| Ensemble | Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Tuesday, September 9th, 1997 |
| Event Type | Concert / Performance as Guest Soloist |
| Event Name | Elvin Jones 70th Birthday Party |
| Venue | Blue Note New York |
| Address | 131 W 3rd St |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-475-8592 |
Elvin Jones has been celebrating his 70th birthday at the Blue Note this week. In the opening set on Tuesday, with a front line full of guests, the musicians reveled in simple, profound minor-key dirges taken from the post-1960 Coltrane school of hypnotism.
Important jazz musicians of the last 60 years in jazz were onstage: the trumpeters Harry (Sweets) Edison, Wynton Marsalis and Eddie Henderson, and the saxophonists Frank Foster, Sonny Fortune and Javon Jackson. It was a landmark show for the breadth of styles and histories in the horn players present.
Personnel
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Carlos McKinney – piano
- David Williams – bass
- Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
- Frank Foster – tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
- Sonny Fortune – tenor sax, flute
- Eddie Henderson – trumpet
