Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #5 - Bonham vs. Jones Lyrics
Adam Mansbach: There's a famous story about him having a drum battle with -- is it John Bonham? Is that the cat?
Brian Viglione: From Led Zeppelin?
AM: Yeah
BV: Yeah, sure
AM: Yeah. This is documented in the liner notes to the Impulse Elvin Jones, there's a two-record set, if you've ever seen it, on Impulse. There's a whole series of them. They did an Ahmad Jamal one. They do these two-record sets, and they're excerpts from different songs, different album, you know?
Author Adam Mansbach recounts for us the story of jazz drum legend Elvin Jones taking on Led Zeppelin’s mighty John Bonham (or so he thought!) in a battle for percussion supremacy
You can hear the entirety of our interview with Mansbach, featuring special guests DJ J. Period and Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Viglione, here
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