Time Capsule (Elvin Jones album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Time Capsule
| type = Album
| artist = Elvin Jones
| cover = Time Capsule (Elvin Jones album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1976–77
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz funk
| length = 40:36
| label = Vanguard
VSD 79389
| producer = Ed Bland
| chronology = Elvin Jones
| prev_title = Summit Meeting
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Remembrance
| next_year = 1978
}}
Time Capsule is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones, recorded in 1976–77 and released on the Vanguard label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/elvin-jones/catalog/#vanguard-vsd-79389 Elvin Jones discography] accessed April 26, 2012
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 113
}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=793}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Overall, the music is worthwhile, although not quite adding up to the sum of its many parts; the set has very little unity despite some individual fireworks".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/time-capsule-r141774 AllMusic Review] accessed April 26, 2012
Track listing
- "Frost Bite" (Ryo Kawasaki) - 7:57
- "Digital Display" (Ed Bland) - 7:33
- "Moon Dance" (Bunky Green) - 6:20
- "Time Capsule" (Green) - 8:11
- "Spacing" (Green) - 10:35
Personnel
- Elvin Jones - drums
- Frank Wess - flute (track 1 & 2)
- Frank Foster - soprano saxophone (track 2)
- Bunky Green - alto saxophone
- George Coleman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-5)
- Kenny Barron - electric piano
- Ryo Kawasaki - guitar
- Milt Hinton (tracks 1 & 2), Jiunie Booth (tracks 3-5) - bass
- Angel Allende - percussion