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elvin jones

None of the images that the critics invoked to describe his playing -- volcano, thunderstorm, perpetual-motion machine -- quite did justice to the strength of his attack, the complexity of his ideas or the originality of his approach.

R.I.P. Elvin Jones, the great drummer known for his kinetic work with John Coltrane. He died yesterday, 76 years old.