Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn

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Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn
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Live album by
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
Released1985
RecordedAugust 1, 1985
Venue Pit Inn, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Jazz
Length57:35
Label Polydor (Japan)
28MJ 3528
Producer Keiko Jones
Elvin Jones chronology
Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One
(1984)
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn
(1985)
Power Trio
(1990)

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn is a live album by drummer Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine recorded in Japan in 1984 and originally released on the Japanese Polydor label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album three stars and stated "Live at Pit Inn is not an essential recording but a welcome addition to the extensive Jones discography". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "George and Me" (Elvin Jones) – 10:26
  2. "Shinjitsu" (Keiko Jones) – 14:40
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 12:44
  4. "Zange" (Keiko Jones) – 13:56
  5. "E.J.'s Blues" (Elvin Jones) – 5:49 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

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References

  1. "Elvin Jones Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. 1 2 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 1, 2012