Don Ellis - Essence (1962) CD Rip

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Title: Essence
Year Of Release: 1962
Label: Mighty Quinn Productions[MQP1101]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 45:07
Total Size: 298 MB(+3%) | 107 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Johnny Come Lately
2 Slow Space
3 Ostinato
4 Donkey
5 Form
6 Angel Eyes
7 Irony
8 Lover
Don Ellis - Essence (1962) CD Rip

personnel :

Bass – Gary Peacock
Drums – Gene Stone, Nick Martinis
Piano – Paul Bley
Trumpet – Don Ellis

The rarest of all Don Ellis sessions, Essence matches the trumpeter with pianist Paul Bley, bassist Gary Peacock, and either Nick Martinis or Gene Stone on drums. Ellis, who sought during this period to transfer ideas and concepts from modern classical music into adventurous jazz, often experimented with time, tempos and the use of space while still swinging. His renditions of Billy Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately," "Angel Eyes" and "Lover" are quite fresh, he contributes four interesting originals and introduces Carla Bley's "Wrong Key Donkey" (here simply called "Donkey"). This is thought-provoking music that was certainly way overdue to be reissued.~Scott Yanow