''The Prime Element'' is a jazz album by jazz drummer Elvin Jones, originally released in 1976 as part of the "Blue Note Re-issue Series". The pieces compiled here were recorded in 1969 and 1973. The tracks from 1973 (#A1 to #B2) would be included on ''

At This Point in Time ''At This Point in Time'' is an album by an eleven-piece band led by jazz drummer Elvin Jones that was recorded in 1973 and released in 1998. Track listing # "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34 # "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, Don Gar ...

'' in 1998. The remainder can only be found on the eight-disc Mosaic compilation ''The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions'', issued in 2000.

Track listing

;Side A # "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34 # "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, D. Garcia) – 11:13 ;Side B # "The Prime Element" (Omar Clay) – 8:19 # "Whims of Bal" (Clay) – 12:24 ;Side C # "Inner Space" (Chick Corea) - 6:32 # " Once I Loved Amor Em Paz (Jobim, De Moraez) - 6:22 # "Raynay" (Elvin Jones) - 7:57 ;Side D # "Champagne Baby" (Joe Farrell) - 11:26 # "Dido Afrique" (Jones) - 11:13 ''Recorded on March 14, 1969 (#C1-D2), July 24 (#B1-B2) and July 26 (#A1-A2), 1973.''

Personnel

Tracks A1-B2 * Elvin Jones - drums, leader * Steve Grossman -

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* Frank Foster - soprano and tenor saxophone *

Pepper Adams Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...

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* Cornell Dupree - guitar *

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- piano,

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Gene Perla Gene Perla (born March 1, 1940) is an American jazz bassist. Career At the Berklee School of Music and the Boston Conservatory Perla concentrated on piano before moving to double bass. In 1969 he spent one year as a member of the Woody Herman Or ...

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, electric bass *

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*Richie 'Pablo' Landrum - percussion *Omar Clay - percussion, programmable rhythm box * Warren Smith:

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Tracks C1-D2 * Elvin Jones - drums *

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- trumpet *

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 ...

- soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute *

George Coleman George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Early life Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...

- tenor saxophone *

Wilbur Little Wilbur "Doc" Little (March 5, 1928 – May 4, 1987) was an American jazz bassist known for playing hard bop and post-bop. Little originally played piano, but switched to double bass after serving in the military. In 1949 he moved to Washington, ...

- bass *

- congas *Miovelito Valles - percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime Element, The Elvin Jones albums Blue Note Records albums 1976 albums