This is the discography for the American jazz musician Elvin Jones .
Recording date | Title | Personnel | Label | Year released |
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1958-03 | Keepin' Up with the Joneses | The Jones Brothers: Thad Jones, Hank Jones with Eddie Jones | MetroJazz | 1958 |
1961-02 | Together! | Co-leader with Philly Joe Jones; with Blue Mitchell, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers | Atlantic | 1964 |
1961-07, 1961-12, 1962-01 | Elvin! | Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Art Davis, Hank Jones, Thad Jones | Riverside | 1962 |
1963-08 | Illumination! | Co-leader with Jimmy Garrison; with Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Charles Davis, McCoy Tyner | Impulse! | 1964 |
1965-02 | Dear John C. | Richard Davis, Hank Jones, Roland Hanna, Charlie Mariano | Impulse! | 1965 |
1965-02, 1965-03 | And Then Again | J. J. Johnson, Frank Wess, Charles Davis, Don Friedman, Paul Chambers, Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Art Davis | Atlantic | 1965 |
1966-03 | Midnight Walk | Thad Jones, Hank Mobley, Dollar Brand, Steve James, Don Moore | Atlantic | 1967 |
1967-06 | Heavy Sounds | Richard Davis, Frank Foster, Billy Greene | Impulse! | 1968 |
1968-03 | Live at the Village Vanguard | Wilbur Little, George Coleman, Marvin Peterson | Enja | 1974 |
1968-04 | Puttin' It Together | Joe Farrell, Jimmy Garrison | Blue Note | 1968 |
1968-09 | The Ultimate | Jimmy Garrison, Joe Farrell | Blue Note | 1969 |
1969-09 | Poly-Currents | George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, Fred Tompkins | Blue Note | 1970 |
1970-07 | Coalition | George Coleman, Frank Foster, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, | Blue Note | 1970 |
1971-02 | Genesis | Gene Perla, Frank Foster, Dave Liebman, Joe Farrell | Blue Note | 1971 |
1971-09 | Elvin Jones Live: The Town Hall | Gene Perla, Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster | PM | 1975 |
1971-02 1971-12 | Merry-Go-Round | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Joe Farrell, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, Don Alias, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1972 |
1972-02 | Hollow Out | Masabumi Kikuchi, Gene Perla | Philips (Japan) | 1973 |
1972-07 | Live at Carnegie Hall | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla | PM | 2018 |
1969-09, 1972-07 | Mr. Jones | Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Dave Liebman, Jan Hammer, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1973 |
1972-09 | Live at the Lighthouse | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1973 |
1973-07 | At This Point in Time | Steve Grossman, Pepper Adams, Jan Hammer | Blue Note | 1998 |
1969-03, 1973-07 | The Prime Element | George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Lee Morgan, Pepper Adams, Steve Grossman, Frank Foster | Blue Note | 1976 |
1974-09 | Mr. Thunder | Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Milton Suggs, Luis Agudo, Sjunne Ferger | Eastwest | 1974 |
1975 | On the Mountain | Jan Hammer, Gene Perla | PM | 1975 |
1975 | New Agenda | Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Dave Williams | Vanguard | 1975 |
1976-01 | Together | Co-leader with Oregon | Vanguard | 1976 |
1976 | The Main Force | Ryo Kawasaki, Al Dailey, Dave Liebman | Vanguard | 1976 |
1976-11 | Summit Meeting | James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, Roland Prince | Vanguard | 1977 |
1976, 1977 | Time Capsule | Bunky Green, Kenny Barron, Angel Allende, Ryo Kawasaki, Frank Wess, Milt Hinton, Frank Foster, George Coleman, Junie Booth | Vanguard | 1977 |
1978-02 | Remembrance | Pat LaBarbera, Michael Stuart, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | MPS | 1978 |
1978-03 | Elvin Jones Music Machine | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Mark Levison (Japan) | 1982 |
1978-04 | Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Trio (Japan) | 1978 |
1978-04 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Trio (Japan) | 1978 |
1979-06 | Very R.A.R.E. | Art Pepper, Sir Roland Hanna, Richard Davis (bassist) | Trio (Japan) | 1980 |
