Don Ellis
USA
Born: 25 July 1934
Died: 17 December 1978
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Experimental Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Modern Creative, Progressive Jazz
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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,...
See also
- Glenn Ferris (5)
Similar artists
- Gil Evans (15)
- Maynard Ferguson (14)
Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Chet Baker (134)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Eric Dolphy (33)
- Modern Jazz Quartet (21)
- Sun Ra (20)
- Charles Mingus (19)
- Clark Terry (17)
- Fats Navarro (1)
Followers
- Chicago (55)
- Enrico Rava (37)
- Steve Swallow (29)
- Arve Henriksen (24)
- Mahavishnu Orchestra (17)
- Return to Forever (10)
- John Klemmer (4)
- Dave King (3)
- Maria Schneider (2)
- Bobby Sanabria (2)
- Milcho Leviev (2)
Performed Songs By
- Cole Porter (2)
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