''Don Ellis Orchestra 'Live' at Monterey!'' is a live album by trumpeter

Don Ellis Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...

recorded in 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Don Ellis discography
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Reception

Scott Yanow in his review for

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stated, "One of the most exciting new jazz big bands of the period, Ellis' ensemble became notorious for its ability to play coherently in odd time signatures... Ellis enjoyed utilizing unusual combinations of instruments; the instrumentation on this date consists of five trumpets, three trombones, five saxes, piano, three bassists, two drummers and a percussionist... Highly recommended".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
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'' said "Ellis manages to combine intellectual stimulation and visceral impact".

Track listing

''All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated'' # ''Introduction by

Jimmy Lyons Jimmy Lyons (December 1, 1931 – May 19, 1986) was an American alto saxophone player. He is best known for his long tenure in the Cecil Taylor Unit. Lyons was the only constant member of the band from the mid-1960s until his death. Taylor never ...

'' - 1:18 Bonus track on CD reissue # "33 222 1 222" - 9:51 # "Passacaglia and Fugue" ( Hank Levy) - 6:13 # "Crete Idea" - 6:14 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Concerto for Trumpet" - 11:48 # "27/16" - 6:01 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Beat Me Daddy, 7 to the Bar" - 8:24 Bonus track on CD reissue # "New Nine" - 11:18 *Recorded at The Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California on September 18, 1966 except for track 5 which was recorded at The Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa, CA on October 8, 1966. (The CD liner notes incorrectly give the date of the Pacific Jazz Festival performance as October 18.)

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

, arranger *Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Glenn Stuart, Paul Lopez - trumpet *Dave Wells, Ron Meyers -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

*Terry Woodson - bass trombone *Ruben Leon - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute * Tom Scott - alto saxophone,

saxello The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

, flute *Ira Shulman -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, alto saxophone, clarinet *Ron Starr - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet *John Magruder - baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet * David MacKay - organ,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*Frank DeLaRosa,

Chuck Domanico Charles Louis Domanico (January 20, 1944 – October 17, 2002), better known as Chuck Domanico, was an American jazz bassist who played double bass and bass guitar on the West Coast jazz scene. Domanico was born in Chicago. He settled i ...

, Ray Neapolitan - bass *Alan Estes, Steve Bohannon - drums *Chino Valdes -

bongos Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

, congas * Hank Levy - arranger (track 3)

References

{{reflist Don Ellis live albums 1967 live albums Pacific Jazz Records live albums