Reply #21: I agree with some of the posters here...

[hiphopnation]

Glad that Carlos is bringing more attention to the fact that his death went largely uncovered, but this is more ignorance than racism but I think it's some combination of both.

Elvin came from the old school of Jazz and was around when racism was salient and palpable. He lived through it and revolutionized his intstrument in his illustious career, not to mention helped to promote some very influental modern Jazz talent, Winton Marsalis, among them.

But it's painful to admit, that the vast majority of the pulbic just don't care about Jazz the way they did when Elvin Jones was at the height of his career. It's a fact that is hard for a lot of musicians to swallow. I know, cuz I am one. :(