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	Don Ellis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Don Ellis (July 25, 1934 - December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and leader of big bands who consistently explored the area of unusual time signatures.
		Ellis was viewed by many established jazz musicians as being a bit too much of a showman, given his band's tendency to dress up in trendy costumes, flirt with rock music, and other eccentric behaviors.
		Following the golden era of big band music, Don Ellis pushed the envelope of jazz by exploring unusual musical techniques including odd time signatures, electric string instruments, the human voice as an instrument, echoplex, fusion of Indian music and jazz, and the Fender-Rhodes piano.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Ellis (737 words)

	DON ELLIS THE FINAL ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ellis, although capable of gut wrenching dynamics, conceived arrangements that unconsciously honoured some thoughts attributed to Mel Lewis in that a 'big band' was only that when the ensemble was dominant.
		Ellis was concerned about the need to attract young players into the band, and on the advice of one of his experienced younger players, 19 year old Stu Blumberg, started the group so that when problems arose because of guys losing interest or being too busy, he had trained replacements.
		Ellis had a tendency to produce some rather obvious pleasurable hooks and devices that were popular with a young audience.
	www.btinternet.com /~j.r.killoch/ellis.htm (6077 words)

	DonEllisMusic.com -- Dedicated to the Music and Life of Jazz Legend Don Ellis
		Before his untimely death in 1978 at the young age of 44, Don Ellis was one of the most creative and innovative jazz musicians of all time.
		Ellis ultimately applied his experiences and knowledge of the music of non-Western cultures to the rhythmic language of jazz.
		He was one of the first to have accomplished such a fusion of ideas, and his works as a composer and an author stand as a memorial reflecting a significant stage in the evolution of jazz.
	www.donellismusic.com (339 words)

	Don Ellis Memorial Library Dedication
		Ellis, parents of the musician, will fly in from Los Angeles for the main event, attended by three of Ellis' closest friends and former band members.
		Ellis appeared as a special guest of the Jazz Ensemble in concerts of February, 1976 and May, 1978.
		In addition, the Ellis library is housing his 1972 Grammy Award for the "French Connection," various instruments including the Quarter Tone trumpet, plus numerous achievement and special recognition awards.
	www.handofgord.com /donellis/harris/east_con.htm (857 words)

	Don Ellis - Music Downloads - Online
		After graduating from Boston Unversity, Ellis played in the big bands of Ray McKinley, Charlie Barnet and Maynard Ferguson (he was featured with the latter on "Three More Foxes"), recorded with Charles Mingus and played with George Russell's sextet (at the same time as Eric Dolphy).
		Ellis led four quartet and trio sessions during 1960-62 for Candid, New Jazz and Pacific Jazz, mixing together bop, free jazz and his interest in modern classical music.
		Ellis invented the four-valve trumpet and utilized a ring modulator and all types of wild electronic devices by the late '60s.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/101/213/6/1012136.html (278 words)

	Don Ellis, Dave Douglas, and the Progression of Jazz
		I had been a bit of an Ellis fan in my rock-influenced teenage years, and it was interesting and a bit surreal to suddenly see him on my television screen leading his big band, dressed in full sixties sartorial regalia.
		Ellis had his own trumpet sound and was often an inspired improviser.
		Ellis also began to incorporate electronics such as ring modulators and echoplex, which were often added to his trumpet.
	www.jazzitude.com /ellis_douglas01.htm (1098 words)

	Corporate Entertainment - Don Ellis booking information
		Ellis and his brother performed together as children at the local VFW and Moose Hall, eventually putting a band together and becoming regulars at local fairs and bars.
		Ellis also took a job performing in a tribute to the history of country music at the Nashville Night Life Theatre to help support his growing family.
		Ellis works non-stop -- performing at the theatre, hosting three shows a week at the club, and attending to his full-time writing job.
	www.corporateartists.com /don_ellis.html (664 words)

