Don Ellis

[Durium]

DON ELLIS

A great example of a pre-big band Don Ellis recording !

New Ideas

Keep swinging

Durium

[Larry Kart]

Al Francis!

[clifford_thornton]

No shit. A great, great album.

[AllenLowe]

I also like the one on Candid with Jaki Byard - and there's the other one, with Paul Bley -

[Chuck Nessa]

Also the PJ record with Paul Bley - currently available from Mighty Quinn.

[jimi089]

Picked this LP up for a dollar from a garage sale several years ago. Good buy, great album.

[clifford_thornton]

That Candid trio CD I shamefully forgot about.

The PJ is a bitchin' LP. I haven't spun my Barnaby/Candid vinyl of How Time Passes in a few years, but this is a good reminder - if I can find it in storage, that is...

[sidewinder]

my Barnaby/Candid vinyl of How Time Passes in a few years, but this is a good reminder - if I can find it in storage, that is...

Yep, it's the Barnaby/Candid of 'How Time Passes' that I have too.

I have the New Jazz of 'New Ideas' ready for a spin a bit later on.

[clifford_thornton]

Mine's a bit hissy in that "From Despair To Hope" (typical NJ pressing), though luckily I also have the CD.

[AndrewHill]

New Ideas is a terrific record and Al Francis, like some have already mentioned, is extraordinary. Essence, is another killer date. Amazing stuff from Bley and Peacock there as well.

[Simon8]

DON ELLIS

Listened to this last night and was, again, thrilled by the music: some of the best Byard on record, Al Francis a revelation, Carter & Persip (who's role here reminds me of Haynes' on some forward-looking albums) making the band swing like mad on "Natural H.", "Uh-Huh" and "Imitation" (love that moment on "Uh-Huh" when Ellis builds up the tension and then releases in a great clarion call, a sonic wagon that the band immediatly jumps on, with Persip acknowledging the moment, like the listener, with a good ol' "Wooo!"

And Ellis: he's a monster, really. Amazing trumpeter. He has to be commanded too for his writing and arranging on this album. Compelling originals, very creatively executed (I'm not crazy about the overtly conceptual pieces ("Despair to Hope", "Tragedy") , but hats off for the audacity].

Edited December 13, 2012 by Simon8

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, I still listen to that one fairly regularly and it's probably still my favorite of that group of albums. Finally got the Candid LP (German press) of the session with Bley and Swallow. It's interesting though I do prefer How Time Passes and Essence.