Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones album)

Summit Meeting
Summit Meeting
Studio album by Elvin Jones, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green and Roland Prince
Released	1977
Recorded	November 18, 1976
Studio	Vanguard, New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:17
Label	Vanguard ; VSD 79390
Producer	Ed Bland
Elvin Jones chronology
Bunky Green chronology

Last updated September 20, 2025

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ken Drtyden described the album as containing "a lot of fun".^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[6]

Track listing

"Tee Pee Music" (Clark Terry) - 8:06
"Blues for Clark" (Bunky Green) - 5:55
"Moody Magic" (Ed Bland) - 6:09
"Summit Song" (Green) - 10:11
"Jones" (Terry) - 9:56

Personnel

References

↑ Elvin Jones discography accessed April 26, 2012
↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Discography of the Vanguard Label accessed August 6, 2019
↑ Lyles, R. Bunky Green discography accessed August 6, 2019
↑ Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed August 5, 2019
1 2 Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 26, 2012
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 113. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[Elvin_Jones_discography-1] Elvin Jones discography accessed April 26, 2012

[2] Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Discography of the Vanguard Label accessed August 6, 2019

[3] Lyles, R. Bunky Green discography accessed August 6, 2019

[4] Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed August 5, 2019

[AllMusic-5] 1 2 Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 26, 2012

[RSJRG-6] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 113. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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v t e Elvin Jones
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Keepin' Up with the Joneses (with Thad Jones and Hank Jones, 1958) Together! (with Philly Joe Jones, 1961) Elvin! (1961-1962) Illumination! (with Jimmy Garrison, 1963) Dear John C. (1965) And Then Again (1965) Midnight Walk (1966) Heavy Sounds (with Richard Davis, 1967) Puttin' It Together (1968) The Ultimate (1968) Poly-Currents (1969) Mr. Jones (1969 & 1972) The Prime Element (1969 & 1973) Coalition (1970) Genesis (1971) Merry-Go-Round (1971) At This Point in Time (1973) On the Mountain (1975) New Agenda (1975) The Main Force (1976) Summit Meeting (with James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Roland Prince, 1976) Time Capsule (1976-1977) Remembrance (1978) Very R.A.R.E. (1979) Heart to Heart (1980) Earth Jones (1982) Love & Peace (with McCoy Tyner, 1982) Brother John (1982) Power Trio (with John Hicks and Cecil McBee, 1990) When I Was at Aso-Mountain (1990) Youngblood (1992) Going Home (1992) It Don't Mean a Thing (1993) Momentum Space (with Dewey Redman and Cecil Taylor, 1998)
Live albums	Live at the Village Vanguard (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1972) Elvin Jones Music Machine (1978) Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. (1978) Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 (1978) Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One (1984) Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn (1985) In Europe (1991) Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" (1992) The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (1999)
Related articles	Discography

v t e Clark Terry
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Clark Terry (1955) Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957) Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957) Duke with a Difference (1957) In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1959) Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (1960) Everything's Mellow (1961) Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962) Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962) 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963) Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964) The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964) Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964) The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965) Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966) Mumbles (1966) Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966) Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966) It's What's Happenin' (1967) Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975) Ain't Misbehavin' (1979) Mother———! Mother———!! (1979) Memories of Duke (1980)
With Duke Ellington	Ellington Uptown (1952) Premiered by Ellington (1953) Ellington '55 (1953–54) Dance to the Duke! (1953–54) Ellington Showcase (1953–55) A Drum Is a Woman (1956) Blue Rose (1956) Ellington at Newport (1956) Such Sweet Thunder (1957) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) All Star Road Band (1957) Ellington Indigos (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (1958) Blues in Orbit (1958–59) Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958) The Cosmic Scene (1958) Festival Session (1959) The Ellington Suites (1959) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)
With Johnny Hodges	Creamy (1954) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) Duke's in Bed (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962) For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With Quincy Jones	The Birth of a Band! (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1961) Big Band Bossa Nova (1962) Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65) The Hot Rock (1972)
With Herbie Mann	Our Mann Flute (1960–66) Latin Fever (1962–64) My Kinda Groove (1964) The Beat Goes On (1964–67) The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)
With Oliver Nelson	Impressions of Phaedra (1962) Full Nelson (1962–63) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With others	My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961) Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961) Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62) Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962) One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960) Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960) Goodies (George Benson, 1968) Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968) Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954) Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963) Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960) The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962) Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81) Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962) Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965) Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961) Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957) The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960) White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961) Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993) The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966) It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960) Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992) Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983) Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964) Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965) Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980) Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960) Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960) Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961) The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965) Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962) That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974) Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965) Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961) Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961) Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966) Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965) Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003) Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961) The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)

v t e Bunky Green
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	My Babe (1960) Testifyin' Time (1965) Playin' for Keeps (1965 & 1966) Soul in the Night (with Sonny Stitt, 1966) The Latinization of Bunky Green (1966) Transformations (1976) Summit Meeting (with Elvin Jones, James Moody, Clark Terry, and Roland Prince, 1976) Visions (1978) Places We've Never Been (1979) Healing the Pain (1989) Another Place (2004)

Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones album)

Contents

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

References