The Prime Element
1976 studio album by Elvin Jones
The Prime Element | |
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Studio album by Elvin Jones | |
Released | 1976 |
Recorded | March 14, 1969 (#C1–D2) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs July 24 & 26, 1973 (#A1–B2) A&R Recording Studios, New York City |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 83:00 |
Label | Blue Note BN-LA506-H2 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Prime Element is a jazz album by jazz drummer Elvin Jones, originally released in 1976 as part of the "Blue Note Re-issue Series". The pieces compiled here were recorded in 1969 and 1973. The tracks from 1973 (#A1 to #B2) would be included on At This Point in Time in 1998. The remainder can only be found on the eight-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions, issued in 2000.
Track listing
- Side A
- "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34
- "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, D. Garcia) – 11:13
- Side B
- "The Prime Element" (Omar Clay) – 8:19
- "Whims of Bal" (Clay) – 12:24
- Side C
- "Inner Space" (Chick Corea) - 6:32
- "Once I Loved [O Amor Em Paz]" (Jobim, De Moraez) - 6:22
- "Raynay" (Elvin Jones) - 7:57
- Side D
- "Champagne Baby" (Joe Farrell) - 11:26
- "Dido Afrique" (Jones) - 11:13
Recorded on March 14, 1969 (#C1–D2), July 24 (#B1–B2) and July 26 (#A1–A2), 1973.
Personnel
Tracks A1–B2
- Elvin Jones - drums, leader
- Steve Grossman - soprano and tenor saxophone
- Frank Foster - soprano and tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Cornell Dupree - guitar
- Jan Hammer - piano, electric piano, synthesizer
- Gene Perla - bass, electric bass
- Candido Camero - congas
- Richie 'Pablo' Landrum - percussion
- Omar Clay - percussion, programmable rhythm box
- Warren Smith: tympani
Tracks C1–D2
- Elvin Jones - drums
- Lee Morgan - trumpet
- Joe Farrell - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
- George Coleman - tenor saxophone
- Wilbur Little - bass
- Candido Camero - congas
- Miovelito Valles - percussion
References
- ^ Allmusic review
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Keepin' Up with the Joneses (with Thad Jones and Hank Jones, 1958)
- Together! (with Philly Joe Jones, 1961)
- Elvin! (1961-1962)
- Illumination! (with Jimmy Garrison, 1963)
- Dear John C. (1965)
- And Then Again (1965)
- Midnight Walk (1966)
- Heavy Sounds (with Richard Davis, 1967)
- Puttin' It Together (1968)
- The Ultimate (1968)
- Poly-Currents (1969)
- Mr. Jones (1969 & 1972)
- The Prime Element (1969 & 1973)
- Coalition (1970)
- Genesis (1971)
- Merry-Go-Round (1971)
- At This Point in Time (1973)
- On the Mountain (1975)
- New Agenda (1975)
- The Main Force (1976)
- Summit Meeting (with James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Roland Prince, 1976)
- Time Capsule (1976-1977)
- Remembrance (1978)
- Very R.A.R.E. (1979)
- Heart to Heart (1980)
- Earth Jones (1982)
- Love & Peace (with McCoy Tyner, 1982)
- Brother John (1982)
- Power Trio (with John Hicks and Cecil McBee, 1990)
- When I Was at Aso-Mountain (1990)
- Youngblood (1992)
- Going Home (1992)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (1993)
- Momentum Space (with Dewey Redman and Cecil Taylor, 1998)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1968)
- Live at the Lighthouse (1972)
- Elvin Jones Music Machine (1978)
- Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. (1978)
- Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 (1978)
- Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One (1984)
- Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn (1985)
- In Europe (1991)
- Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" (1992)
- The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (1999)