dcrigger
Senior Member
As some of you may know, I had the great honor and joy of playing with jazz trumpeter, big band leader and odd meter pioneer, Don Ellis early in my career. But beyond that, I was and have been a huge fan of his music since first hearing it when I was 12 years old. It was definitely one of my biggest inspirations for pursuing a life in music.
Anyway, beyond the problem of Don's original recordings being out of print, for many, many years not having been reissued on CD, there has also been a real dearth of video footage of Don available. And the handful clips that have circulated have been almost entirely from the first half of his career (pre-1970)... that is until now.
I'm thrilled to see that a big chunk of Don's performance at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival has been posted on YouTube. And while there is obviously a self-serving element to this - since I played this concert - I'm mainly just glad that folks that never got to see the band of the pioneering musician can now finally check it out.
David
(and sorry for all the cross (multiple-forum) postings - like I said I'm pretty excited about this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP86o86LPz0&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJL-7rOvDc&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_m0eb83dm4&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZUu-NWmAU&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI9caeoZ_kM&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4TmiWQoWt8&feature=related&hd=1
Anyway, beyond the problem of Don's original recordings being out of print, for many, many years not having been reissued on CD, there has also been a real dearth of video footage of Don available. And the handful clips that have circulated have been almost entirely from the first half of his career (pre-1970)... that is until now.
I'm thrilled to see that a big chunk of Don's performance at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival has been posted on YouTube. And while there is obviously a self-serving element to this - since I played this concert - I'm mainly just glad that folks that never got to see the band of the pioneering musician can now finally check it out.
David
(and sorry for all the cross (multiple-forum) postings - like I said I'm pretty excited about this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP86o86LPz0&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJL-7rOvDc&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_m0eb83dm4&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZUu-NWmAU&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI9caeoZ_kM&feature=related&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4TmiWQoWt8&feature=related&hd=1