Elvin Jones Magnificent Drum Solo

Check out Elvin Jones shedding at about 72 years old. To me, he got better and better. He's always been the "different drummer". But I feel his style kept becoming more and more refined, like a fine wine. But POWERFUL, crispy, and clean. Definitely one of the best post-bob drummers of all time. Enjoy!

Originally uploaded by: Zycopolis TV
Performed at the Nice Jazz Festival in 2000
Directed by: Patrick Savey

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[carlosbartnickitort]

It is a force of nature, a message of the gods. Just unique, pure expression of sound painting… he is a painter!

[jhan_drums]

So much more melodic, musical, and interesting than today’s chop fests

[dinodeluca]

One of a kind! I saw him live at around this point of his life and his drumming was astonishing!

[blujay]

I was fortunate enough to see him at Detroit's very intimate Baker's Keyboard Lounge in the mid 70's. Blew me away.

[themole]

Is that all you got? 😀 Those hands are amazing, feet too. Drums sounded fantastic too. Simply awesome.

[catkeys]

Beautifully FLUID, man! Like the flowing tempo of a pristine babbling brook.

[rhythmfield]

Master of all masters - miles of space between each note and each phrase - the solo breathes

[alvarocordova]

Super talented drummer . A Master of his craft. Musical fluid awesome
phrasing and usage of silence & space. Nobody does that today.
The voice of Mother Africa.

[BobSchoepenjr]

flabbergasting! ...even adjusting the mic of the first tom....

[davidjeffrey]

So much relativity and switching of subdivision out of nowhere, that mixing of assimilated rhythm over time, yo. Just that sense being developed❤

[ikigomez]

I'm a drummer too and Elvin is one of my drum heroes!

[fernando]

Michael Shriver's solo in Santana's "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock brought me here. I can see the influence Jones had on him.

[cloudy]

help why is the bass drum smaller than the floor tom 😭

[ocho]

it's like another language that only Elvin speaks

[darz]

Uh oh - drums stop. Now time for bass solo. (from the jungle joke)

[rogeriosantospinto]

radeu e jessica está interferindo em tudo vuidado e fica um cara aqui do passado eu diho quer não prejudicando todo mundo a guerra e israel está aumentando cada vez mais ...

[UWB]

If anyone can point me to a track of Elvin playing a musical-sounding solo, I would love to hear it. I’m still (after 40 years playing and listening to great drummers) trying to understand why anyone thinks this is inspirational.

[edellis]

YOU WANT A FUCKING DRUM SOLO. YOU ELLIS DRUM SOLO BUDDY RICH TRIBUTE

[peterhoward]

I love what Jones did in the 60-70s great bee bop, but the solo just nowhere near great or good modern drummers put down.

[chingbum]

A drum solo without any background music or bass line is always noise. Change my mind