# Elvin Jones discography

This is the discography for the American jazz musician Elvin Jones.

## As leader/co-leader

| Recording date | Title | Personnel | Label | Year released |
| 1958-03 | Keepin' Up with the Joneses | The Jones Brothers: Thad Jones, Hank Jones with Eddie Jones | MetroJazz | 1958 |
| 1961-02 | Together! | Co-leader with Philly Joe Jones; with Blue Mitchell, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers | Atlantic | 1964 |
| 1961-07, 1961-12, 1962-01 | Elvin! | Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Art Davis, Hank Jones, Thad Jones | Riverside | 1962 |
| 1963-08 | Illumination! | Co-leader with Jimmy Garrison; with Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Charles Davis, McCoy Tyner | Impulse! | 1964 |
| 1965-02 | Dear John C. | Richard Davis, Hank Jones, Roland Hanna, Charlie Mariano | Impulse! | 1965 |
| 1965-02, 1965-03 | And Then Again | J. J. Johnson, Frank Wess, Charles Davis, Don Friedman, Paul Chambers, Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Art Davis | Atlantic | 1965 |
| 1966-03 | Midnight Walk | Thad Jones, Hank Mobley, Dollar Brand, Steve James, Don Moore | Atlantic | 1967 |
| 1967-06 | Heavy Sounds | Richard Davis, Frank Foster, Billy Greene | Impulse! | 1968 |
| 1968-03 | Live at the Village Vanguard | Wilbur Little, George Coleman, Marvin Peterson | Enja | 1974 |
| 1968-04 | Puttin' It Together | Joe Farrell, Jimmy Garrison | Blue Note | 1968 |
| 1968-09 | The Ultimate | Jimmy Garrison, Joe Farrell | Blue Note | 1969 |
| 1969-09 | Poly-Currents | George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, Fred Tompkins | Blue Note | 1970 |
| 1970-07 | Coalition | George Coleman, Frank Foster, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero, | Blue Note | 1970 |
| 1971-02 | Genesis | Gene Perla, Frank Foster, Dave Liebman, Joe Farrell | Blue Note | 1971 |
| 1971-09 | Elvin Jones Live: The Town Hall | Gene Perla, Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster | PM | 1975 |
| 1971-02 1971-12 | Merry-Go-Round | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Joe Farrell, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, Don Alias, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1972 |
| 1972-02 | Hollow Out | Masabumi Kikuchi, Gene Perla | Philips (Japan) | 1973 |
| 1972-07 | Live at Carnegie Hall | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla | PM | 2018 |
| 1969-09, 1972-07 | Mr. Jones | Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Dave Liebman, Jan Hammer, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1973 |
| 1972-09 | Live at the Lighthouse | Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Gene Perla | Blue Note | 1973 |
| 1973-07 | At This Point in Time | Steve Grossman, Pepper Adams, Jan Hammer | Blue Note | 1998 |
| 1969-03, 1973-07 | The Prime Element | George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Lee Morgan, Pepper Adams, Steve Grossman, Frank Foster | Blue Note | 1976 |
| 1974-09 | Mr. Thunder | Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Milton Suggs, Luis Agudo, Sjunne Ferger | Eastwest | 1974 |
| 1975 | On the Mountain | Jan Hammer, Gene Perla | PM | 1975 |
| 1975 | New Agenda | Steve Grossman, Roland Prince, Dave Williams | Vanguard | 1975 |
| 1976-01 | Together | Co-leader with Oregon | Vanguard | 1976 |
| 1976 | The Main Force | Ryo Kawasaki, Al Dailey, Dave Liebman | Vanguard | 1976 |
| 1976-11 | Summit Meeting | James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, Roland Prince | Vanguard | 1977 |
| 1976, 1977 | Time Capsule | Bunky Green, Kenny Barron, Angel Allende, Ryo Kawasaki, Frank Wess, Milt Hinton, Frank Foster, George Coleman, Junie Booth | Vanguard | 1977 |
| 1978-02 | Remembrance | Pat LaBarbera, Michael Stuart, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | MPS | 1978 |
| 1978-03 | Elvin Jones Music Machine | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Mark Levison (Japan) | 1982 |
| 1978-04 | Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Trio (Japan) | 1978 |
| 1978-04 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Roland Prince, Andy McCloud III | Trio (Japan) | 1978 |
| 1979-06 | Very R.A.R.E. | Art Pepper, Sir Roland Hanna, Richard Davis (bassist) | Trio (Japan) | 1980 |
| 1980-06 | Soul Train | Andrew White, Richard "Ari" Brown, Marvin Horne, Andy McCloud III | Denon | 1980 |