1980-06 | Soul Train | Andrew White, Richard "Ari" Brown, Marvin Horne, Andy McCloud III | Denon | 1980 |
1980-08 | Heart to Heart | Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis | Denon | 1981 |
1982-02 | Earth Jones | Kenny Kirkland, Dave Liebman, Terumasa Hino, George Mraz | Palo Alto | 1982 |
1982-04 | Love & Peace | McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Richard Davis | Trio (Japan) | 1982 |
1982-10 | Brother John | Kenny Kirkland, Reggie Workman, Pat LaBarbera | Palo Alto | 1984 |
1984-07 | Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Chip Jackson | Landmark | 1984 |
1985-08 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn | Sonny Fortune, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Richard Davis | Polydor (Japan) | 1985 |
1990-05 | Power Trio | John Hicks, Cecil McBee | Novus | 1991 |
1990-12 | When I Was at Aso-Mountain | Sonny Fortune, Takehisa Tanaka, Cecil McBee | Enja | 1993 |
1991-06 | In Europe | Sonny Fortune, Ravi Coltrane, Willie Pickens, Chip Jackson | Enja | 1992 |
1992-04 | Youngblood | Joshua Redman, Javon Jackson, Nicholas Payton, George Mraz | Enja | 1992 |
1992-10 | Going Home | Willie Pickens, Ravi Coltrane, Kent Jordan, Brad Jones, Nicholas Payton | Enja | 1993 |
1992-12 | Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" | Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Reginald Veal | Columbia (Japan) | 1994 |
1993-10 | It Don't Mean a Thing | Nicholas Payton, Sonny Fortune, Delfeayo Marsalis, Willie Pickens, Cecil McBee, Kevin Mahogany | Enja | 1994 |
1998-08 | Momentum Space | Cecil Taylor, Dewey Redman | Verve | 1999 |
1999-09 | The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note | Darren Barrett, Robin Eubanks, Carlos McKinney, Michael Brecker | Half Note | 2004 |
Recorded | Leader | Album | Label | Released | Note |
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1948 | Various Artists / Billy Mitchell | Swing...Not Spring! | Savoy | 1956 | compilation |
1955 | Miles Davis | Blue Moods | Duet | 1955 | |
1956 | Art Farmer | Farmer's Market | New Jazz | 1958 | |
1956 | J. J. Johnson | J Is for Jazz | Columbia | 1956 | |
1956 | Thad Jones | The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol. 3 | Blue Note | 1956 | |
1956–57 | Thad Jones | Mad Thad | Period | 1957 | |
1957 | Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | Prestige | 1957 | |
1957 | Thad Jones and the Prestige All Stars | Olio | Prestige | 1957 | |
1957 | Aaron Bell | After the Party's Over | RCA Victor | 1958 | |
1957 | J. J. Johnson | Dial J. J. 5 | Columbia | 1957 | |
1957 | Paul Chambers | Paul Chambers Quintet | Blue Note | 1958 | |
1957 | Bobby Jasper | Tenor and Flute | Riverside | 1957 | |
1957 | Tommy Flanagan | Overseas | Prestige | 1958 | |
1957 | Sonny Rollins | Night at the Village Vanguard | Blue Note | 1958 | live |
1957 | Pepper Adams | The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams | Regent | 1958 | |
1957 | Idrees Sulieman and the Prestige All Stars | Roots | New Jazz | 1958 | |
1958 | Mal Waldron | Mal/3: Sounds | Prestige | 1958 | |
1958 | Steve Lacy | Reflections | New Jazz | 1959 | |
1958 | Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper | The Pepper-Knepper Quintet | MetroJazz | 1958 | |
1958 | Pepper Adams | 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot | Riverside | 1958 | live |
1958 | Thad Jones | Keepin' Up with the Joneses | Metrojazz | 1959 | |
1958 | Bennie Green | Soul Stirrin' | Blue Note | 1958 | |
1958 | Hank Jones | Porgy and Bess | Capitol | 1959 | |
1959 | Jimmy Forrest | All the Gin Is Gone | Delmark | 1965 | |
1959 | Randy Weston | Destry Rides Again | United Artists | 1959 | |
1959 | Curtis Fuller | Sliding Easy | United Artists | 1959 | |
1959 | Art Farmer | Brass Shout | United Artists | 1959 | |
1959 | Jimmy Forrest | Black Forrest | Delmark | 1972 | |
1959 | Gil Evans | Great Jazz Standards | World Pacific | 1959 | |
1959 | Tommy Flanagan | Lonely Town | Blue Note | 1979 | |
1959 | Thad Jones | Motor City Scene | United Artists | 1959 | |
1959? | Harry Lookofsky | Stringsville | Collectables | 1959 | |
1959–60 | Miles Davis | Sketches of Spain | Columbia | 1960 | |
1959–60 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Jazz | Atlantic | 1961 | 1 track |
