Don Ellis
Don Ellis
Latest Release
- The Trumpet Maverick of Jazz - The Experimental Sound of Don Ellis
- March 2025
- • 9 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Theme From "The French Connection" | ||
| 2 | Uh-Huh | ||
| 3 | Solo | ||
| 4 | Four and Three | ||
| 5 | Natural H. |
Albums
Jul 2013 • 7 songs
Mar 2013 • 6 songs
Jul 2005 • 9 songs
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Biography
A talented trumpeter with a vivid musical imagination and the willingness to try new things, Don Ellis led some of the most colorful big bands of the 1965-75 period. After graduating from Boston University, Ellis played in the big bands of Ray McKinley, Charlie Barnet, and Maynard Ferguson (he was featured with the latter on "Three More Foxes"), recorded with Charles Mingus, and played with George Russell's sextet (at the same time as Eric Dolphy). Ellis led four quartet and trio sessions during 1960-1962 for Candid, New Jazz, and Pacific Jazz, mixing together bop, free jazz, ...