Alfredo Dias Gomes captures Elvin Jones’ touch in tribute album to the influential jazz drummer

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♪ Rio de Janeiro drummer and composer Alfredo Dias Gomes remembers that he was enchanted when, in the 1980s, he saw and heard North American drummer and composer Elvin Jones for the first time (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004). It was via VHS tape. “Elvin played jazz in a different way, with a vigorous style and an almost rock feel. His sound fascinated me because, at the time, I played fusion”, highlights Dias Gomes. Considered “one of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz” by critic Ted Gioia, Elvin Jones stood out after the be bop era as a member of the quartet of saxophonist John Coltrane (1926 – 1967), with whom he began playing in 1960. Dead for 20 years old, the drummer is celebrated by Alfredo Dias Gomes on the album obviously titled Tributo a Elvin Jones. On the album scheduled to be released on Friday, March 1st, the drummer from Rio de Janeiro plays songs such as Day and night, October child, Someone’s rocking my jazzboat, Three card molly and Whatever possessed me. In the phonographic tribute, Alfredo approaches Elvin Jones’ songbook with the touch of a trio formed by David Feldman (piano), Jefferson Lescowich (acoustic bass) – with whom he forms a duo on the unprecedented original song Drum solo & duo – and Jessé Sadoc (trumpet and flugelhorn). To try to capture the sound of Elvin Jones, Alfredo Dias Gomes loosened the bass drum head and changed the instrument’s tuning. Tribute to Elvin Jones is the 13th album in Alfredo Dias Gomes’ solo discography. Cover of the album ‘Tributo a Elvin Jones’, by drummer Alfredo Dias Gomes Disclosure

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