Elvin Jones discography

This is the discography for the American jazz musician Elvin Jones.

As leader/co-leader

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Recording date Title Personnel Label Year released
1958-03 Keepin' Up with the Joneses The Jones Brothers: Thad Jones, Hank Jones with Eddie Jones MetroJazz 1958
1961-02 Together! Co-leader with Philly Joe Jones; with Blue Mitchell, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers Atlantic 1964
1961-07,
1961-12,
1962-01 		Elvin! Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Art Davis, Hank Jones, Thad Jones Riverside 1962
1963-08 Illumination! Co-leader with Jimmy Garrison; with Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Charles Davis, McCoy Tyner Impulse! 1964
1965-02 Dear John C. Richard Davis, Hank Jones, Roland Hanna, Charlie Mariano Impulse! 1965
1965-02,
1965-03 		And Then Again J. J. Johnson, Frank Wess, Charles Davis, Don Friedman, Paul Chambers, Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Art Davis Atlantic 1965
1966-03 Midnight Walk Thad Jones, Hank Mobley, Dollar Brand, Steve James, Don Moore Atlantic 1967
1967-06 Heavy Sounds Richard Davis, Frank Foster, Billy Greene Impulse! 1968
1968-03 Live at the Village Vanguard Wilbur Little, George Coleman, Marvin Peterson Enja 1974
1968-04 Puttin' It Together Joe Farrell, Jimmy Garrison Blue Note 1968
1968-09 The Ultimate Jimmy Garrison, Joe Farrell Blue Note 1969
1969-09 Poly-Currents George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, Fred Tompkins Blue Note 1970
1970-07 Coalition George Coleman, Frank Foster, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, Blue Note 1970
1971-02 Genesis Gene Perla, Frank Foster, Dave Liebman, Joe Farrell Blue Note 1971
1971-09 Elvin Jones Live: The Town Hall Gene Perla, Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster PM 1975
1971-02
1971-12 		Merry-Go-Round Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Joe Farrell, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, Don Alias, Gene Perla Blue Note 1972
1972-02 Hollow Out Masabumi Kikuchi, Gene Perla Philips (Japan) 1973
1972-07 Live at Carnegie Hall Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla PM 2018
1969-09,
1972-07 		Mr. Jones Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Dave Liebman, Jan Hammer, Gene Perla Blue Note 1973
1972-09 Live at the Lighthouse Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla Blue Note 1973
1973-07 At This Point in Time Steve Grossman, Pepper Adams, Jan Hammer Blue Note 1998
1969-03,
1973-07 		The Prime Element George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Lee Morgan, Pepper Adams, Steve Grossman, Frank Foster Blue Note 1976
1974-09 Mr. Thunder Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Milton Suggs, Luis Agudo, Sjunne Ferger Eastwest 1974
1975 On the Mountain Jan Hammer, Gene Perla PM 1975
1975 New Agenda Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Dave Williams Vanguard 1975
1976-01 Together Co-leader with Oregon Vanguard 1976
1976 The Main Force Ryo Kawasaki, Al Dailey, Dave Liebman Vanguard 1976
1976-11 Summit Meeting James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, Roland Prince Vanguard 1977
1976,
1977 		Time Capsule Bunky Green, Kenny Barron, Angel Allende, Ryo Kawasaki, Frank Wess, Milt Hinton, Frank Foster, George Coleman, Junie Booth Vanguard 1977
1978-02 Remembrance Pat LaBarbera, Michael Stuart, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III MPS 1978
1978-03 Elvin Jones Music Machine Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III Mark Levison (Japan) 1982
1978-04 Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III Trio (Japan) 1978
1978-04 Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III Trio (Japan) 1978
1979-06 Very R.A.R.E. Art Pepper, Sir Roland Hanna, Richard Davis (bassist) Trio (Japan) 1980
1980-06 Soul Train Andrew White, Richard "Ari" Brown, Marvin Horne, Andy McCloud III Denon 1980
1980-08 Heart to Heart Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis Denon 1981
1982-02 Earth Jones Kenny Kirkland, Dave Liebman, Terumasa Hino, George Mraz Palo Alto 1982
1982-04 Love & Peace McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Richard Davis Trio (Japan) 1982
1982-10 Brother John Kenny Kirkland, Reggie Workman, Pat LaBarbera Palo Alto 1984
1984-07 Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Chip Jackson Landmark 1984
1985-08 Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn Sonny Fortune, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Richard Davis Polydor (Japan) 1985
1990-05 Power Trio John Hicks, Cecil McBee Novus 1991
1990-12 When I Was at Aso-Mountain Sonny Fortune, Takehisa Tanaka, Cecil McBee Enja 1993
1991-06 In Europe Sonny Fortune, Ravi Coltrane, Willie Pickens, Chip Jackson Enja 1992
1992-04 Youngblood Joshua Redman, Javon Jackson, Nicholas Payton, George Mraz Enja 1992
1992-10 Going Home Willie Pickens, Ravi Coltrane, Kent Jordan, Brad Jones, Nicholas Payton Enja 1993
1992-12 Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Reginald Veal Columbia (Japan) 1994
1993-10 It Don't Mean a Thing Nicholas Payton, Sonny Fortune, Delfeayo Marsalis, Willie Pickens, Cecil McBee, Kevin Mahogany Enja 1994
1998-08 Momentum Space Cecil Taylor, Dewey Redman Verve 1999
1999-09 The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note Darren Barrett, Robin Eubanks, Carlos McKinney, Michael Brecker Half Note 2004

