[78-L] Elvin Jones etc [was fwd: Marsalis makes the world safe for pure jazz^]

[Julian Vein]

eugene hayhoe wrote:
I don't believe I've ever heard a record with Elvin Jones on it that 
didn't have very strong grooves, regardless of the personnel, tempo, 
materials, etc. He's not unique in that among post-bebop drummers, but 
I'm guessing there's not much interest in putting together a list like 
that on this list (not that I'm much of a listmaking type anyway). 
Pullen-Adams-Richmond was just the Mingus band w/o Charles (and both 
were great bands to my mind).

Gene
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I find Jones's "kaleidoscopic" drumming interesting the first time 
round, but tedious after that. It becomes a distraction from what's 
going on around him. Danny Richmond, I thought, was a plodder, 
following, rather than creating the beat. The same with Dennis Charles 
and Art Blakey.

      Julian Vein


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