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Don Ellis 1977 (11) Arcturus
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2011
- from his appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 8, 1977.
Don Ellis - Trumpet, Composer, Arranger
Reeds - Ann Patterson, Ted Nash, James Coile, Jim Snodgrass
Trumpets - Glenn Stuart, Gil Rather, Jack Coan
French Horn - Sidney Muldrow
Trombone - Alan Kaplan
Bass Trombone - Richard Bullock
Tuba - Jim Self
Keyboards - Randy Kerber
Bass - Leon Gaer, Darrell Clayborn
Drums - David Crigger
Congas - Chino Valdes
Percussion, Drums and Mallets - Michael Englander
Percussion, Mallets and Timpani - Ruth Ritchie
Violins - Pam Tompkins, Lori Badessa
Viola - Jimbo Ross
Cello - Paula Hochhalter
I was stunned when I ran across this recording I had never heard nor seen before. Some people never have the opportunity to recognize a high point in their lives. Fortunately, I could see this as one of those moments in my life immediately. Don Ellis was a spontaneous fellow. He felt it added excitement to the performance to just point at someone (me) and tell them to play a solo on this tune. So I almost ran out to the front with my baritone sax and started playing with everything I had when he pointed at me to play the first solo. I had never played a solo on this tune before, but the adrenaline was flowing so I had my moment in front of one of the greatest audiences at one of the great jazz festivals. What an experience.
Hank Levy once remarked the policy of Don to appoint soloists at the last moment made a lot sidemen and I quote: "Nervous as hell" . You notice that a bit with a very young Ted Nash, who missed most of his solo part.
You did a great job! Thank you very much.
Tough to believe he only had about 18 months to live. What a talent, cut so short. ;- (. 123 123 12 12 1 12 12 drove me crazy!
When I first heard the Electric Bath album in the sixties I immediately went to the record store and bought it. Then I would go to sleep at night while it played. The record players would shut off after the last tune but I didn't hear it most nights. I was floating in outer space but I always woke up in my own bed in the morning. No drugs, no alcohol needed.
Fantastic listening
A great number to show off the talents of the most proficient drummer the band ever had, Dave Crigger.
Steve Bohannon? Ralph Humphrey? Don always hired good drummers. Crigger was no exception.
I am so glad to have found this concert footage on CZcams. I can't believe it took me this long. I wasn't at this concert, but I saw them at Blues Alley in DC several days earlier, at what I think was their last concert date before taking off for Europe. Of the many memories I have of that concert, the most indelible one must be Ruth Ritchie standing right in front of me playing that wicked melody line on xylophone. Wow!!! I ran out and bought both LPs as soon as they hit the stores.
A Master Class in chaotically controlled musicianship. A mind blowing, ginormous jam session. Thank you so much for the great uploads.
More of this!
Love this album/performance. Gotta admit I come back to Arcturus for the cello :27 player. 1:24 ...Love that girl. Wonder what she's doing these days.
thank you I love you cliff in Tokyo
Dave Crigger was THE BOSS!
Absolutely. NOBODY could beat in playing odd time signatures. Jim Snodgrass
Crigger's website has some interesting things to say. He started drums at a pretty early age (10 years old?).
Thanks for the catch on Chino. I think his inadvertent omission has now been corrected on all of the clips.
love , love !!!!!!!!!!!
Enormous!!!!!
I'd like to see some footage of Milcho Leviev in this band!
There are those chords that sound like "Oh No" in a bunch of spots!
Definitely an FZ sound to this with the vibes and violin mixed in.
Jim Snodgrass
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"These pursuits were postponed when Ellis started having health problems, feeling "out of breath after [walking] up a single flight of stairs". He checked himself into a hospital in New York City where a doctor diagnosed him with mitral stenosis, a condition which caused his heart to beat in odd rhythms"
No wonder
Gil Rathel!
Back on the Monterey he was known only as...."Chino." :-)
More cowbell!
The original title of this was "Get Closer". Another one of Don's charts written with a woman in mind.
He was a lady's man, that's for sure. Good for him!
He was a lady's man back in the day! Good for him!
He was engaged to, and shortly before he passed away, married to the lead alto saxophonist in the band, Ann Patterson.
@@nealbfinn He was not engaged to Ann. They were an item for a while, but never engaged. In fact, he was already seeing someone else when he passed.
Where can I find the original song? I cannot find anything with this title.
Music from other galaxies and planets - different spelling "Arcturas"
Seems some of the players were multi-instrumentalists. How else could he get three flutes?
All the saxophone players played multiple instruments. That's how I got the gig: Baritone sax, flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax. I got rained on by Don Ellis for dragging all those instruments around Europe and costing so much money in extra baggage, but he wrote the parts. Jim Snodgrass
Too many notes!
Really? I believe all of the notes in each bar add up to 10/4... 🙂