As sideman

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Recorded Leader Album Label Released Note
1948 Various Artists / Billy Mitchell Swing...Not Spring! Savoy 1956 compilation
1955 Miles Davis Blue Moods Duet 1955
1956 Art Farmer Farmer's Market New Jazz 1958
1956 J. J. Johnson J Is for Jazz Columbia 1956
1956 Thad Jones The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol. 3 Blue Note 1956
1956,
1957 		Thad Jones Mad Thad Period 1957
1957–02 Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell Prestige 1957
1957–02 Thad Jones and the Prestige All Stars Olio Prestige 1957
1957 Aaron Bell After the Party's Over RCA Victor 1958
1957–01,
1957–05 		J. J. Johnson Dial J. J. 5 Columbia 1957
1957–05 Paul Chambers Paul Chambers Quintet Blue Note 1958
1957–05 Bobby Jasper Tenor and Flute Riverside 1957
1957–08 Tommy Flanagan Overseas Prestige 1958
1957–11 Sonny Rollins Night at the Village Vanguard Blue Note 1958 live
1957–11 Pepper Adams The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams Regent 1958
1957–10,
1957–12 		Idrees Sulieman and the Prestige All Stars Roots New Jazz 1958
1958 Mal Waldron Mal/3: Sounds Prestige 1958
1958 Steve Lacy Reflections New Jazz 1959
1958 Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper The Pepper-Knepper Quintet MetroJazz 1958
1958 Pepper Adams 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot Riverside 1958 live
1958 Thad Jones Keepin' Up with the Joneses Metrojazz 1959
1958 Bennie Green Soul Stirrin' Blue Note 1958
1958 Hank Jones Porgy and Bess Capitol 1959
1959 Jimmy Forrest All the Gin Is Gone Delmark 1965
1959 Randy Weston Destry Rides Again United Artists 1959
1959 Curtis Fuller Sliding Easy United Artists 1959
1959 Art Farmer Brass Shout United Artists 1959
1959 Jimmy Forrest Black Forrest Delmark 1972
1959 Gil Evans Great Jazz Standards World Pacific 1959
1959 Tommy Flanagan Lonely Town Blue Note 1979
1959 Thad Jones Motor City Scene United Artists 1959
1959? Harry Lookofsky Stringsville Collectables 1959
1959,
1960 		Miles Davis Sketches of Spain Columbia 1960
1959,
1960 		John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz Atlantic 1961 1 track
1960 Julian Priester Keep Swingin' Riverside 1960
1960 John Coltrane Coltrane Plays the Blues Atlantic 1962
1960 John Coltrane Coltrane's Sound Atlantic 1964
1960 John Coltrane My Favorite Things Atlantic 1961
1960 Gil Evans Out Of The Cool Impulse! 1961
1960,
1961 		Barry Harris Preminado Riverside 1961
1961 John Coltrane Olé Coltrane Atlantic 1961
1961 John Coltrane Africa/Brass Impulse! 1961
1961 John Coltrane Live! at the Village Vanguard Impulse! 1962 live
1961 John Coltrane So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 Acrobat 2015 live
1961 Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red A Story Tale Jazzland 1961
1961 Yusef Lateef Into Something New Jazz 1962
1961 Lee Konitz Motion Verve 1961
1961 Freddie Hubbard Ready for Freddie Blue Note 1962
1961,
1962 		John Coltrane Ballads Impulse! 1963
1962 Pony Poindexter Pony's Express Epic 1962
1962 John Coltrane and Duke Ellington Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Impulse! 1963
