''New Agenda'' is a jazz album by drummer

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...

recorded in 1975 and released on the

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Track listing

# "Someone's Rocking My Jazzboat" (Frank Foster) - 6:50 # "

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John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

) - 6:08 # "Haresah" (Steve Grossman) - 8:07 # "Anti-Calypso" (Roland Prince) - 5:19 # "Stefanie" ( Ed Bland) - 4:40 # "My Lover" (Sutekina Hito) - 3:36 # "Agenda" (Elvin Jones) - 7:48

Personnel

- drums *

Joe Farrell Joseph Carl Firrantello (December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986), known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily performed as a saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name o ...

- tenor & soprano saxophone (tracks 5 & 7) * Frank Foster (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Azar Lawrence (tracks 3 & 4) -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, soprano saxophone * Steve Grossman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute * Kenny Barron (track 1), Gene Perla (tracks 5 & 7) -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Roland Prince Roland Prince was an Antiguan jazz guitarist. He was born in St. John's on August 27th, 1946. He died on July 15, 2016, aged 69. Discography As leader *1976: ''Color Vision'' (with Virgil Jones, Frank Foster, Kenny Barron, Al Foster, Eddie Moore ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* David Williams - bass *Frank Ippolito (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7), Guilherme Franco (tracks 3 & 4), Candido Camero (tracks 5 & 7) -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

References

{{Authority control Elvin Jones albums 1975 albums Vanguard Records albums