Don Ellis (Ed Sullivan)

[AM Matt]

From October 19, 1969, trumpeter Don Ellis "Concerto For Trumpet" (from "The Ed Sullivan Show")

 

[JOv2]

The time delay was nice. Interesting how some members of his trumpet section played the quarter-tone trumpet while others did not. Can't say I think very much of the piece -- and seeing a bunch of guys who look like the Association but dress like Steppenwolf...is like seeing a bunch of guys who look like the Association but dress like Steppenwolf ; but, man, Don has that impeccable Severinsen-like tone, which, in a word is Beautiful -- with a capital "B".

 

[AM Matt]

Don died back in December of 1978 of cancer.

 

[Bobberman]

Never heard of Don Ellis until now but I like his tone and style of sound the song is pretty good

 

[JOv2]

Never heard of Don Ellis until now but I like his tone and style of sound the song is pretty good

Check out Electric Bath, arguably his most well known LP and a staple of 1960s big band recordings. Good stuff.

 

[AM Matt]

"Concerto For Trumpet" is from 1966 "Live At Monterey".

 

[Bobberman]

Check out Electric Bath, arguably his most well known LP and a staple of 1960s big band recordings. Good stuff.

Good stuff indeed Thanks JOv2

 

[rbisherw]

Huge Don Ellis fan here.

While I find good stuff on all his albums, "Soaring" "Tears of Joy" and "Autumn" are not to be missed.

 

[JOv2]

From the '69 performance, looks like Don played a quarter-tone Holton -- similar to this model.

 

[Rudy]

This was my first Don Ellis album:



Starts with the track "33 222 1 222" ("....and that's just area code," Ellis says in the introduction).

 

[JOv2]

Starts with the track "33 222 1 222" ("....and that's just area code," Ellis says in the introduction).

Knowing Don, I would've figured it was how you're supposed to count the 2nd repeat of the 9-bar D-section leading into the the 13/8 D.S. al coda...

 

[Rudy]

Knowing Don, I would've figured it was how you're supposed to count the 2nd repeat of the 9-bar D-section leading into the the 13/8 D.S. al coda...

I still can't get 3⅔/4 time through my head...

 

[JOv2]

I still can't get 3⅔/4 time through my head...

Well, mathematically, you can take it to 11/12. Of course, I assumed there was no such thing as a "twelfth" note per se (...er, except in Don Ellis' world); but, lo and behold, from Wikipedia: twelfth notes are one eighth note in an eighth note triplet. Who would've guessed?

 

[Moritat]

Don Ellis was very underrated and overlooked. Had some great lps on Pacific Jazz, Columbia and New Jazz/Prestige. Some great soloing on this one...