A common misperception is that Elvin Jones is the drummer on this legendary recording. Gil provides the appropriate correction in the following:
"Six steady weeks, six days a week. We knew that music. The way we played "La Nevada" was different than we had ever played it before, but we always played it differently. The only change from that record was Elvin. Charlie Persip was the drummer and Elvin came in and just played shakers for the whole fifteen minutes. It's all he did and he just kept it together, letting Charlie spill over all he wanted. The form—we didn't plan it. I think I just gave the order of the solos."
The giveaway is that there are none of the famous Elvin Jones triplets played between the snare drum and the ride cymbal.
The solos are by Johnny Coles on trumpet, Tony Studd on bass trombone, Budd Johnson, tenor sax, Ron Carter, bass, and Ray Crawford on guitar.
