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Elvin Jones|Illumination!

Illumination!

Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, McCoy Tyner

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Until it was reissued in 1998, this was one of the more elusive Impulse sets of the 1960s. Recorded in 1963 and co-led by John Coltrane's drummer and bassist (Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison), the music is most significant for introducing Sonny Simmons (alto and English horn) and Prince Lasha (flute and clarinet), who are joined in the sextet by underrated baritonist Charles Davis and Trane's pianist McCoy Tyner. Each of the musicians except Jones contributed an original (there are two by Davis); the music ranges from advanced hard bop to freer sounds that still swing. While Garrison's contributions are conventional (this was his only opportunity to lead or co-lead a date), Jones is quite powerful. However, it is the playing of both Simmons, who tears it apart on English horn during "Nuttin' Out Jones," and Lasha (when is he going to be rediscovered and recorded again?) that make this early "New Thing" date of greatest interest.

© Scott Yanow /TiVo

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1
Nuttin' Out Jones
00:05:32

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Davis, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
Oriental Flower
00:03:45

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Davis, Baritone Saxophone, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
Half And Half
00:06:24

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Davis, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
Aborigine Dance In Scotland
00:04:09

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Davis, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

5
Gettin' On Way
00:05:11

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Davis, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

6
Just Us Blues
00:05:56

Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Sonny Simmons, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Davis, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Prince Lasha, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison Sextet, MainArtist

℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Album review

Until it was reissued in 1998, this was one of the more elusive Impulse sets of the 1960s. Recorded in 1963 and co-led by John Coltrane's drummer and bassist (Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison), the music is most significant for introducing Sonny Simmons (alto and English horn) and Prince Lasha (flute and clarinet), who are joined in the sextet by underrated baritonist Charles Davis and Trane's pianist McCoy Tyner. Each of the musicians except Jones contributed an original (there are two by Davis); the music ranges from advanced hard bop to freer sounds that still swing. While Garrison's contributions are conventional (this was his only opportunity to lead or co-lead a date), Jones is quite powerful. However, it is the playing of both Simmons, who tears it apart on English horn during "Nuttin' Out Jones," and Lasha (when is he going to be rediscovered and recorded again?) that make this early "New Thing" date of greatest interest.

© Scott Yanow /TiVo

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