Was a great time when musicians had the chance to experiment with unique musical concepts instead of following the money . Sadly missing in these days.
I remember a young Ted Nash coming off the Ellis Band to Play with us in the 1977 MJF All Star High School Band! I think we actually played a Hank Levy chart for our concert. I remember he was our guest arranger that year.
Don Ellis' is orchestrally and groovily so modern even in 2015 Never have I heard of Jim Coile; he's 'bad' saxophonically. Exceptional artists! Thanks for posting!
+wyndhl eodumegwu Mate I assume you mean "bad" as in "bad ass" 'cause that solo just kicks arse, like all of them. I would have loved to have been bad enough to play with these guys...
+ken arthur Correct! "Bad" as in the superlative mother-......of collosal greatness. I myself would have liked to have had an "in vivo" experience of this excellent performance - front row seat mind you!
+wyndhl eodumegwu I hear ya. What a crazy time in music. I was struck by how serious everyone looked (except that hipster drummer... He was owning it!) the must have had to be working damn hard. Awesome stuff, yeah I would love to see a tribute band decked out in full 70s regalia of course....
+ken arthur I guess everyone wanted to cross the musical T's and dot the orchestral I's with that Don Ellis-like perfection. They perhaps feared the seriousness of the Leader's rod [smile] Wouldn't that be something else? A Don Ellis Tribute Big Band with performers being attired in costumes now as they were then in the '70s would bring back great memories with lots of excitement! Maybe some Jazz enthusiast and fanatic with money will make it happen; let's keep our fingers crossed.
That is exactly right in terms of the rhythmic superimposition. It occurs over an 8 bar phrase: 8 eighths times 8 bars equals 64 eighths. Don wrote this entirely in 4/4. He did quite a bit of this toward the end--writing complex rhythmic cycles within a 4/4 context.
As is Open Wide, Eros, Go No Go and Loneliness from this set. I think the focus at this point in time was exploring odd rhythms within regular meters and/or simply not worrying about it one way or the other.
Every few years or so, the LA Jazz Institute has booked an 'alumni' band. Other than that, the logistics (rehearsal, personnel, etc.), lack of interest in big band music in general, much less this band in particular, makes it all almost impossible. There is a group in Austria that has occasionally done a concert/tour dedicated to Don's music. But they do other things as well.
My daughter who is a vocalist pointed out that the music of a lot of the greats like Ellis, Dizzy etc. is geared for large tickets venues unlike the smaller combos and groups that play clubs. These large venues tend to be in large metropolitan areas so you would find them in... for example San Francisco rather than Modesto that's 80 miles away yet also has a big performing arts center.
I don’t know why every is making so much fuss about the time signatures - it is surely all the porn star moustaches that are the most outstanding part of this performance? 😵
Was a great time when musicians had the chance to experiment with unique musical concepts instead of following the money . Sadly missing in these days.
Schaut es Euch genau an, so etwas wundervolles wird es niemals wieder geben!
Fantastic
Amazing
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍
I remember a young Ted Nash coming off the Ellis Band to
Play with us in the 1977 MJF All Star High School Band! I think we actually played a Hank Levy chart for our concert. I remember he was our guest arranger that year.
I just cannot get this damn tune out of my head!!
Alan is, and always has been, one of the best around.
Awesome!
That trombone is insane.
Don Ellis' greatest album.
Bogactwo wielokulturowych zapożyczeń , przebogata rytmika , bajecznie się tego słucha
Don Ellis' is orchestrally and groovily so modern even in 2015
Never have I heard of Jim Coile; he's 'bad' saxophonically.
Exceptional artists!
Thanks for posting!
+wyndhl eodumegwu Mate I assume you mean "bad" as in "bad ass" 'cause that solo just kicks arse, like all of them. I would have loved to have been bad enough to play with these guys...
+ken arthur
Correct! "Bad" as in the superlative mother-......of collosal greatness.
I myself would have liked to have had an "in vivo" experience of this excellent performance - front row seat mind you!