	Amazon.com: Electric Bath: Music: Don Ellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ellis could show off with the best of them, using a four-valve trumpet to split notes into quartertones, bending and teasing with the panache of a rock guitarist.
		The Don Ellis Orchestra was masterful at making the most of dynamics; they went from poignant, soft, and gentle to hurricane velocity with effortless ease.
		In this regard, Ellis was a marvelous anomaly; he combined the fearless experimentation of the late 60's with a rigorous discipline conspicuously absent from most of what was in the air back then.
	www.amazon.com /Electric-Bath-Don-Ellis/dp/B000009RC0 (1716 words)

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		Ellis and his "Tears of Joy" Band became known throughout the world as some of the best musicians ever assembled including (interviewed for the film) Milcho Leviev, Fred Selden, Sam Falzone, Jay Graydon and Ralph Humphrey.
		Ellis hired singer Patti Allen for his "Don Ellis goes Underground" and was his most commercial hit Recording and the re-mastered album was just re-released on CD (Wounded Bird Records 2006).
		Ellis died (heart attack) in Los Angeles at the young age of 44 while making an early morning meal for his parents after enjoying a John Hendrix concert.
	home.earthlink.net /~centralhsd (826 words)

	the DON ELLIS Newsletter. Issue number one
		The first, The Don Ellis Orchestra Live at Monterey, was recorded at the Monterey Jazz festival in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
		Don's second "orchestra" album, Live in 3 and 2/3 4 Time, (1967) was also originally released on the Pacific Jazz label, so there is the hope that Blue Note will be releasing it on CD also, although I have not heard any word on that.
		Ellis donated all of his records, tapes, photos, manuscripts, music and many of his instruments to this Community College in the outskirts of Dallas.
	www.scottharris.com /donellis/ellisnews1.html (2245 words)

	Rolling Stone : Don Ellis: Shock Treatment : Music Reviews
		Ellis provides a respite from signature innovation with "Milo's Theme," a piece in 4/4 in which he electronically reworks an excellent trumpet solo to create a warm, fluid sound.
		Of all the cuts, "The Tihai" provides the best indication of where Don Ellis is going: toward an incorporation into the jazz idiom of exotic meter from hitherto untapped ethnic sources.
		As for Ellis becoming all the rage on the rock ballroom circuit, chances are the immediate effect will be stroboscopic lights in 19/4.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/donellis/albums/album/222737/review/5944642/shock_treatment (688 words)

	Pieces Of Eight & The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground
		Ellis gave us the inspiration that we needed at a time when jazz was undergoing radical changes.
		Ellis uses a standard trumpet for much of the concert, with a little reverb and his Echoplex folded in gently, and works cohesively with his octet to emulate the big band sound through creative arranging.
		Ellis gives his audience a powerful thrill, through creative soloing and arranging, but he chooses to share the package with a sampling of popular music from the day.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=21841 (841 words)

	Don Ellis MP3 Downloads - Don Ellis Music Downloads - Don Ellis Music Videos
		Don Ellis was such a talented trumpeter, composer, and organizer that everything he recorded as a leader has at least some unusual moments worth exploring.
		Although not equal to his best records such as Electric Bath, this late recording of Ellis' band is filled with all these traits, and thus exudes lots of excitement and electricity.
		While the soloists (other than Ellis, of course) were not always of the caliber of some of the competition, they were at a somewhat disadvantage in that they had to learn to play in strange time signatures -- not an easy task.
	www.mp3.com /albums/117417/summary.html (410 words)

	Don Ellis Collection
		Ellis studied composition at Boston University (BMus 1956) and spent a year as a graduate student at UCLA, where he later taught.
		Ellis is perhaps best known for his unusual and complex meters, amplified trumpet, electronic distortion, and quarter-tone melodic structures.
		Ellis received Grammy nominations for Live at Monterey (1967), Electric Bath (1968), The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground (1969), Don Ellis at Fillmore (1970), and "Theme from The French Connection" (1972).
	www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu /Archive/ellis.htm (340 words)

