Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn is a live album by drummer Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine recorded in Japan in 1984 and originally released on the Japanese Polydor label.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album three stars and stated "Live at Pit Inn is not an essential recording but a welcome addition to the extensive Jones discography".

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

"George and Me" (Elvin Jones) – 10:26
"Shinjitsu" (Keiko Jones) – 14:40
"My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 12:44
"Zange" (Keiko Jones) – 13:56
"E.J.'s Blues" (Elvin Jones) – 5:49 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Elvin Jones – drums
Sonny Fortune – tenor saxophone, flute
Pat LaBarbera – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Fumio Karashima – piano
Richard Davis – bass

References

"Elvin Jones Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
^ Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed May 1, 2012

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Keepin' Up with the Joneses (with Thad Jones and Hank Jones, 1958) Together! (with Philly Joe Jones, 1961) Elvin! (1961-1962) Illumination! (with Jimmy Garrison, 1963) Dear John C. (1965) And Then Again (1965) Midnight Walk (1966) Heavy Sounds (with Richard Davis, 1967) Puttin' It Together (1968) The Ultimate (1968) Poly-Currents (1969) Mr. Jones (1969 & 1972) The Prime Element (1969 & 1973) Coalition (1970) Genesis (1971) Merry-Go-Round (1971) At This Point in Time (1973) On the Mountain (1975) New Agenda (1975) The Main Force (1976) Summit Meeting (with James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Roland Prince, 1976) Time Capsule (1976-1977) Remembrance (1978) Very R.A.R.E. (1979) Heart to Heart (1980) Earth Jones (1982) Love & Peace (with McCoy Tyner, 1982) Brother John (1982) Power Trio (with John Hicks and Cecil McBee, 1990) When I Was at Aso-Mountain (1990) Youngblood (1992) Going Home (1992) It Don't Mean a Thing (1993) Momentum Space (with Dewey Redman and Cecil Taylor, 1998)
Live albums	Live at the Village Vanguard (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1972) Elvin Jones Music Machine (1978) Live in Japan 1978: Dear John C. (1978) Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live in Japan Vol. 2 (1978) Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One (1984) Elvin Jones Jazz Machine Live at Pit Inn (1985) In Europe (1991) Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" (1992) The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (1999)
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