The Don Ellis Orchestra - Live In 3 ⅔/4 Time (1967)

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Title: Live In 3 ⅔/4 Time
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Pacific Jazz [7243 5 23996 2 8]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 73:05
Total Size: 468 MB(+3%) | 178 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Orientation 11:20
2 Angel Eyes 5:41
3 Freedom Jazz Dance 5:53
4 Barnum's Revenge 4:37
5 Upstart 9:03
6 Thetis 8:27
7 Bossa Nueva Nova 5:30
8 Opus Five 9:53
9 Seven Up 4:40
10 Johnny One Note 2:25
11 Freedom Jazz Dance (Alternate Version) 7:38
The Don Ellis Orchestra - Live In 3 ⅔/4 Time (1967)

personnel :

Don Ellis – trumpet, arranger
Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Glenn Stuart, Bob Harmon – trumpet
Ron Myers (tracks 1–3), Dave Wells, Dave Sanchez (tracks 4–11) – trombone
Terry Woodson – bass trombone
Ruben Leon – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Tom Scott – alto saxophone, saxello, flute (tracks 1–3)
Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (tracks 4–11)
Ira Shulman, Ron Starr – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
John Magruder – baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
David MacKay – piano
Frank DeLaRosa, Chuck Domanico (tracks 1–3), Ray Neapolitan, Dave Parlato (tracks 4–11) – bass
Alan Estes – drums, timbales
Steve Bohannon – drums
Chino Valdes – bongos, congas
Mark Stevens – percussion (tracks 1–3)

The Don Ellis Orchestra really came into its own during the period covered by this CD (1966-1967), playing perfectly coherent solos in ridiculous time signatures. At the time, the band consisted of five trumpets, three trombones, five reeds, piano, three basses, two drummers, and three percussionists. "Barnum's Revenge" has the ensemble playing a satirical brand of Dixieland in 5/4, "Orientation" goes back and forth between 7/8 and 9/8, and "Upstart" is in 11/8 (three and two-thirds beats to the measure!). Somehow everything swings with Ellis, Ira Schulman (on tenor and clarinet), Dave Mackay (on piano), and Tom Scott (on saxello) being the main soloists. In addition to the original six selections (recorded at the Pacific Jazz Festival in 1966 and at Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1967), there are five additional cuts, including an alternate version of "Freedom Jazz Dance." Fun music.~Scott Yanow