Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet. It was recorded in August 8, 1963 in the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA and released 1964 by the label Impulse!. Producer was Bob Thiele. The playing style varies from Hard Bop and Modal to almost Free Jazz. The album received a mainly positive resonance from the listeners. Meanwhile, because the orginal vinyl is not available anymore, it was remastered 1998 on CD by Impulse! for the digital world.
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Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet. It was recorded in August 8, 1963 in the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs,… read more
Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet. It was recorded in August 8, 1963 in the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA and released 1964 by… read more
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, working with the Army Special Services program, Operation Happiness, and in 1949 had a short-lived gig in Detroit's Grand River Street club. Eventually he went on to play with artists such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Wardell Gray. In 1955, after a failed audition for the Benny Goodman band, he found work in New York, joining Charles Mingus's band, and releasing a record called J is for Jazz. In 1960, he joined with the classic John Coltrane Quarte…read more
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, working with the Army Special Services program, Operation Happiness, … read more
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, working with the Army Special Services program, Operation Happiness, and in 1949 had a short-lived gig in Detroit… read more