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Jazz on TV: Don Elliott and Hal McKusick

January 21, 2022

Yesterday, Jim Eigo sent along a terrific video that Evan Spring posted on the Jazz Research List. The video had been up at YouTube since 2014 and features an episode from a WCBS-TV series in New York called American Musical Theatre. The hour-long show aired from 1959 to 1965—a period considered by many to be the ...

Bob Corwin and Don Elliott

September 12, 2017

The closest pairing on the East Coast to the West Coast's Chet Baker and Russ Freeman was Don Elliott and Bob Corwin. Playing together, Elliott and Corwin were breezy, delicate and highly melodic. They could swing wwith ease, and both had an extraordinary ear for harmony. If you're familiar with Elliott, then you know he was ...

Lou Caputo Not So Big Band: Uh Oh!

by Jack Bowers
June 30, 2016

Uh Oh! is the third recording by multi-instrumentalist Lou Caputo's Not So Big Band, which has been performing in New York City for more than a decade. The band's name epitomizes its relatively spare front line: two trumpets, three saxophones, trombone and tuba. There is, on the other hand, nothing spare about the band's ability to ...

Don Elliott: A Musical Offering

October 6, 2015

There weren't too many instruments Don Elliott couldn't play. Starting in the early 1950s, Elliott recorded on vibes, mellophone, trumpet, bongos, marimba, xylophone, flugelhorn and a variety of percussion instruments. Whats' more, he was a superb vocalist. Like many multi-instrumentalists, Elliott had a multitrack recording studio in New York and at his home in Connecticut. Most ...

Bill Evans and Carol Stevens

March 4, 2015

Back in January 2014, I interviewed singer Carol Stevens (here and here), who recorded That Satin Doll for Atlantic in 1957. In 1959, she appeared in a TV pilot for a show called After Hours, featuring  Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge among other top New York jazz musicians. At one point during my interview, I asked ...

The Mello Sound Of Don Elliott / Listen To The Music Of Jerry Wald

By Bill Evans

Label: Solar Records (4)
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Mello Sound Of Don Elliot; A Million Dreams Ago; It´s Only A Paper Moon; Dinah; Blue Waltz; Poinciana (Songs Of The Tree); Play Fiddle Play; Summer Scene; Tired Of Me; I Don´t Want To Walk Without You; When The Sun Comes Out; The Story Of A Starry Night; A Waltz; Listen To The Music Of Jerry Wald; Who Cares?; If I Had You; Mad About The Boy; Dancing On The Ceiling; Lucky To Be Me; Three Little Words; Love For Sale; I´ve Got A Crush On You; You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me; Gloomy Sunday; Little Girl Blue; Maybe;

George Shearing, 1919-2011

February 15, 2011

George Shearing died early today at the age of 91. With his quintet, Shearing used a locked-hands technique at the piano, blending with vibes and piano to develop a style that resonated with listeners and became one of the most recognizable sounds in an era when jazz was still at the core of popular music. He ...

Double Trumpet Doings

By Don Elliott

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Mine/ Vampire Till Ready/ Your Own Iron/ Easy to Remember/ The Bull Speaks/ Dominick Seventh/ Gargantuan Chant/ When Your Lover Has Gone/ Henry

Don Elliott: Double Trumpet Doings

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2000

Originally issued under the slightly more esoteric title “New Counterpoint for Six Valves” this is a disc dominated mainly by the frequent dialogues between its two principle soloists. Elliott and Dedrick make a disparate pair and their contrasting sounds are prime reason for the program’s more interesting outcomes. Elliott was a follower of bebop and renowned ...