Renowned jazz drummer Elvin Ray Jones, best known as a member of John Coltrane's quartet, has died aged 76. Jones - who played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis during his prolific career - died of heart failure in a New Jersey hospital on Tuesday.
May 20, 2004
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Renowned jazz man dies
Jazz drummer Elvin Ray Jones, best known from John Coltrane's quartet, has died aged 76 of heart failure in a New Jersey hospital.