The Prime Element is a jazz album by jazz drummer Elvin Jones, originally released in 1976 as part of the "Blue Note Re-issue Series". The pieces compiled here were recorded in 1969 and 1973. The tracks from 1973 (#A1 to #B2) would be included on At This Point in Time in 1998. The remainder can only be found on the eight-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions, issued in 2000.
Track listing Side A "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34 "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, D. Garcia) – 11:13
Side B "The Prime Element" (Omar Clay) – 8:19 "Whims of Bal" (Clay) – 12:24
Side C "Inner Space" (Chick Corea) – 6:32 "Once I Loved [O Amor Em Paz]" (Jobim, De Moraez) – 6:22 "Raynay" (Elvin Jones) – 7:57
Side D "Champagne Baby" (Joe Farrell) – 11:26 "Dido Afrique" (Jones) – 11:13
Recorded on March 14, 1969 (#C1–D2), July 24 (#B1–B2) and July 26 (#A1–A2), 1973.
Personnel Tracks A1–B2 Elvin Jones - drums, leader Steve Grossman - soprano and tenor saxophone Frank Foster - soprano and tenor saxophone Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone Cornell Dupree - guitar Jan Hammer - piano, electric piano, synthesizer Gene Perla - bass, electric bass Candido Camero - congas Richie 'Pablo' Landrum - percussion Omar Clay - percussion, programmable rhythm box Warren Smith - tympani
Tracks C1–D2 Elvin Jones - drums Lee Morgan - trumpet Joe Farrell - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute George Coleman - tenor saxophone Wilbur Little - bass Candido Camero - congas Miovelito Valles - percussion
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