JONES, ELVIN RAY

JONES, ELVIN RAY. Jazz drummer (9 September 1927 in Pontiac, Michigan). He came from a musical family: his father played guitar, his mother played piano, and two brothers, Henry (Hank) and Thad-deus (Thad), became professional musicians. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where he played in his school band. During his years of service in the United States Armed Forces (1946-49), he played in a military band. Thereafter he played...