Elvin Jones
Drums Solo on
JuJu

About

Elvin Jones's drum solo is the third and final improvisation on this recording, following solos by Tyner and Shorter. Taking two choruses of the 24-bar form in B at 177 BPM in 3/4 time, Jones delivers a characteristically polyrhythmic statement within the waltz framework. His drumming generates the kind of rolling, multilayered rhythmic intensity that was his trademark, the triple meter providing a distinctive canvas for his approach to solo construction.

Elvin Jones was 36 to 37 years old at the time.