| 1980-08 | Heart to Heart | Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis | Denon | 1981 |
| 1982-02 | Earth Jones | Kenny Kirkland, Dave Liebman, Terumasa Hino, George Mraz | Palo Alto | 1982 |
| 1982-04 | Love & Peace | McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Richard Davis | Trio (Japan) | 1982 |
| 1982-10 | Brother John | Kenny Kirkland, Reggie Workman, Pat LaBarbera | Palo Alto | 1984 |
| 1984-07 | Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One | Frank Foster, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Chip Jackson | Landmark | 1984 |
| 1985-08 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn | Sonny Fortune, Pat LaBarbera, Fumio Karashima, Richard Davis | Polydor (Japan) | 1985 |
| 1990-05 | Power Trio | John Hicks, Cecil McBee | Novus | 1991 |
| 1990-12 | When I Was at Aso-Mountain | Sonny Fortune, Takehisa Tanaka, Cecil McBee | Enja | 1993 |
| 1991-06 | In Europe | Sonny Fortune, Ravi Coltrane, Willie Pickens, Chip Jackson | Enja | 1992 |
| 1992-04 | Youngblood | Joshua Redman, Javon Jackson, Nicholas Payton, George Mraz | Enja | 1992 |
| 1992-10 | Going Home | Willie Pickens, Ravi Coltrane, Kent Jordan, Brad Jones, Nicholas Payton | Enja | 1993 |
| 1992-12 | Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" | Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Reginald Veal | Columbia (Japan) | 1994 |
| 1993-10 | It Don't Mean a Thing | Nicholas Payton, Sonny Fortune, Delfeayo Marsalis, Willie Pickens, Cecil McBee, Kevin Mahogany | Enja | 1994 |
| 1998-08 | Momentum Space | Cecil Taylor, Dewey Redman | Verve | 1999 |
| 1999-09 | The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note | Darren Barrett, Robin Eubanks, Carlos McKinney, Michael Brecker | Half Note | 2004 |

## As sideman

| Recorded | Leader | Album | Label | Released | Note |
| 1948 | Various Artists / Billy Mitchell | Swing...Not Spring! | Savoy | 1956 | compilation |
| 1955 | Miles Davis | Blue Moods | Duet | 1955 | |
| 1956 | Art Farmer | Farmer's Market | New Jazz | 1958 | |
| 1956 | J. J. Johnson | J Is for Jazz | Columbia | 1956 | |
| 1956 | Thad Jones | The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol. 3 | Blue Note | 1956 | |
| 1956, 1957 | Thad Jones | Mad Thad | Period | 1957 | |
| 1957–02 | Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | Prestige | 1957 | |
| 1957–02 | Thad Jones and the Prestige All Stars | Olio | Prestige | 1957 | |
| 1957 | Aaron Bell | After the Party's Over | RCA Victor | 1958 | |
| 1957–01, 1957–05 | J. J. Johnson | Dial J. J. 5 | Columbia | 1957 | |
| 1957–05 | Paul Chambers | Paul Chambers Quintet | Blue Note | 1958 | |
| 1957–05 | Bobby Jasper | Tenor and Flute | Riverside | 1957 | |
| 1957–08 | Tommy Flanagan | Overseas | Prestige | 1958 | |
| 1957–11 | Sonny Rollins | Night at the Village Vanguard | Blue Note | 1958 | live |
| 1957–11 | Pepper Adams | The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams | Regent | 1958 | |
| 1957–10, 1957–12 | Idrees Sulieman and the Prestige All Stars | Roots | New Jazz | 1958 | |
| 1958 | Mal Waldron | Mal/3: Sounds | Prestige | 1958 | |
| 1958 | Steve Lacy | Reflections | New Jazz | 1959 | |
| 1958 | Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper | The Pepper-Knepper Quintet | MetroJazz | 1958 | |
| 1958 | Pepper Adams | 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot | Riverside | 1958 | live |
| 1958 | Thad Jones | Keepin' Up with the Joneses | Metrojazz | 1959 | |
| 1958 | Bennie Green | Soul Stirrin' | Blue Note | 1958 | |
| 1958 | Hank Jones | Porgy and Bess | Capitol | 1959 | |
| 1959 | Jimmy Forrest | All the Gin Is Gone | Delmark | 1965 | |
| 1959 | Randy Weston | Destry Rides Again | United Artists | 1959 | |
| 1959 | Curtis Fuller | Sliding Easy | United Artists | 1959 | |
| 1959 | Art Farmer | Brass Shout | United Artists | 1959 | |
| 1959 | Jimmy Forrest | Black Forrest | Delmark | 1972 | |
| 1959 | Gil Evans | Great Jazz Standards | World Pacific | 1959 | |
| 1959 | Tommy Flanagan | Lonely Town | Blue Note | 1979 | |
| 1959 | Thad Jones | Motor City Scene | United Artists | 1959 | |
| 1959? | Harry Lookofsky | Stringsville | Collectables | 1959 | |
| 1959, 1960 | Miles Davis | Sketches of Spain | Columbia | 1960 | |
| 1959, 1960 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Jazz | Atlantic | 1961 | 1 track |
