Pre-Order: Elvin Jones * Dear John C. (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180 Gram] 10/30/20 Don't Say My Name

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songwriter Dan Penn (both make an appearance on this LP) and the great Skip James - but also on lost and neglected pieces of American folk

Their collective sound gives the suite it's shape and force

and consists of original songs and an original score

Benjazzy (Prod

Pre-Order: Elvin Jones * Dear John C. (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180 Gram] 10/30/20 Don't Say My NameRecorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio on February 23 & 25, 1965, and released later that year on Impulse! Records, Dear John C. is drummer Elvin Jones's first album for the label as a leader. Produced by Bob Thiele, it features Charlie Mariano, Roland Hanna, Hank Jones, Richard Davis, and Jones, balancing fresh interpretations of standards with works by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. The title track pays tribute