| Youngblood | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Elvin Jones |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Recorded: | April 20–21, 1992 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 63:54 |
| Label: | Enja ENJ 7051-2 |
| Producer: | Matthias Winckelmann |
| Chronology: | Elvin Jones |
| Prev Title: | In Europe |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Going Home |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Youngblood is an album by the jazz drummer Elvin Jones, recorded in 1992 and released on the Enja label.[1] [2]
Trumpet player Nicholas Payton was just 19 years old during the recording sessions.[3] The album was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.[4]
The Philadelphia Inquirer, noting Jones's younger players, wrote: "If there were ever an argument for melding the wisdom of age with the impetuousness of youth, this is it." The Gazette praised Joshua Redman, concluding: "In a remarkable solo turn on 'Angel Eyes', he wanders through the history of jazz both ancient and recent—and better yet, sounds quite at home in the present."[5]
The AllMusic review noted the "consistently inspired playing from all of the musicians... An excellent effort".[6]