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Mo'Fone: Sling Shot
by Ian Patterson
It must be challenging for Mo'Fone to secure gigs and, no doubt, many a venue refused them once the trio explained its lineup as two saxophones and drums. It's a setup sure to suggest an avant-garde trip or vaudeville novelty outing but the music on Sling Shot is, in fact, both tremendously listenable and serious. While ...
Dave Ellis: Of Jams and Jazz
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis has been a stalwart of the Bay Area jazz scene for years. An East Bay native, he honed his craft in the famed Berkeley High School jazz program and, appropriately enough, the Berklee school of Music in Boston. After returning to the Bay Area, he spent time in the original version Charlie ...
State of Mind
By Dave Ellis
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Not That You asked 2. Barbados 3. Soul-Leo 4. Something to Live For 5. Sunshowers 6. Grand
Central 7. Don't Blame Me 8. Isabella Blue 9. Peace 10. Summertime
Dave Ellis: Talented Tenor on the March
by R.J. DeLuke
Why Not? So many jazz musicians have been heralded as the next “big thing” since the 80s it’s hard to keep track. It can cause one, after a while, to cast a sideways glance at the next pronouncement. But when a saxophonist creeps up on you with a lively, burnished tone and a swagger ...
Dave Ellis: State of Mind
by Franz A. Matzner
A severe gap exists between technical facility and profound expression. The jazz world has become flooded with technically adept performers, and whether they’ve come up from within the rigorous university system or the art institutes, they all display a studied command of their instruments, harmony, sight-reading, and composition. They’ve all been tested, certified, and approved; they’re ...
Dave Ellis: Talented Tenor on the March
by R.J. DeLuke
Why Not? So many jazz musicians have been heralded as the next “big thing" since the 80s it's hard to keep track. It can cause one, after a while, to cast a sideways glance at the next pronouncement. But when a saxophonist creeps up on you with a lively, burnished tone and a swagger ...
The Strange Remain
Label: Arista
Released: 1999
Track listing: Disc one: St. Stephen / The Eleven;
Jack Straw;
Sugaree; ;
Corrina;
Only the Strange Remain;
White-Wheeled Limousine;
Estimated Prophet.
Disc two: Playing in the Band;
The Other One;
Banyan Tree;
Rainbow's Cadillac;
Mountains of the Moon;
Friend of the Devil;
Baba Jingo;
China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider.
In The Long Run
By Dave Ellis
Label: Monarch Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Ced & Dunn*; You
Dave Ellis: In The Long Run
by Jim Santella
The biography at http://www.monarchrecords.com/bio-ellis.html refers to saxophonist Dave Ellis as a “30-year-old rising-star saxophonist" who offers a variety of styles and preferences. The Monarch web site also includes samples from each of the tracks on In The Long Run. His early experience and few recordings only show the surface of what Ellis can do. His two ...
Dave Ellis: In the Long Run
by Joel Roberts
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis's resume includes a number of diverse, high-profile jobs both inside and outside the jazz world: a tour with the post-Grateful Dead touring band, the Other Ones; a spot in Dead guitarist Bob Weir's Ratdog; and membership in the popular groove-jazz group, the Charlie Hunter Trio. But In the Long Run, his second ...
