Released 1976 Label Blue Note
BN-LA506-H2 Release date 1976 | Length 83:00 Artist Elvin Jones Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded March 14, 1969 (#C1-D2)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
July 24 & 26, 1973 (#A1-B2)
A&R Recording Studios, New York City Similar Elvin Jones albums, Jazz albums | ||
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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.
Contents
Elvin jones the prime element
Track listing
- "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34
- "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, D. Garcia) – 11:13
- "The Prime Element" (Omar Clay) – 8:19
- "Whims of Bal" (Clay) – 12:24
- "Inner Space" (Chick Corea) - 6:32
- "Once I Loved [O Amor Em Paz]" (Jobim, De Moraez) - 6:22
- "Raynay" (Elvin Jones) - 7:57
- "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
Tracks C1-D2
References
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