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Petite Fleur

Label: Mighty Quinn Productions
Released: 2005
Track listing: Petite Fleur; Ellington Medley: Prelude To A Kiss, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me; Solitude; Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mood Indigo, Take The 'A' Train; Clarinet Marmalade; Edmond Hall Blues; Cook Good; Off The Road; Adam And Evie; Don't Give Me No Sympathy.

Album

Essence

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

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Edmond Hall: Petite Fleur

Read "Petite Fleur" reviewed by Nic Jones


This reissue raises issues about “the tradition"--whatever the hell that is. This music was slightly venerable when it was recorded back in 1959, but the sheer verve and aplomb with which the program is delivered makes questions about its place in the overall canon of jazz seem immaterial. At the time of the recording, Edmond Hall ...

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Don Ellis: Essence

Read "Essence" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


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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Don Ellis: Essence

Read "Essence" reviewed by Jim Santella


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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Don Ellis: Essence

Read "Essence" reviewed by Michael McCaw


Essence is a gem of an album that warranted reissue long before now. Originally pressed for Pacific in 1962, it's firmly rooted in a lot of the sounds developed during the sixties--one foot steeped in the tradition and the other lunging towards new ideas. And like the best music, it retains its excitement some forty years ...


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