1962 John Coltrane Coltrane Impulse! 1962
1962 McCoy Tyner Inception Impulse! 1962
1961,
1963 		John Coltrane Impressions Impulse! 1963 partially live
1963 Jimmy Woods Conflict Contemporary 1963
1963 Hank Jones Here's Love Argo 1963
1963 John Coltrane Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album Impluse! 2018
1963 John Coltrane John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Impulse! 1963
1963 Johnny Hartman I Just Dropped By To Say Hello Impulse! 1963
1963 John Coltrane Live at Birdland Impulse! 1964 live
1963,
1964 		McCoy Tyner Today and Tomorrow Impulse! 1964
1963,
1964 		Gil Evans The Individualism of Gil Evans Verve 1964
1963,
1964 		Solomon Ilori African High Life Blue Note 2006 CD reissue includes 3 bonus tracks with Elvin Jones
1964 John Coltrane Crescent Impulse! 1964
1964 John Coltrane A Love Supreme Impulse! 1965
1964 Andrew Hill Judgment! Blue Note 1964
1964 Stan Getz and Bill Evans Stan Getz & Bill Evans Verve 1973
1964 Bob Brookmeyer Bob Brookmeyer and Friends Verve 1965
1964 Wayne Shorter Night Dreamer Blue Note 1964
1964 Wayne Shorter JuJu Blue Note 1965
1964 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Blue Note 1966
1964 McCoy Tyner McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington Impulse! 1965
1964 Grant Green Matador Blue Note 1979
1964 Grant Green Street of Dreams Blue Note 1967
1964 Grant Green Solid Blue Note 1979
1964 Grant Green Talkin' About! Blue Note 1965
1964 Joe Henderson In 'n Out Blue Note 1965
1964 Joe Henderson Inner Urge Blue Note 1966
1964 Larry Young Into Somethin' Blue Note 1965
1965 Larry Young Unity Blue Note 1966
1965 Roland Kirk Rip, Rig and Panic Limelight 1965
1965 Grant Green I Want to Hold Your Hand Blue Note 1966
1965 John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Impulse! 1965
1965 John Coltrane Om Impulse! 1968
1965 John Coltrane New Thing at Newport Impulse! 1966 live split album
1965 John Coltrane Transition Impulse! 1970
1965 John Coltrane First Meditations Impulse! 1977
1965 John Coltrane Living Space Impulse! 1998 Compilation
1965 John Coltrane Sun Ship Impulse! 1975
1965 John Coltrane Meditations Impulse! 1966
1965 John Coltrane Kulu Sé Mama Impulse! 1967
1965 John Coltrane Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up Impulse! 2005 live
1965 John Coltrane Live In Seattle Impulse! 1971 live
1965 Various Artists / John Coltrane The New Wave in Jazz Impulse! 1965 live
1965,
1966 		Freddie Hubbard Blue Spirits Blue Note 1967
1966 Earl Hines Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines Contact 1966
1966 Sonny Rollins East Broadway Run Down Impulse! 1967
1967 Lee Konitz The Lee Konitz Duets Milestone 1968
1967 McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy Blue Note 1967
1967 Jaki Byard Sunshine of My Soul Prestige 1967
1968 Larry Coryell Lady Coryell Vanguard 1968
1968 Ornette Coleman New York Is Now! Blue Note 1968
1968 Ornette Coleman Love Call Blue Note 1971
1968 Pepper Adams Encounter! Prestige 1969
1969 Barney Kessel Feeling Free Contemporary 1969
1969 Phineas Newborn, Jr. Please Send Me Someone to Love Contemporary 1969
