Sunday, August 16, 2009

Elvin Jones - "Summit Meeting" (1976)





To complete our series of Elvin Jones albums on Vanguard Records, reader Luis has kindly donated a vinyl rip of "Summit Meeting" from 1976.

This comes the year after "New Agenda" in Jones' Vanguard chronology, recorded a few months after "The Main Force"; and the year before "Time Capsule".

As the title suggests, this is more of a group album, and is listed in some places as such. It's generally a little more straight-ahead that the albums that preceded it and followed it - Jones is deferring to trumpeter Clark Terry and saxaphonist James Moody, neither of whom he had played with before.

The fusion touches of "The Main Force" are nowhere to be seen - guitarist Roland Prince has a more laid-back, supportive role than Ryo Kawasaki from the former album. Keyboards are provided by Albert Dailey - his rhodes work is as solid as ever - not working with the onboard FX, but more working in a blues-based piano style, while still mindful of the electric instrument's tonality.

Mostly, the tracks are a showcase for solos by Moody, Terry and altoist Bunky Green, who would come to the fore in "Time Capsule" the year after. Producer Ed Bland's composition "Moody Magic" is the closest track to the more organised and composed structures that would follow on that album. The other standout for me here is Bunky Green's "Blues for Clark", with great solos by Dailey, Terry and Green. Check previews of both of these tracks at the top of the post.

Hope you enjoy this one! Please thank Luis for the rip.

TRACKLIST

01. 'Tee Pee Music' - (Clark Terry) - 8.09
02. 'Blues for Clark' - (Bunky Green) - 5.59
03. 'Moody Magic' - (Ed Bland) - 6.11
04. 'Summit Song' - (Bunky Green) - 10.13
05. 'Jones' - (Pauline Reddon-Duke Ellington) - 9.54

MUSICIANS

Elvin Jones - drums
Clark Terry - trumpet and flugelhorn
James Moody - tenor sax
Bunky Green - alto sax
Roland Prince - guitar
Albert Dailey - electric piano, piano
Angel Allende - percussion
David Williams - bass

PRODUCTION

Vanguard Records VSD 79390
Recorded NYC November 18th, 1976
Produced by Ed Bland
Recording Engineers - Charlie Repka, Jeff Zaraya
Mixer - David Baker
Design - Jules Halfant
Photograph - Joel Brodsky

OTHER ELVIN JONES at this blog :

1975 "New Agenda"
1976 "The Main Force"
1977 "Time Capsule"
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52 comments:

  1. fizAugust 17, 2009 at 1:49 AM

    I've never heard of this one ... thank you & Luis

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  2. WallofsoundAugust 17, 2009 at 3:08 AM

    Thnaks for ripping Luis; thanks for sharing, Simon.

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  3. flageoletteAugust 17, 2009 at 4:28 AM

    Great,many thanks!

    Cheers,

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  4. flageoletteAugust 17, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    It's Bunky & friends indeed..
    fantastic,all together!

    Thanks for this Simon

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  5. HunterAugust 17, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    First class post and a work that is always fantastic. Simon you are one of the few bloggers I deeply respect and admire. God bless you!

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  6. mattAugust 17, 2009 at 6:10 AM

    Hi SImon, thanks for these...do you by any chance have his Midnight Walk LP from 1967 for Atlantic?

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  7. taro nombeiAugust 17, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    always grateful, Simon.
    thanks to Luis also!

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  8. Simon666August 17, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    Thanks for the comments guys.
    @ Matt - don't have that one sorry!

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  9. luisAugust 17, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Elvin Jones Midnight Walk is commercially availiable.

    http://www.amazon.com/Then-Again-Midnight-Walk/dp/B00003TFPR/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1250464749&sr=1-11

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  10. JTFAugust 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    Now THIS is a lineup!

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  11. E-mileAugust 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Luis & Simon, the saga continues!
    really looking forward hearing this -new to me- bit of the Elvin Jones discography. Thanks a lot!!
    peace, E-mile

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  12. Fat ToroAugust 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    crazy world...
    my blog is back!

    sorry 4 it...

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  13. Simon666August 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM

    that's great toro :)

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  14. jazzisticAugust 18, 2009 at 3:49 AM

    What a line-up::
    Thanks a lot for this share
    Regards

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  15. elusiveAugust 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM

    thank you for the elvin jones albums
    great music on your blog!

    http://funkytones.blogspot.com/

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  16. AnonymousAugust 19, 2009 at 5:26 PM

    Thanks for the great rips! cheers, j@y.

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  17. jakdolesaAugust 25, 2009 at 12:58 AM

    ...thanks again for the Elvin Festival in here : )...

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  18. UnknownAugust 27, 2009 at 2:12 AM

    wouah, what an album... coming here for the first time, subscribing to the RSSSSS :D

    thanks a lot for the share !

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  19. UnknownAugust 27, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Thanks for posting, and thanks for Luis as well!

