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News: TV / Film

Summer of "Love of Don Ellis" Film Tour 2008

August 25, 2008

Electric Heart Screenings include: Moondance International Film Festival (August 29 - September 1st) Boulder, Colorado Screenings date: Saturday, August 30th. The 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival (September 20th, 5:30pm Jazz Theater - Monterey, California (Music with Milcho Leviev, Screening & Discussion). Earshot Jazz Festival (October 18 - November 9) Screening dates: November 1 & 3. Northwest ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Pieces Of Eight & The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground

by Jim Santella
May 21, 2006

Known for his use of unusual meters and remarkable innovations, trumpeter Don Ellis gave the world plenty to think about. If it could be done in the manner that he prescribed, then there was no limit to what other bands could do either. We listened, we accepted, and we learned that we, too, could invent.

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Don Ellis at Fillmore

By Don Ellis

Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Final Analysis; Excursion II; The Magic Bus Ate My Doughnut; The Blues; Salvatore Sam; Rock Odyssey; Hey Jude; Antea; Old Man's Tear; Great Divide; Pussy Wiggle Stomp.

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Tears Of Joy

By Don Ellis

Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Tears of Joy; 5/4 Getaway; Bulgarian Bulge; Get it Together; Quiet Longing; Blues in Elf; Loss; How's This for Openers?; Samba Bajada; Strawberry Soup; Euphoric Acid.

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Essence

By Don Ellis

Label: Mighty Quinn Productions
Released: 2005
Track listing: Johnny Come Lately; Slow Space; Ostinato; Donkey; Form; Angel Eyes; Irony; Lover.

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Connection

By Don Ellis

Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Put it Where You Want it; Alone Again (Naturally); Superstar; I Feel the Earth Move; Theme from "The French Connection"; Conquistador; Roundabout; Chain Reaction; Goodbye to Love; Lean on Me; Train to Get There.

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Article: Album Review

Don Ellis: Essence

Read "Essence" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 11, 2005

A very interesting character, trumpeter and bandleader Don Ellis is probably best known for the big bands he led in the late '60s, which served as a vehicle for his experiments with electronics and unusual time signatures. Albums such as Electric Bath and Live in 3 2/3/4 Time are brimming with the excitement of an era ...

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Article: Album Review

Don Ellis: Essence

by Jim Santella
September 27, 2005

Originally released in 1962 on Pacific Jazz as P-55, this reissue has been a long time coming. It reveals the kernel of Don Ellis that later blossomed into a broad-based big bandleader who straddled the fence between mainstream jazz and free jazz. His intellectually complex compositions have always knocked the socks off listeners and performers alike.

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Article: Album Review

Don Ellis: Don Ellis at Fillmore

Read "Don Ellis at Fillmore" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
September 26, 2005

What a memorable album. I guess I grew up on this one. That was back when my hair still had color, my knees both worked quite well, and I still had that “fresh out of college" attitude that took me off in many directions at once. Don Ellis takes you off on a whirlwind ...

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Article: Album Review

Don Ellis: Tears of Joy

Read "Tears of Joy" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
September 13, 2005

Recorded at San Francisco's Basin Street West in 1971, Tears of Joy marked a subtle change in the Don Ellis big band. The trumpeter was gradually drifting toward popular music, and he was beginning to use the new electronic technology to its best advantage. However, he continued to load each arrangement with the kinds of musical ...