Search results for "Don Ellis"

Don Ellis: Hey Jude (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

This track is totally bonkers. Is that R2-D2 being tortured during the opening cadenza? No, that's Don Ellis's trumpe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Elli Fordyce: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

A lyric should last a thousand years. – Jon Hendricks … and a singer should sing it like she's lived a thousan...

Don Ellis: Indian Lady (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 27, 07

Since his death in 1978 at age 45, trumpeter Don Ellis has fallen off the radar screens of most jazz listeners. But ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Don Ellis: Slow Space (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Cruising at warp speed, we lose our sense of velocity. Surveying the illimitable reaches, we confront infinite stretc...

George Russell: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

During Thelonious Monk's lifetime, jazzmen widely admired but seldom braved his tunes. "'Round Midnight" was the exce...

John Ellis and & Double-Wide: All Up in the Aisles (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music July 31, 08

The various New Orleans jazz sounds are not usually my cup of tea. I appreciate the tradition and all, but for some r...

Jaco Pastorius: Soul Intro/The Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

If Jaco Pastorius is ever remembered for one composition, it's probably going to be "The Chicken." This song was orig...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Chris Connor: Come Back to Sorrento (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

"I've always wanted to sing with a trio," Chris Connor confided. "I had to fight loud brass for too many years." Sur...

Remembering Don Ellis (Part 2) posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 03, 09

Jeff Sultanof continues his look at the innovative bandleader Don Ellis in the second and final installment of his tw...

Remembering Don Ellis (Part 1) posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 02, 09

On any short list of exciting, innovative bandleaders of the 1960s, Don Ellis deserves a prominent spot. Yet fans to...

The Legacy of Don Ellis posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 19, 08

Eugene Marlow’s interview with Bobby Sanabria, published this week in jazz.com digs deeply into many of the key i...

Ellis, Don (Donald Johnson) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09

Jazz critic Leonard Feather once predicted Don Ellis would replace Stan Kenton as the premier ensemble innovator i...

Stan Kenton: Chiapas (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Kenton was still on the road -- and still leading an excellent band -- when this was taped during a week-long clinic ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Leviev, Micho (Isaacov) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Leviev, Micho (Isaacov), keyboardist, composer, educator; b. Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 19 December 1937. His mother was Nade...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

The Lives of the Jazz Greats posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 28, 09

Hidden behind the scenes of jazz.com, a team of writers has been working on building the world’s biggest on-line ja...

Bley, Paul posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Pianist Paul Bley has a rare ability to carefully yet playfully balance many musical elements: structure and freedom,...

Peacock, Gary posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08

Bassist Gary Peacock has built a career on being a daring performer who can easily adapt to any instrumentation. His ...

In Conversation with Bobby Sanabria posted in Features and Interviews March 18, 08

by Eugene Marlow Intense. Intense. Intense. Add to this passion, dedication, encyclopedic historical reference...

In Conversation with Jeff "Tain" Watts posted in Features and Interviews May 04, 09

By Ted Panken Seven years ago, I interviewed drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts upon the release of Bar Talk, his sec...

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