Elvin Jones - Dear John C.: 2026: AS (180g Vinyl LP)

Elvin Jones Dear John C. on 180g LP. Remastered and Transferred from Analog Tapes. Pressed at QRP and Packaged in Deluxe Gatefold Packaging.

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 23 & 25, 1965, and released later that year on Impulse! Records, Dear John C. is drummer Elvin Jones’s first album for the label as a leader. Produced by Bob Thiele, it features Charlie Mariano, Roland Hanna, Hank Jones, Richard Davis, and Jones, balancing fresh interpretations of standards with works by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. The title track pays tribute to John Coltrane, Jones’ legendary collaborator, and captures the broad, exploratory vision that defined his early recordings as a bandleader.

This Verve Series features transfers from analog tapes remastered on 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.