Elvin Jones drum solo by VirtualDrumming

"I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do." Here's a drum solo to celebrate the day Elvin Jones was born to play drums. | Drum Guru

The Jazz Estate on Instagram: "Remembering the great Elvin Jones who was born on this day in 1927. Regarded as one of the most impactful drummers in jazz history, Jones’ revolutionary style transformed the drums as a traditional time-keeping instrument. He established a forceful polyrhythmic approach to the traps set, combining different metres played independently by the hands and feet into a propulsive flow of irregularly shifting accents. For over four decades, his innovative rhythmic techniq

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