Elvin Jones
Drums Solo on
Four Strings

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Elvin Jones closes the solo sequence with two choruses on drums, the final of 5 solos on the recording. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 225 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. Jones's two drum choruses bring different rhythmic ideas to the fore. Recorded for the album Paul Chambers Quintet in 1957, the performance captures Elvin Jones at 29 to 30 years old. Four Strings is a hard bop composition by Benny Golson, written for the Paul Chambers Quintet album recorded on May 19, 1957 for Blue Note Records. This alternate take of "Four Strings" from Paul Chambers's 1957 self-titled Blue Note quintet album provides an illuminating comparison with the issued version.

Elvin Jones was 29 to 30 years old at the time.