2025 press.
Fresh out of Coltrane’s quartet, Elvin Jones hit the studio in ’68 and Puttin’ It Together shows exactly why he was one of the greatest to ever sit behind a kit. Backed by Joe Farrell and Jimmy Garrison, it’s a stripped trio session but it swings like ten men. Elvin’s drumming is thunder and finesse rolled into one - constantly shifting, constantly alive. It’s fiery, loose, and deeply groovy, with that post Coltrane energy still burning through every take.
FFO: John Coltrane, Tony Williams, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey
