Name: Elvin Jones
Date of Birth: 9 September 1927 Performed with John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus and Wardell Grey.In 1960, he became a member of John Coltrane's quartet.He was called by Life magazine "the world's greatest rhythmic drummer."Formed Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine after leaving the Coltrane quartet.Two of his brothers were also musicians: Hank, a jazz pianist, and Thad, a trumpet and flugelhorn player.He had a son and a daughter with his wife Keiko.
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