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When the legendary John Coltrane Quartet went through its final convulsions in 1966, music lovers the world over bemoaned the end of perhaps the greatest jazz rhythm section ever. Once drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner left Coltrane's group to pursue solo careers, a nearly telepathic musical link was severed. But while the breakup of The Quartet may have been a lamentable occurrence for listeners, for both Jones and Tyner it offered the chance to distance themselves from saxophonist Coltrane's towering shadow and to enhance their own reputations as leaders...
...Elvin Jones Jazz Machine graced Cambridge with its presence the first weekend in February. Following the example of the late drummers Art Blakey and Art Taylor, Jones has turned the drum stool, into a throne from which the imperiously leads a rotating band of young burners under the rubric of The Jazz Machine. While the roster of Jazz Machine veterans is not quite sostar-studded as that of Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Jones has cultivated a consistent level of intensity, swing and sheer volume in his various bands. Even though its members are not very well known, the current edition...
...concert, Jones has a powerful personal presence which demands attention. Sweating and grunting like a quarry worker, he mines exquisite cross-rhythm beats from his low toms and bass drum. This is not the only thing that attracts attention to him. Like the Mona Lisa, Elvin Jones has eyes that follow you around the room, creating the eerie sensation that, wherever you may be seated, Jones is playing directly at your candlelit table...
...true, it could rank as the dirtiest trick of them all. In an article in the New Yorker, Seymour M. Hersh claims that unreleased archive tapes reveal that Richard Nixon tried in 1972 to link Democratic Party officials to the shooting of Alabama Governor George Wallace. Elvin Stanton, Wallace's chief aide, is calling for the release of all tapes dealing with the Nixon-Wallace affair, now held in secret in the National Archives. But Nixon lawyer R. Stan Mortenson ridiculed Hersh's sources for the story as "incompetent, clerical- level archivists...
...lady cops and hand out heavy sentences. Someone tries to ice Maximum Bob with a unique weapon: a hungry alligator. There is a long enemies list, including Leanne, the judge's loony wife; Dale Crowe, the latest victim of his warped justice; Dale's murderous uncle Elvin; and Dr. Tommy Vasco, a former dermatologist with a skinful of booze and drugs. Maximum Bob's survival depends on Kathy Baker, an attractive young probation officer. She and the rest of the cast provide a few entertaining moments for diehard fans. All others should wait until Leonard takes early retirement from...