1960 | Julian Priester | Keep Swingin' | Riverside | 1960 | |
1960 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Plays the Blues | Atlantic | 1962 | |
1960 | John Coltrane | Coltrane's Sound | Atlantic | 1964 | |
1960 | John Coltrane | My Favorite Things | Atlantic | 1961 | |
1960 | Gil Evans | Out Of The Cool | Impulse! | 1961 | |
1960–61 | Barry Harris | Preminado | Riverside | 1961 | |
1961 | John Coltrane | Olé Coltrane | Atlantic | 1961 | |
1961 | John Coltrane | Africa/Brass | Impulse! | 1961 | |
1961 | John Coltrane | Live! at the Village Vanguard | Impulse! | 1962 | live |
1961 | John Coltrane | So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 | Acrobat | 2015 | live |
1961 | Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red | A Story Tale | Jazzland | 1961 | |
1961 | Yusef Lateef | Into Something | New Jazz | 1962 | |
1961 | Lee Konitz | Motion | Verve | 1961 | |
1961 | Freddie Hubbard | Ready for Freddie | Blue Note | 1962 | |
1961–62 | John Coltrane | Ballads | Impulse! | 1963 | |
1962 | Pony Poindexter | Pony's Express | Epic | 1962 | |
1962 | John Coltrane and Duke Ellington | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | Impulse! | 1963 | |
1962 | John Coltrane | Coltrane | Impulse! | 1962 | |
1962 | McCoy Tyner | Inception | Impulse! | 1962 | |
1961–63 | John Coltrane | Impressions | Impulse! | 1963 | partially live |
1963 | Jimmy Woods | Conflict | Contemporary | 1963 | |
1963 | Hank Jones | Here's Love | Argo | 1963 | |
1963 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Impluse! | 2018 | |
1963 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | Impulse! | 1963 | |
1963 | Johnny Hartman | I Just Dropped By To Say Hello | Impulse! | 1963 | |
1963 | John Coltrane | Live at Birdland | Impulse! | 1964 | live |
1963–64 | McCoy Tyner | Today and Tomorrow | Impulse! | 1964 | |
1963–64 | Gil Evans | The Individualism of Gil Evans | Verve | 1964 | |
1963-64 | Solomon Ilori | African High Life | Blue Note | 2006 | CD reissue includes 3 bonus tracks with Elvin Jones |
1964 | John Coltrane | Crescent | Impulse! | 1964 | |
1964 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Impulse! | 1965 | |
1964 | Andrew Hill | Judgment! | Blue Note | 1964 | |
1964 | Stan Getz and Bill Evans | Stan Getz & Bill Evans | Verve | 1973 | |
1964 | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Brookmeyer and Friends | Verve | 1965 | |
1964 | Wayne Shorter | Night Dreamer | Blue Note | 1964 | |
1964 | Wayne Shorter | JuJu | Blue Note | 1965 | |
1964 | Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | Blue Note | 1966 | |
1964 | McCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington | Impulse! | 1965 | |
1964 | Grant Green | Matador | Blue Note | 1979 | |
1964 | Grant Green | Street of Dreams | Blue Note | 1967 | |
1964 | Grant Green | Solid | Blue Note | 1979 | |
1964 | Grant Green | Talkin' About! | Blue Note | 1965 | |
1964 | Joe Henderson | In 'n Out | Blue Note | 1965 | |
1964 | Joe Henderson | Inner Urge | Blue Note | 1966 | |
1964 | Larry Young | Into Somethin' | Blue Note | 1965 | |
1965 | Larry Young | Unity | Blue Note | 1966 | |
1965 | Roland Kirk | Rip, Rig and Panic | Limelight | 1965 | |
1965 | Grant Green | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Blue Note | 1966 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays | Impulse! | 1965 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | Om | Impulse! | 1968 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | New Thing at Newport | Impulse! | 1966 | live split album |
1965 | John Coltrane | Transition | Impulse! | 1970 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | First Meditations | Impulse! | 1977 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | Living Space | Impulse! | 1998 | Compilation |
1965 | John Coltrane | Sun Ship | Impulse! | 1975 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | Meditations | Impulse! | 1966 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | Kulu Sé Mama | Impulse! | 1967 | |
1965 | John Coltrane | Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up | Impulse! | 2005 | live |
1965 | John Coltrane | Live In Seattle | Impulse! | 1971 | live |