1969 Phineas Newborn, Jr. Harlem Blues Contemporary 1975
1969 Gil Evans Gil Evans Ampex 1970
1969 Allen Ginsberg Songs of Innocence and Experience[2] MGM 1970
1970 McCoy Tyner Extensions Blue Note 1973
1971 Joe Farrell Outback CTI 1972
1972 Frank Foster The Loud Minority Mainstream 1972
1973 Billy Harper Capra Black Strata-East 1973
1974? Elek Bacsik I Love You Bob Thiele Music 1974
1975 McCoy Tyner Trident Milestone 1975
1975 Stan Getz and Jimmie Rowles The Peacocks Columbia 1977
1976 Art Pepper The Trip Contemporary 1977
1976 Phineas Newborn, Jr. Back Home Contemporary 1985
1977 Tommy Flanagan Eclypso Enja 1980
1977 Frank Foster Well Water Piadrum 2007
1977 Chico Freeman Beyond the Rain Contemporary 1978
1977 Ray Brown Something for Lester Contemporary 1978
1977 Art Pepper Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard Contemporary 1979 live
1977 Art Pepper Friday Night at the Village Vanguard Contemporary 1980 live
1977 Art Pepper Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard Contemporary 1979 live
1977 Art Pepper More for Les at the Village Vanguard Contemporary 1985 live
1977,
1978 		Tommy Flanagan Confirmation Enja 1982
1980 Tommy Flanagan Super-Session Enja 1980
1981 Pharoah Sanders Rejoice Theresa 1981
1982 Bennie Wallace Big Jim's Tango Enja 1983
1987 Lew Soloff But Beautiful King 1987
1987 James Williams Magical Trio 2 Emarcy 1988
1988 Marcus Roberts The Truth is Spoken Here Novus 1989
1990 David Murray Special Quartet DIW/Columbia 1991
1990? Kenny Garrett African Exchange Student Atlantic 1990
1991? Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages Axiom 1991
1991 Javon Jackson Me And Mr. Jones Criss Cross 1992
1993 Hank Jones Upon Reflection: The Music Of Thad Jones Verve 1993
1993 Robert Hurst One For Namesake DIW 1993
1995 Greg Packham Into The Frying Pan Packed 1998
1994 John McLaughlin After the Rain Verve 1995
1995 Shirley Horn The Main Ingredient Verve 1996
1997–09 James Williams Awesome! DIW 2000
1997–09 Joe Lovano Trio Fascination: Edition One Blue Note 1998
1998–05 Steve Griggs Jones for Elvin - Volumes 1 and 2 Hip City Music 2000
1999? Michael Brecker Time Is of the Essence Verve 1999
1999? Gary LeMel Moonlighting Atlantic 1999
2000–07 Stefano di Battista Stefano di Battista Blue Note 2000
2000,
2001 		Bill Frisell With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones Nonesuch 2001
2002 Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) Autumn Leaves Eighty-Eight's 2002
2002,
2003 		Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) Someday My Prince Will Come Eighty-Eight's 2003
2002,
2004 		Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) Collaboration Eighty-Eight's 2004

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References

  1. ^ a b "Elvin Jones Catalog - album index", JazzDisco.org. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom (2017). "The Complete Songs of Innocence and Experience - Allen Ginsberg". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Elvin Jones Albums and Discography @ARTISTdirect". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.