Genesis (Elvin Jones album)

Genesis is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label. It features Jones in a quintet with saxophonists Joe Farrell, Frank Foster and Dave Liebman, and bassist Gene Perla.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Elvin Jones' band had expanded during 1969-71 from a pianoless trio to a three-horn quintet... it would not be an overstatement to call this a powerful unit... the musicians take long, heated solos that straddle the boundary between hard bop and the avant-garde. Their album has plenty of invigorating music".

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Track listing

"P.P. Phoenix" (Gene Perla) - 5:00
"For All the Other Times" (Perla) - 10:07
"Slumber" (Dave Liebman) - 5:32
"Three Card Molly" (Elvin Jones) - 8:27
"Cecilia Is Love (Frank Foster) - 10:06

Personnel

Elvin Jones - drums
Joe Farrell, Dave Liebman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, alto flute, alto clarinet
Gene Perla - bass, electric bass

References

Billboard Sept 18, 1971
Elvin Jones discography accessed December 3, 2010
^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 3, 2010

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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)
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