1965 | Various Artists / John Coltrane | The New Wave in Jazz | Impulse! | 1965 | live |
1965–66 | Freddie Hubbard | Blue Spirits | Blue Note | 1967 | |
1966 | Earl Hines | Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines | Contact | 1966 | |
1966 | Sonny Rollins | East Broadway Run Down | Impulse! | 1967 | |
1967 | Lee Konitz | The Lee Konitz Duets | Milestone | 1968 | |
1967 | McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | Blue Note | 1967 | |
1967 | Jaki Byard | Sunshine of My Soul | Prestige | 1967 | |
1968 | Larry Coryell | Lady Coryell | Vanguard | 1968 | |
1968 | Ornette Coleman | New York Is Now! | Blue Note | 1968 | |
1968 | Ornette Coleman | Love Call | Blue Note | 1971 | |
1968 | Pepper Adams | Encounter! | Prestige | 1969 | |
1969 | Barney Kessel | Feeling Free | Contemporary | 1969 | |
1969 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Please Send Me Someone to Love | Contemporary | 1969 | |
1969 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Harlem Blues | Contemporary | 1975 | |
1969 | Gil Evans | Gil Evans | Ampex | 1970 | |
1969 | Allen Ginsberg | Songs of Innocence and Experience [2] | MGM | 1970 | |
1970 | McCoy Tyner | Extensions | Blue Note | 1973 | |
1971 | Joe Farrell | Outback | CTI | 1972 | |
1972 | Frank Foster | The Loud Minority | Mainstream | 1972 | |
1973 | Billy Harper | Capra Black | Strata-East | 1973 | |
1974? | Elek Bacsik | I Love You | Bob Thiele Music | 1974 | |
1975 | McCoy Tyner | Trident | Milestone | 1975 | |
1975 | Stan Getz and Jimmie Rowles | The Peacocks | Columbia | 1977 | |
1976 | Art Pepper | The Trip | Contemporary | 1977 | |
1976 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Back Home | Contemporary | 1985 | |
1977 | Tommy Flanagan | Eclypso | Enja | 1980 | |
1977 | Frank Foster | Well Water | Piadrum | 2007 | |
1977 | Chico Freeman | Beyond the Rain | Contemporary | 1978 | |
1977 | Ray Brown | Something for Lester | Contemporary | 1978 | |
1977 | Art Pepper | Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1979 | live |
1977 | Art Pepper | Friday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1980 | live |
1977 | Art Pepper | Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1979 | live |
1977 | Art Pepper | More for Les at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1985 | live |
1977–78 | Tommy Flanagan | Confirmation | Enja | 1982 | |
1980 | Tommy Flanagan | Super-Session | Enja | 1980 | |
1981 | Pharoah Sanders | Rejoice | Theresa | 1981 | |
1982 | Bennie Wallace | Big Jim's Tango | Enja | 1983 | |
1987 | Lew Soloff | But Beautiful | King | 1987 | |
1987 | James Williams | Magical Trio 2 | Emarcy | 1988 | |
1988 | Marcus Roberts | The Truth is Spoken Here | Novus | 1989 | |
1990 | David Murray | Special Quartet | DIW/Columbia | 1991 | |
1990? | Kenny Garrett | African Exchange Student | Atlantic | 1990 | |
1991? | Sonny Sharrock | Ask the Ages | Axiom | 1991 | |
1991 | Javon Jackson | Me And Mr. Jones | Criss Cross | 1992 | |
1993 | Hank Jones | Upon Reflection: The Music Of Thad Jones | Verve | 1993 | |
1993 | Robert Hurst | One For Namesake | DIW | 1993 | |
1995 | Greg Packham | Into The Frying Pan | Packed | 1998 | |
1994 | John McLaughlin | After the Rain | Verve | 1995 | |
1995 | Shirley Horn | The Main Ingredient | Verve | 1996 | |
1997 | James Williams | Awesome! | DIW | 2000 | |
1997 | Joe Lovano | Trio Fascination: Edition One | Blue Note | 1998 | |
1998 | Steve Griggs | Jones for Elvin - Volumes 1 and 2 | Hip City Music | 2000 | |
1999? | Michael Brecker | Time Is of the Essence | Verve | 1999 | |
1999? | Gary LeMel | Moonlighting | Atlantic | 1999 | |
2000 | Stefano di Battista | Stefano di Battista | Blue Note | 2000 | |
2000–01 | Bill Frisell | With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones | Nonesuch | 2001 | |
2002 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Autumn Leaves | Eighty-Eight's | 2002 | |
2002–03 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Someday My Prince Will Come | Eighty-Eight's | 2003 | |
2002–04 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Collaboration | Eighty-Eight's | 2004 |
