Artist:: Elvin Jones

Dear John C.

Acoustic Sounds Vinyl

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Release date: 28 August 2026

Cut on February 23 and 25, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder's studio and released later that year on Impulse!, "Dear John C." marks drummer Elvin Jones's first album for the label as a full-fledged leader, boldly looking forward while honoring his transformative contributions with the John Coltrane Quartet since the beginning of the decade. Produced by Bob Thiele, the sessions feature alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianists Roland Hanna and Elvin's brother Hank Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and Jones on drums. The program offers takes on both then-current and classic pop ("Everything Happens to Me," "This Love of Mine," "Feeling Good") alongside stirring compositions by Charles Mingus ("Love Bird"), Duke Ellington ("Fantazm") and Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie ("Anthropology"). The title track, of course, pays tribute to Jones' most famous collaborator – the opening salvo of this defining early statement of his work as a leader with a broad, exploratory vision.

VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES: mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.

Tracklisting:

Dear John C. (1965)

A1. Dear John C.
A2. Smoke Rings
A3. Love Bird
A4. Feeling Good
A5. Anthropology

B1. This Love of Mine
B2. Fantazm
B3. Ballade
B4. Everything Happens to Me

Elvin Jones (drums) - Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone) - Roland Hanna (piano) - Hank Jones (piano) - Richard Davis (bass)