dave Liebman in a Noo Yawk accent straight out of an old gangster movie, “when you’ve got that horn in your mouth, wh(...)

Top row: Rory Gallagher, Public Enemy and David Bowie; bottom row: John Coltrane, The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin. Photographs: Fin Costello/Redferns, Suzie Gibbons/Redferns, Richard E Aaron/Redferns, Gai Terrell/Redferns and Estate of Keith Morris/Redferns, all via Getty Images
Press play: 20 unmissable online gigs

Every minute of the day more than 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. It’s an inventory that will include a huge swathe of this, that and th(...)