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  20. RowanBAugust 29, 2009 at 3:54 AM

    no posts in a while,.. hope you havnt actually had "enough" rhodes :)

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  21. AnonymousAugust 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    THANX LUIS! USE TO SEE THIS ONE IN THE BINS YEARS AGO BUT NEVER PICKED IT UP. ELVIN LIVES!!

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2009 at 6:13 AM

    thank you very much. i appreciate what you guys are doing....

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  23. jpoSeptember 19, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    very cool post! thanks

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  24. WaterfallmanSeptember 22, 2009 at 5:14 AM

    Very cool post indeed! Thanks a lot!

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  25. Elias YianSeptember 24, 2009 at 3:52 AM

    Fantastic almbum !!!!
    thanks

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  26. RezaSeptember 27, 2009 at 4:16 AM

    for something completely different for you

    http://kellysloungesoundz.blogspot.com/2009/09/don-burrows-adelaide-connection-makin.html

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  27. Simon666September 27, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Thanks for the comments guys ;)

    Thanks for the link Reza, I'll check it.

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  28. Rodrigo López "Donny"September 30, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    Hi, great blog. Congratulations. I've just began my own blog about black music: http://soulyotrosalimentosdelalma.blogspot.com/ I hope you like it. Thanks very much

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  29. faudOctober 2, 2009 at 8:05 AM

    Amazing work..

    Thanks..

    Fred

    http://wwww.lesmainsnoires.blogspot.com

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  30. vincent the soul chefOctober 3, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    Been a minute, Simon. Hope things are going well. Thanks for all. :)

    Peace and blessings.

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  31. Jazz from ItalyOctober 11, 2009 at 3:54 AM

    explosive, vitality Elvin!!!

    I lOve the sound of Clark Terry.

    Thanx.

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  32. fredonlineOctober 11, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    REALLY NICE ;o) - Thanks a lot !

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  33. mataOctober 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    thanks!

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  34. EtNOctober 19, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    Great Elvin Jones !!!
    This is my blog : http://shapeofmysound.blogspot.com/

    PEACE

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  35. klakadakOctober 22, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    I love Elvin, as well as Clark.

    Luis and Simon, thanks a lot for sharing this with us!

    Thanks a million for other Elvin's albums as well!

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  36. Simon666October 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    you're welcome klakadak :)
    Thanks for the comments guys!

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  37. Searching for BirdlandOctober 31, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    Thanks for making sure that this music is getting heard again...

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  38. ishNovember 4, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    OK Simon, your blog vacation is over. Come back to us!

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  39. AndyNovember 16, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    Excellent,thanks for your efforts

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  40. AnonymousDecember 4, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Great blog. I really enjoyed the Gil Scott Heron.
    Hey, I have an old Rhodes in my garage, Probably been there 10 years now, so It's experienced a lot of temperature changes. It never worked. I got it for free and on closer inspection we found that the wires on the pickups had corroded right where the wire comes off the spool. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with it?
    I'm in South west WI.
    thanks,
    John

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  41. Simon666December 5, 2009 at 1:34 AM

    hey john -
    thanks for the comment :)
    Re your rhodes - check the service pages here :
    http://www.fenderrhodes.com/cgi-bin/service
    See if anyone's near you ...

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  42. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 4:41 AM

    Thanks for the info.
    John

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  43. AnonymousDecember 13, 2009 at 1:19 AM

    Hey are you a professional journalist? This article is very well written, as compared to most other blogs i saw today….
    anyhow thanks for the good read!

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  44. barshaJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    Wow! I had this vanil but it was stolen.
    Thanks to bring me back for this old days.

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  45. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    Wow thanks a million for that one. It has a so special flavor to me. I remember when I came accross it incidentaly in 1984 or so. The blending of 'straight ahead' Moody and Terry appoaches with the more opened lines of Elvin, Green and Prince made a lasting impression to me. Never found this flavor again on other albums. Thxs. Fred

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  46. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    Elvin Jones, never heard of him..I'm sure that is going to be a great album as are all your D-load.Discovering a chest full of gold.Thanks mint. Cesa

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  47. ouiApril 13, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    your posts are very well done sir. thanks for all

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  48. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    Thanks a lot for this excellent posting

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  49. saitta68March 18, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Thanks so much for this.
    By the way, the saxophone solo on Blues for Clark is by James Moody not Bunky Green. It's definitely tenor. But some of the intervallic things Moody does against the chords sound like he was checking out Bunky at the session. So great to hear this.... Thanks again.

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  50. Dirk BillJanuary 30, 2014 at 4:06 AM

    All this great old Elvin on Vanguard vinyl brings back some memories. A lot of drummer friends in school had these so I was spoiled. Thanks for ripping and posting it all so I could hear it once more!

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  51. aroonieApril 4, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Well thank you very much. Greatly appreciated.

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  52. MilesMarch 18, 2021 at 2:09 PM

    A very nice date! Many thanks for posting this somewhat obscure EJ recording! I also appreciate that so many of your shares still have working links. It's been a while since I last visited here (years maybe?). A lot has transpired since then. I sincerely hope that you've been doing well!

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