| 1960 | Julian Priester | Keep Swingin' | Riverside | 1960 | |
| 1960 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Plays the Blues | Atlantic | 1962 | |
| 1960 | John Coltrane | Coltrane's Sound | Atlantic | 1964 | |
| 1960 | John Coltrane | My Favorite Things | Atlantic | 1961 | |
| 1960 | Gil Evans | Out Of The Cool | Impulse! | 1961 | |
| 1960, 1961 | Barry Harris | Preminado | Riverside | 1961 | |
| 1961 | John Coltrane | Olé Coltrane | Atlantic | 1961 | |
| 1961 | John Coltrane | Africa/Brass | Impulse! | 1961 | |
| 1961 | John Coltrane | Live! at the Village Vanguard | Impulse! | 1962 | live |
| 1961 | John Coltrane | So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 | Acrobat | 2015 | live |
| 1961 | Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red | A Story Tale | Jazzland | 1961 | |
| 1961 | Yusef Lateef | Into Something | New Jazz | 1962 | |
| 1961 | Lee Konitz | Motion | Verve | 1961 | |
| 1961 | Freddie Hubbard | Ready for Freddie | Blue Note | 1962 | |
| 1961, 1962 | John Coltrane | Ballads | Impulse! | 1963 | |
| 1962 | Pony Poindexter | Pony's Express | Epic | 1962 | |
| 1962 | John Coltrane and Duke Ellington | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | Impulse! | 1963 | |
| 1962 | John Coltrane | Coltrane | Impulse! | 1962 | |
| 1962 | McCoy Tyner | Inception | Impulse! | 1962 | |
| 1961, 1963 | John Coltrane | Impressions | Impulse! | 1963 | partially live |
| 1963 | Jimmy Woods | Conflict | Contemporary | 1963 | |
| 1963 | Hank Jones | Here's Love | Argo | 1963 | |
| 1963 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Impluse! | 2018 | |
| 1963 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | Impulse! | 1963 | |
| 1963 | Johnny Hartman | I Just Dropped By To Say Hello | Impulse! | 1963 | |
| 1963 | John Coltrane | Live at Birdland | Impulse! | 1964 | live |
| 1963, 1964 | McCoy Tyner | Today and Tomorrow | Impulse! | 1964 | |
| 1963, 1964 | Gil Evans | The Individualism of Gil Evans | Verve | 1964 | |
| 1963, 1964 | Solomon Ilori | African High Life | Blue Note | 2006 | CD reissue includes 3 bonus tracks with Elvin Jones |
| 1964 | John Coltrane | Crescent | Impulse! | 1964 | |
| 1964 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Impulse! | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Andrew Hill | Judgment! | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1964 | Stan Getz and Bill Evans | Stan Getz & Bill Evans | Verve | 1973 | |
| 1964 | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Brookmeyer and Friends | Verve | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Wayne Shorter | Night Dreamer | Blue Note | 1964 | |
| 1964 | Wayne Shorter | JuJu | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1964 | McCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington | Impulse! | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Grant Green | Matador | Blue Note | 1979 | |
| 1964 | Grant Green | Street of Dreams | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1964 | Grant Green | Solid | Blue Note | 1979 | |
| 1964 | Grant Green | Talkin' About! | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Joe Henderson | In 'n Out | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1964 | Joe Henderson | Inner Urge | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1964 | Larry Young | Into Somethin' | Blue Note | 1965 | |
| 1965 | Larry Young | Unity | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1965 | Roland Kirk | Rip, Rig and Panic | Limelight | 1965 | |
| 1965 | Grant Green | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays | Impulse! | 1965 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Om | Impulse! | 1968 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | New Thing at Newport | Impulse! | 1966 | live split album |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Transition | Impulse! | 1970 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | First Meditations | Impulse! | 1977 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Living Space | Impulse! | 1998 | Compilation |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Sun Ship | Impulse! | 1975 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Meditations | Impulse! | 1966 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Kulu Sé Mama | Impulse! | 1967 | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up | Impulse! | 2005 | live |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Live In Seattle | Impulse! | 1971 | live |
