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DON ELLIS
THE 1960S ALBUMS (4CD)
Compact Disc - 4 CD Box Set
Item no. :EN4CD9248 Barcode :0823564039664 Artist :DON ELLIS Product type :Compact Disc - 4 CD Box Set Label :ENLIGHTENMENT SERIES Release Date :07 November 2025
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Donald Johnson Ellis, born July 25, 1934, was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his life he worked as a film composer, contributing a score to 1971's The French Connection and 1973's The Seven-Ups.
Born in Los Angeles, his father was a Methodist minister and his mother a church organist. He attended West High School in Minneapolis, MN. After attending a Tommy Dorsey Big Band concert, he first became interested in jazz. Other early inspirations were Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. He graduated from Boston University in 1956 with a music composition degree.
DISC ONE
1. How Time Passes 6:30 2. Sallie 4:38 3. A Simplex One 4:17 4. Waste 8:15 5. Improvisational Suite #1 22:19 6. Sweet And Lovely 6:12 7. My Funny Valentine 4:28
8. I Love You 4:39 9. I'll Remember April 3:34 10. Just One of Those Things 3:41 11. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 3:47 12. All The Things You Are 6:10
13. Out Of Nowhere 3:45
DISC TWO
1. Natural H. 4:37 2. Despair To Hope 4:22 3. Uh-Huh 8:19 4. Four And Three 5:07 5. Imitation 8:00 6. Solo 2:20 7. Cock And Bull 7:09 8. Tragedy 5:13 9. Johnny Come Lately 4:57 10. Slow Space 4:37 11. Ostinato 7:36 12. Donkey 4:39 13. Form 10:16 14. Irony 5:16
DISC THREE
1. Soloes 14:39 2. What Is This Thing Called Love 6:48 3. Lover 6:35 4. Now's The Time 4:20 5. Some Place Else 9:10 6. A Night In Tunisia 15:42 7. Bombay Bossa Nova 8:11 8. Sweet 19 6:13 9. Blues For Hari 11:16
DISC FOUR
1. 33 222 1 222 9:29 2. Passacaglia And Fugue 6:38 3. Concerto For Trumpet 12:42 4. New Nine 12:09 5. Orientation 11:20 6. Angel Eyes 5:42 7. Freedom Jazz Dance 5:54 8. Upstart 9:04 9. Thetis 8:27