+wyndhl eodumegwu I hear ya. What a crazy time in music. I was struck by how serious everyone looked (except that hipster drummer... He was owning it!) the must have had to be working damn hard. Awesome stuff, yeah I would love to see a tribute band decked out in full 70s regalia of course....
+ken arthur
I guess everyone wanted to cross the musical T's and dot the orchestral I's with that Don Ellis-like perfection.
They perhaps feared the seriousness of the Leader's rod [smile]
Wouldn't that be something else?
A Don Ellis Tribute Big Band with performers being attired in costumes now as they were then in the '70s would bring back great memories with lots of excitement!
Maybe some Jazz enthusiast and fanatic with money will make it happen; let's keep our fingers crossed.
Man could Don get his rhythm sections to cook !
What's the old joke? The only thing Don d
id in 4/4 was "Take Five"...
Who cares? It’s about the music. Ellis was a genius.
And this song is in 4/4! He just hides it beautifully!
very cool video. Trumpet player’s name is Gil Rathel (last name spelling)
The trumpet soloist is Jack Coan…you can hear Don announce his name at the end of the song.
That tenor solo at 3:33 always makes me smile
The players in the frontline are:
Jimbo Ross - Viola
Pam Tompkins - Violin
Jim Coile - Tenor
Jack Coan - Trumpet
Alan Kaplan - Trombone
That is exactly right in terms of the rhythmic superimposition. It occurs over an 8 bar phrase: 8 eighths times 8 bars equals 64 eighths. Don wrote this entirely in 4/4. He did quite a bit of this toward the end--writing complex rhythmic cycles within a 4/4 context.
By the way, just in case anyone's wondering, the piece is ENTIRELY in 4/4.
It's not how you beat it, it's the accents that make it happen!
As is Open Wide, Eros, Go No Go and Loneliness from this set. I think the focus at this point in time was exploring odd rhythms within regular meters and/or simply not worrying about it one way or the other.
Is there a Don Ellis Legacy Big Band?
Rather, why isn't there a Don Ellis Legacy Big Band?
Oh, how I miss Don's Group!
Every few years or so, the LA Jazz Institute has booked an 'alumni' band. Other than that, the logistics (rehearsal, personnel, etc.), lack of interest in big band music in general, much less this band in particular, makes it all almost impossible.
There is a group in Austria that has occasionally done a concert/tour dedicated to Don's music. But they do other things as well.
+pwstomper223
So sad; what a loss!
Don Ellis should have been "immortalized" for his vision, creativity and progressive musical insights decades ago.
+pwstomper223
Thanks for the feedback, which is sad to learn.
My daughter who is a vocalist pointed out that the music of a lot of the greats like Ellis, Dizzy etc. is geared for large tickets venues unlike the smaller combos and groups that play clubs. These large venues tend to be in large metropolitan areas so you would find them in... for example San Francisco rather than Modesto that's 80 miles away yet also has a big performing arts center.
Actually, there are a couple of 2/4 bars in Eros and Loneliness has quite a lot of changing meters when the woodwinds are by themselves.
...for four fine friends!
...for Five Fine Fellows, actually.
Тробонист даст ист Фантастишь
Now I know what Newton felt like. I'm doing calculus and everybody else is doing arithmetic!
News from Laurie Badessa (violin) ?
This is based on some classical composition right? Anyone know?
Not that I've heard or read. Where did you come up with that bit of speculation?
Four Fine Fellows and an even Finer Female
Odd meter mariachi.
Not that I've ever heard about.
I can't stand jazz especially not one of my favorite genres but theres one jazz musician that I like that will be Don Ellis.
You fear jazz
This is nothing more American than jazz. Nothing.
Why Ellis-his stuff was weird😂❤
I don’t know why every is making so much fuss about the time signatures - it is surely all the porn star moustaches that are the most outstanding part of this performance? 😵
And the white suits. Serious cult vibe goin' on here ;)
Uhm.... kinda.
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