| 1965 | Various Artists / John Coltrane | The New Wave in Jazz | Impulse! | 1965 | live |
| 1965, 1966 | Freddie Hubbard | Blue Spirits | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1966 | Earl Hines | Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines | Contact | 1966 | |
| 1966 | Sonny Rollins | East Broadway Run Down | Impulse! | 1967 | |
| 1967 | Lee Konitz | The Lee Konitz Duets | Milestone | 1968 | |
| 1967 | McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | Blue Note | 1967 | |
| 1967 | Jaki Byard | Sunshine of My Soul | Prestige | 1967 | |
| 1968 | Larry Coryell | Lady Coryell | Vanguard | 1968 | |
| 1968 | Ornette Coleman | New York Is Now! | Blue Note | 1968 | |
| 1968 | Ornette Coleman | Love Call | Blue Note | 1971 | |
| 1968 | Pepper Adams | Encounter! | Prestige | 1969 | |
| 1969 | Barney Kessel | Feeling Free | Contemporary | 1969 | |
| 1969 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Please Send Me Someone to Love | Contemporary | 1969 | |
| 1969 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Harlem Blues | Contemporary | 1975 | |
| 1969 | Gil Evans | Gil Evans | Ampex | 1970 | |
| 1969 | Allen Ginsberg | Songs of Innocence and Experience | MGM | 1970 | |
| 1970 | McCoy Tyner | Extensions | Blue Note | 1973 | |
| 1971 | Joe Farrell | Outback | CTI | 1972 | |
| 1972 | Frank Foster | The Loud Minority | Mainstream | 1972 | |
| 1973 | Billy Harper | Capra Black | Strata-East | 1973 | |
| 1974? | Elek Bacsik | I Love You | Bob Thiele Music | 1974 | |
| 1975 | McCoy Tyner | Trident | Milestone | 1975 | |
| 1975 | Stan Getz and Jimmie Rowles | The Peacocks | Columbia | 1977 | |
| 1976 | Art Pepper | The Trip | Contemporary | 1977 | |
| 1976 | Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Back Home | Contemporary | 1985 | |
| 1977 | Tommy Flanagan | Eclypso | Enja | 1980 | |
| 1977 | Frank Foster | Well Water | Piadrum | 2007 | |
| 1977 | Chico Freeman | Beyond the Rain | Contemporary | 1978 | |
| 1977 | Ray Brown | Something for Lester | Contemporary | 1978 | |
| 1977 | Art Pepper | Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1979 | live |
| 1977 | Art Pepper | Friday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1980 | live |
| 1977 | Art Pepper | Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1979 | live |
| 1977 | Art Pepper | More for Les at the Village Vanguard | Contemporary | 1985 | live |
| 1977, 1978 | Tommy Flanagan | Confirmation | Enja | 1982 | |
| 1980 | Tommy Flanagan | Super-Session | Enja | 1980 | |
| 1981 | Pharoah Sanders | Rejoice | Theresa | 1981 | |
| 1982 | Bennie Wallace | Big Jim's Tango | Enja | 1983 | |
| 1987 | Lew Soloff | But Beautiful | King | 1987 | |
| 1987 | James Williams | Magical Trio 2 | Emarcy | 1988 | |
| 1988 | Marcus Roberts | The Truth is Spoken Here | Novus | 1989 | |
| 1990 | David Murray | Special Quartet | DIW/Columbia | 1991 | |
| 1990? | Kenny Garrett | African Exchange Student | Atlantic | 1990 | |
| 1991? | Sonny Sharrock | Ask the Ages | Axiom | 1991 | |
| 1991 | Javon Jackson | Me And Mr. Jones | Criss Cross | 1992 | |
| 1993 | Hank Jones | Upon Reflection: The Music Of Thad Jones | Verve | 1993 | |
| 1993 | Robert Hurst | One For Namesake | DIW | 1993 | |
| 1995 | Greg Packham | Into The Frying Pan | Packed | 1998 | |
| 1994 | John McLaughlin | After the Rain | Verve | 1995 | |
| 1995 | Shirley Horn | The Main Ingredient | Verve | 1996 | |
| 1997–09 | James Williams | Awesome! | DIW | 2000 | |
| 1997–09 | Joe Lovano | Trio Fascination: Edition One | Blue Note | 1998 | |
| 1998–05 | Steve Griggs | Jones for Elvin - Volumes 1 and 2 | Hip City Music | 2000 | |
| 1999? | Michael Brecker | Time Is of the Essence | Verve | 1999 | |
| 1999? | Gary LeMel | Moonlighting | Atlantic | 1999 | |
| 2000–07 | Stefano di Battista | Stefano di Battista | Blue Note | 2000 | |
| 2000, 2001 | Bill Frisell | With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones | Nonesuch | 2001 | |
| 2002 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Autumn Leaves | Eighty-Eight's | 2002 | |
| 2002, 2003 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Someday My Prince Will Come | Eighty-Eight's | 2003 | |
| 2002, 2004 | Hank Jones (The Great Jazz Trio) | Collaboration | Eighty-Eight's | 2004 | |