{"id":5604,"date":"2014-03-22T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T22:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2014-03-22T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T22:35:08","slug":"followup-don-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/03\/followup-don-ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Followup: Don Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;dG5AgtayhUWoWVzslWSHH4LzSHeCp6fs&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Don-Ellis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Don-Ellis.jpg\" alt=\"Don Ellis\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5605\" \/><\/a>Trumpeter Don Ellis (1934-1978) provided the instrumental focus in yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <strong>Third Stream Revisited<\/strong> post.  He portrayed young Peter Parker, a boy learning to be a jazz musician. Let us look into Ellis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all too brief future following that impressive 1962 appearance with Gunther Schuller, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. He built on his experience with Ray McKinley, Charlie Barnet, Maynard Ferguson, George Russell and some of the most forward looking players in jazz to become a bandleader himself&#151;a daring one. In additional to his skill as a player, he was a composer and arranger. Ellis built a substantial part of his band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s repertoire on his compositions using time signatures unusual to jazz. He adapted odd meters to a large ensemble and incorporated elements of Indian and Eastern European folk music. Here he is at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland with his 22-piece orchestra. Ellis announces the piece, which develops into a 15-minute entertainment complete with audience participation.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"580\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xoxt18\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xoxt18_don-ellis-1977-08-niner-two_music\" target=\"_blank\">Don Ellis 1977 (08) Niner Two<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/electricbathhouse\" target=\"_blank\">electricbathhouse<\/a><\/i><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u009dNiner Two\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is included in Ellis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Live-Montreux-Don-Ellis-Orchestra\/dp\/B000060PCD\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Live At Montreux<\/em><\/a> album. The year following that concert, he was dead of a heart attack at the age of 44. For an extensive article about Ellis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career, see <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Ellis\"><em>Wikipedia<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A few of the musicians in Ellis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s late 1970s band&#151;Ted Nash, Chino Valdez, Ann Patterson among them&#151;went on to become well known in jazz. You may be interested in the complete personnel list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reeds<\/strong>: Ann Patterson, Ted Nash, James Coile, Jim Snodgrass<br \/>\n<strong>Trumpets<\/strong>: Glenn Stuart, Gil Rather, Jack Coan<br \/>\n<strong>French Horn<\/strong>: Sidney Muldrow<br \/>\n<strong>Trombone<\/strong>: Alan Kaplan<br \/>\n<strong>Bass Trombone<\/strong>: Richard Bullock<br \/>\n<strong>Tuba<\/strong>: Jim Self<br \/>\n<strong>Keyboards<\/strong>: Randy Kerber<br \/>\n<strong>Bass<\/strong>: Leon Gaer, Darrell Clayborn<br \/>\n<strong>Drums<\/strong>: David Crigger<br \/>\n<strong>Congas<\/strong>: Chino Valdes<br \/>\n<strong>Percussion: Drums and Mallets<\/strong> &#8211; Michael Englander<br \/>\n<strong>Percussion<\/strong>; Mallets and Timpani &#8211; Ruth Ritchie<br \/>\n<strong>Violins<\/strong>: Pam Tompkins, Lori Badessa<br \/>\n<strong>Viola<\/strong>: Jimbo Ross<br \/>\n<strong>Cello<\/strong>: Paula Hochhalter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;dG5AgtayhUWoWVzslWSHH4LzSHeCp6fs&#8221;] Trumpeter Don Ellis (1934-1978) provided the instrumental focus in yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Third Stream Revisited post. He portrayed young Peter Parker, a boy learning to be a jazz musician. Let us look into Ellis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all too brief future following that impressive 1962 appearance with Gunther Schuller, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. 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