	Amazon.com: Tears of Joy: Music: Don Ellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		According to Ellis pianist Milcho Leviev, "Strawberry Soup is one of the richest (musically and technically) compositions of Don's creativity and of the Band's as well." "Strawberry Soup" is a virtual clinic in Ellis's concepts of rhythm, including exotic meters and rhythmic superimpositions.
		Ellis was one of a handful of innovators who dragged the format into the next epoch, with spectacular success.
		I saw Ellis live many times between 1972 and 1975; it's still a shame that this most unique of American big band leaders still has not recieved the acclaim which he deserved for making music as heard on this CD.
	www.amazon.com /Tears-Joy-Don-Ellis/dp/B0006Q0XWS (1016 words)

	Randy Brodnax and Don Ellis at SNC
		At the same time, Don will be creating and altering forms and demonstrating several surface decoration techniques.
		DON ELLIS, from Cloudcroft, New Mexico, has for over 20 years been striving to perfect his innovative approach to Raku.
		Don attended McMurry University and the University of North Texas and graduated with degrees in education and ceramics.
	www.sierranevada.edu /snc/academic/vpa/summerart/BrodnaxEllis.html (461 words)

	Ellis Boat Company, Inc. • Custom Building Traditional Downeast Yachts for Over 50 Years
		Ellis Boat Company is located on the coast of Maine on Mount Desert Island.
		Today, Ellis Boat Company continues to build traditional style Downeast yachts, from basic lobster boats to luxury cruisers, on fiberglass semi-displacement hulls designed by Ralph and Donald Ellis.
		Keeping with the tradition of custom boat building in Maine, every Ellis boat is as unique as its owner and the level of detail and quality of craftsmanship exceed all of today's standards.
	www.ellisboat.com (237 words)

	Don Ellis, Dave Douglas, and the Progression of Jazz (2)
		In many respects, Douglas has much in common with Don Ellis: interest in a wide array of musical styles, a strong work ethic, a gift for composition, a distinctive trumpet style.
		Don Ellis died in 1978 and the Ellis group disbanded.
		Ellis wrote an interesting essay entitled “The Element of ‘Corn’ In Jazz Improvisation” (“corn” relating to “corny” or unfashionable playing) in 1959.
	www.jazzitude.com /ellis_douglas02.htm (1101 words)

	Ellis,Don "Autumn" music albums for sale - Ellis,Don vinyl records, cds and memorobilia - GEMM.com
		Although his playing could command a free and piercing (yet musical) performance, Don Ellis' mark was made on the outstanding large ensembles he assembled in the 1970s.
		Ellis' orchestra relied heavily on odd time signatures to drive their grooves, but their sound was always fresh and exciting, rather than forced.
		Ellis himself experimented with different sounds for his trumpet, inventing a four-valve instrument which could play quarter tones and using effects in a fashion similar to Miles Davis.
	www.gemm.com /c/search.pl?sid=300924338&key=84306&referred_by=MANSION&disp_ad_format_mode=0&artist=ELLIS,DON&title=AUTUMN (317 words)

	DON ELLIS INFO SHEET
		DON ELLIS - A FINAL ANALYSIS a 'not insignificant' thesis by John Killoch.
		For the 15 years before his untimely death Don Ellis was leader of one of the most innovative big bands of all time.
		Details of Don's life are included: his origins, the path to acquiring his own band, the band's early fanatical successes, etc. Covers up to 1972.
	www.handofgord.com /donellis (2110 words)

	CD Review of Don Ellis - Shock Treatment on Koch Jazz @ jazzreview.com
		Trumpeter Don Ellis led some of the most innovative big band music in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
		Overall this is a decent, but non-essential collection of Don Ellis' big band work.
		Beyond the elements of what is now kitsch, Ellis displays the chops he earned playing with Maynard Ferguson's big band and jazz pioneer George Russell's sextet among others.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=1244 (443 words)

