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Don Ellis albums featuring Alan Kaplan
Don Ellis Music Videos (6)
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| | Live At Montreux CD (1977)
 $14.29   
Don Ellis' final record as a leader (he passed away from a bad heart in Dec. 1978) is a worthwhile effort. Ellis' large orchestra (four reeds, eight brass, one keyboard, two bassists, two drummers, two percussionists and a string quartet) ...
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| Music From Other Galaxies & Planets CD (1977)
$10.49
This LP is the only complete misfire of Don Ellis' career. The trumpeter-bandleader had the distinction of being the first jazz musician to record the theme from Star Wars, but his forgettable version was soon greatly overshadowed by Maynard Ferguson's ...
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 Don Ellis Songs
Popular or famous Don Ellis songs: Tragedy, Pussy Wiggle Stomp, Bulgarian Bulge, Indian Lady, Eros, Lyra, Cock and Bull, Despair to Hope. More music songs Four and Three, Imitation, Natural H, Solo, Uh-Huh, Antea, Blues, Excursion II, Final Analysis, Great Divide, Hey Jude. More music songs Magic Bus Ate My Doughnut.
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Don Ellis Biography
Trumpeter/composer/arranger/bandleader Don Ellis began his career playing with the likes of Glenn Miller, Charles Mingus, and George Russell in the 1950s. In the early `60s he formed his first groups, which explored novel avant-garde textures with such excellent players as Jaki Byard, Ron Carter, and Steve Swallow. At the same time, Ellis also showed a keen interest in Third Stream and Indian music, which he pursued with his Hindustani Jazz Sextet. But Ellis's true métier was the big band. With the Don Ellis Orchestra, formed in 1965, the leader created his most memorable works, all of which reflected his adventurous--experimenting with radical time signatures, unusual instrumentation, electronics, and non-jazz genre elements. Ellis is also famous for writing the theme to the film THE FRENCH CONNECTION. He died of heart complications in 1978.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Don Ellis | Maynard Ferguson, Charles Mingus, Donald Byrd, Eddie Harris, Al Kooper, Average White Band, Eric Dolphy, Steppenwolf, George Russell | | Glenn Stuart | Stan Kenton | | Ralph Humphrey | Manhattan Transfer, Seals & Crofts, Frank Zappa, Michael Buble, Rita Coolidge, England Dan, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Free Flight, Al Jarreau | | Sam Falzone | Steppenwolf | | Lee Pastora | Stu Goldberg, Todd Rundgren, Section | | Doug Bixby | | Glenn Ferris | Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, Frank Zappa, Olivier Ker Ourio, Youssou N'Dour, Gianmaria Testa, Duran Duran | | Fred Selden | Tim Buckley, Dion, Don Harper, Kenny Rankin, Zera Vaughan, Dionne Warwick | | Jack Coan | Doug Macdonald, Roger Neumann, Romanovsky & Phillips |
Contemporaries
Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Larry Coryell, Buddy Rich Big Band, Gil Evans, Gary Burton Quartet (Vibes), Maynard Ferguson, Bud Shank, George Russell, George Gruntz, John Handy
Followers
Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Weather Report, Chase (Bill)
Influences
Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer), Eric Dolphy, Clark Terry, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Fats Navarro, Teo Macero, Gunther Schuller
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