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RE: [microsound] [OT] Elvin Jones RIP
it is a sad but true fact that many
obituaries for musicians, politicians, actors,
etc, are written during "down time" in
advance (of the person dying) so that,
should that person die during a very
busy news day, the obituary just needs
to be quickly updated with the actual
death date and then it is ready to be
printed. dunno whether mr. jones is
dead or not, but with obituaries so
"ready to go", it is possible that someone
jumped the gun at the news site and mistakenly
printed an obituary when it shouldn't have
been. hope this helps. andrew duke
http://cognitionaudioworks.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Bach [mailto:gbach@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:48 PM
To: microsound
Subject: Re: [microsound] [OT] Elvin Jones RIP
I also found this on the Associated Press site, but the URL was way too
long and convoluted . . .
G.
andrew jones wrote:
>
> i thought this Elvin Jones thing turned out to be false?
> hmm associated press and a quote though...
>
> -
> A
>
> On Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Glenn Bach wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.freep.com/entertainment/music/jones19_20040519.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jazz drummer Elvin Jones dies at 76
>>
>> May 19, 2004
>>
>> ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>
>> NEW YORK -- Elvin Ray Jones, a renowned jazz drummer and member of
>> John Coltrane's quartet who also played alongside Duke Ellington,
>> Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died Tuesday. He was 76.
>>
>> Jones died of heart failure in an Englewood, N.J., hospital, said his
>> wife of 38 years, Keiko Jones.
>>
>> "He's happy. No more suffering," said Keiko Jones. "He's been fighting
>> for so long."
>>
>> Jones, called by Life magazine "the world's greatest rhythmic
>> drummer," was born in Pontiac, Mich., one of ten children. He had two
>> musician brothers: Hank, a jazz pianist, and Thad, a trumpet and
>> flugelhorn player.
>>
>> Jones entered the Detroit jazz scene in the late 1940s after touring
>> as a stagehand with the Army Special Services show Operation > Happiness.
>>
>> After a brief gig at the Detroit club Grand River Street, he went to
>> work at another club, backing up such jazz greats as Parker, Davis and
>> Wardell Grey.
>>
>> Jones came to New York in 1955 for an unsuccessful audition for the
>> Benny Goodman band but stayed in the city, joining Charlie Mingus'
>> band and making a record called "J is Jazz." In 1960, he became a
>> member of John Coltrane's quartet.
>>
>> Jones, with his rhythmic, innovative style, became one of jazz's most
>> famous drummers under Coltrane. He can be heard on Coltrane's "A love
>> Supreme" and "Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard."
>>
>> After leaving the Coltrane quartet, Jones briefly played with Duke
>> Ellington and formed the Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine. He put out several
>> solo albums and continued to tour, including last month in Oakland,
>> Calif., Keiko Jones said.
>>
>> Besides his wife, Jones is survived by a son and a daughter.
>>
>>
>>
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