	The French Connection (Parts 1 & 2) Soundtrack (CD) - Don Ellis
		Although little-known to soundtrack aficionados, Ellis was a cutting-edge jazz artist who pioneered the use of unconventional time signatures, harmonies, and instrumentations in a big band setting.
		As it stands, The French Connection is Ellis' greatest movie score, a dissonant, jazzy, experimental work that nonetheless fits snugly alongside cutting-edge '70s crime scores by Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Jerry Fielding and others.
		In the film, Ellis' work was used in bits and pieces, rearranged by director Friedkin to be even more austere and strange.
	www.moviegrooves.com /shop/frenchconnectionsoundtrack.htm (536 words)

	Don Ellis : Pieces of Eight - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Pieces of Eight was assembled only once for these recordings, with Don Ellis offering up a two-disc set of frenzied but enjoyable performances.
		The highlights are no doubt Ellis' fascination with difficult rhythmic combinations and manic fluctuations of odd time signatures and his band, surprisingly, performs most of the material with great fluidity.
		Fans of Ellis' work will no doubt revel in these compositions and what is essentially a "new" recording from a truly groundbreaking composer.~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3541941,00.html (205 words)

	Don Ellis - SH Forums
		The Don Ellis catalog is a wonderful catalog to keep alive, especially Don Ellis at Fillmore; hint, hint.
		For me, Don Ellis at Fillmore is one of the most exciting musical excursions to come out of the seventies.
		On the previous Don Ellis releases it sounded like a good flat transfer, so I have high hopes for these and the new Maynard Ferguson issues.
	www.stevehoffman.tv /forums/showthread.php?t=54652 (1256 words)

	Amazon.com: Don Ellis at Fillmore: Music: Don Ellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		A gorgeously unique souvenier of jazz at a crucial moment in its history (as post-bop and free jazz were challenged by the emergence of rock/pop oriented sounds) "Fillmore" runs hot and heavy: big band charts turned up to eleven (thanks Nigel!) overlaid with Ellis's signature quarter-tone trumpet work further modified with WAY pre-digital effects.
		Ellis was the "Stan Kenton of the 70's".
		Ellis and his exquisite band romp through the music with a presence, exuberance and accuarcy that still amazes.
	www.amazon.com /Don-Ellis-at-Fillmore/dp/B0009RQRLU (1603 words)

	DON Rare Vinyl Records at Craig Moerer ~ Records By Mail \| Used, Collectible, Vintage and Rare DON Vinyl Records, LPs ...
		DON BYAS & BUD POWELL: a tribute to cannonball
		DON HENLEY: all she wants to do is dance
		DON HENLEY: all she wants to do is dance / same
	www.recordsbymail.com /artistPage.php?artistFirst=DON&artistLast=ELLIS (123 words)

	DON ELLIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Don Ellis never quite received the credit he deserved.
		Don passed away before he was able to complete his final project.
		Don's iconoclastic approach to big bands, confused many reviewers, challenged the bravery of a significant number of broadcasters, certainly here in the UK.
	www.btinternet.com /~j.r.killoch/tears.htm (635 words)

	Don Ellis \| Essence
		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.
		In his own way then, Ellis brought a new outlook to the big band mold that was way beyond the traditional swing style of earlier prototypes.
		Much less is acknowledged or discussed in regards to Ellis as a trumpeter in the years before his big band.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=19693 (512 words)

	Amazon.com: New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground: Music: Don Ellis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Don Ellis was a jazz trumpet virtuoso who issued many great albums in the 60's and 70's.
		It is Don's first overtly commercial and rock influenced album-many pop covers, backup vocals, and a featured R&B vocalist.
		There are times when she can rip it, Janis Joplin style, with the best of them; and then there are times when she sounds like she'd be kicked off in the early rounds of American Idol.
	www.amazon.com /New-Ellis-Band-Goes-Underground/dp/B000CC3RYM (772 words)

	the don ellis information site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In case this update is new to you...Milcho Leviev has recorded a solo piano album of Don Ellis compositions, the majority of which have never been recorded previously!
		The project was conceived and produced by Nick Di Scala, the mastermind behind the recent Pieces of Eight CD.
		The "new" Don Ellis CD is available from Wounded Bird.
	home.earthlink.net /~tfronauer/home.html (177 words)

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