Elvin Ray Jones 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 albums as My Favorite Things, A Love Supreme, Ascension and Live at Birdland. After 1966, Jones led his own trio, and later larger groups under the name The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. His brothers Hank and Thad were also celebrated jazz musicians with whom he occasionally recorded. Elvin was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1995. In his The History of Jazz, jazz historian and critic Ted Gioia calls Jones "one of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz". He was also ranked at Number 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".
Heavy Sounds is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1967 and released on the Impulse! label.
Trident is a 1975 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), his eighth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in February 1975 and features performances by Tyner with bassist Ron Carter and his former John Coltrane bandmate, drummer Elvin Jones (1927–2004). It is available on CD. Unusually, Tyner plays harpsichord and celesta along with piano.
Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet, featuring John Coltrane Quartet bandmates Jones, Garrison and pianist McCoy Tyner playing with alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons, flautist Prince Lasha and baritone saxophonist Charles Davis.
Dear John C. is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Impulse! label. The "John C." mentioned in the title is John Coltrane. The album was also released on SACD. It features Jones leading a quartet of alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianist Roland Hanna and bassist Richard Davis.
Together! is a jazz album by drummers ”Philly” Joe Jones and Elvin Jones recorded in 1961 and released on the Atlantic label. It features trumpeter Blue Mitchell, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Wynton Kelly and bassist Paul Chambers.
Elvin! is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Riverside label. It features Jones playing in a group with his brothers, trumpeter Thad and pianist Hank, along with tenor saxophonist Frank Foster, flautist Frank Wess and bassist Art Davis.
And Then Again is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.
New Agenda is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1975 and released on the Vanguard label.
Summit Meeting is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones, saxophonists James Moody and Bunky Green, trumpeter Clark Terry and guitarist Roland Prince recorded in 1976 and released on the Vanguard label.
Time Capsule is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones, recorded in 1976–77 and released on the Vanguard label.
Heart to Heart is an album of jazz standards by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1980 and released on the Japanese Denon label.
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.
Encounter! is an album led by saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in 1968 at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, December 11-12, 1968 and released on the Prestige label in 1969.
Porgy and Bess is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring interpretations of music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the Capitol label.
This is the discography for American jazz musician Chico Freeman.
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams is an album led by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Regent label. The album was rereleased on Savoy as Pure Pepper in 1984 with an additional previously unreleased track.
The Pepper-Knepper Quintet is an album led by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and trombonist Jimmy Knepper which was recorded in 1958 and originally released on the MetroJazz label.
Lonely Town is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan. It is a trio recording, with bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Elvin Jones.
Keepin' Up with the Joneses is an album by The Jones Brothers: trumpeter Thad, pianist Hank and drummer Elvin, along with bassist Eddie Jones, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958.