Illumination!
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Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones
/Jimmy Garrison
Sextet.
Allmusic's Scott Yanow
describes the band's performance in his review of the Illumination! as "the music ranges from advanced hard bop to freer sounds that still swing.".
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
/Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison was an American jazz double bassist born in Miami, Florida. He was best known through his long association with John Coltrane from 1961–1967.-Biography:...
Sextet.
Allmusic's Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...
describes the band's performance in his review of the Illumination! as "the music ranges from advanced hard bop to freer sounds that still swing.".
Track listing
- "Nuttin' Out Jones" (Lasha) - 5:36
- "Oriental Flower" (Tyner) - 3:49
- "Half and Half" (Charles Davis) - 6:28
- "Aborigine Dance in Scotland" (Simmons) - 4:12
- "Gettin' on Way" (Garrison) - 5:14
- "Just Us Blues" (Davis) - 5:55
Personnel
- Elvin JonesElvin JonesElvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
- drums - Jimmy GarrisonJimmy GarrisonJimmy Garrison was an American jazz double bassist born in Miami, Florida. He was best known through his long association with John Coltrane from 1961–1967.-Biography:...
- bass - McCoy TynerMcCoy TynerMcCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
- piano - Sonny SimmonsSonny SimmonsHuey "Sonny" Simmons is an American jazz musician.He grew up in Oakland, California, where he began playing the english horn. At age 16 he took up the alto saxophone, which became his primary instrument...
- alto saxophone, English Horn - Charles DavisCharles Davis (saxophonist)Charles Davis is an American jazz baritone saxophonist who performed extensively with Archie Shepp and Sun Ra, among others.-Biography:...
- baritone saxophone - (William) Prince LashaPrince LashaWilliam B. Lawsha, better known as Prince Lasha , was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist....
- clarinet, flute