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Revival: Live At Pookie's Pub
Elvin Jones (drums)
Awards:
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, November 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Jazz Choice
I only heard Jones in person a couple of times. It was like witnessing an organic melding of Gene Kelly and an avalanche, but there was also, as on this album, ample evidence of his ability...
Revival: Live At Pookie's Pub
Elvin Jones (drums)
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Awards:
-
AllMusic, Editor's Choice, November 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Jazz Choice
I only heard Jones in person a couple of times. It was like witnessing an organic melding of Gene Kelly and an avalanche, but there was also, as on this album, ample evidence of his ability...
About
Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub is a thrilling previously unissued live recording of Elvin Jones’ quartet that captures the legendary drummer’s emergence as a bandleader at a little-known club in New York City where he had a weekly residency after leaving John Coltrane's band in the late 1960s. Featuring Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, Billy Greene on piano, and Wilbur Little on bass, Revival was recorded between July 28-30, 1967, just two weeks after Coltrane died on July 17.
The deluxe 180g 3-LP and 2-CD sets include extensive booklets with stunning photos by Francis Wolff, Ozier Muhammad, Christian Rose, and others; essays by Grammy-winning author and co-producer Ashley Kahn, co-producer Zev Feldman, executive producer Don Was, and the original recording engineer Bob Falesch; interviews and statements by drummers Alvin Queen and Michael Shrieve, pianist Richie Beirach, and Elvin Jones band alumni Pat LaBarbera, Gene Perla, and Dave Liebman.
Contents and tracklist
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Larry Young (piano), Elvin Jones (drumkit), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (flute), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (flute), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
- Elvin Jones (drumkit), Billy Greene (piano), Joe Farrell (tenorsaxophone), Wilbur Little (bass)
- Recorded: 1967-07-30
- Recording Venue: Pookie's Pub
Awards and reviews
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AllMusicEditor's ChoiceNovember 2022
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BBC Music MagazineJanuary 2023Jazz Choice
January 2023
I only heard Jones in person a couple of times. It was like witnessing an organic melding of Gene Kelly and an avalanche, but there was also, as on this album, ample evidence of his ability to play with crisp precision and even melodic delicacy. Music didn’t (and doesn’t) come more compelling than this.
November 2022
With his roiling, tidal wave-like drum style, Jones was easily one of the most distinctive and immediately recognizable players of his era. His playing was as much a defining aspect of the sound of '60s modal jazz and post-bop as Coltrane's.