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and Bill Evans is sophistication personified at the piano

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Elvin Jones: Dear John C. (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 1LP STAFF and Bill Evans is sophisticationImpulse!, 1965 Recorded on February 25, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelders studio and released later that year on Impulse! Records, Dear John C. marked Elvin Joness first album as a leader for the label after several seminal years defining the rhythmic architecture of the John Coltrane Quartet. Produced by Bob Thiele, the album honors Coltrane while showcasing Joness dynamic, polyrhythmic drumming across contemporary standards, ballads, and originals such as