LIVE IN 3 2/3 / 4 TIME
(Pacific Jazz PJ-10123, © 1967/ 7243 5 23996 2 8, © 2000)

TRACK LISTING
Orientation
Angel Eyes (Denni s, Brent / arr. Don Ellis)
Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris / arr. Don Ellis)
Barnum's Revenge (Ruben Leon / arr. Ruben Leon)
Upstart
Thetis (Hank Levy / arr. Hank Levy)
Bossa Nueva Nova* (Hank Levy / arr. Hank Levy)
Opus Five* (Howlett Smith / arr. Howlett Smith)
Seven Up* (Howlett Smith / arr. Joe Roccisano)
Johnny One-Note* (Jaki Byard / arr. Jaki Byard)
Freedom Jazz Dance (alternate)* (Eddie Harris / arr. Don Ellis)

PERSONNEL
Don Ellis
  quarter-tone trumpet

Saxes & Woodwinds
  Ruben Leon - alto sax, soprano sax, flute
Joe Roccisano - alto sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet
Tom Scott - alto sax, saxello, flute, clarinet
Ira Schulman - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
Ron Starr - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
John Magruder - baritone sax, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet

Trumpets
  Glenn Stuart
Alan Weight
Ed Warren
Bob Harmon
 
Trombones
  Ron Myers
Dave Wells
Dave Sanchez
Terry Woodson - bass trombone

Rhythm
  Dave Mackay - piano
Ray Neapolitan - bass
Frank De La Rosa - bass
Dave Parlato - bass
Chuck Domanico - bass
Steve Bohannon - drums
Alan Estes - drums, timbales
Chino Valdes - congas, bongos
Mark Stevens - percussion

REVIEW
Don's second big band album, finally reissued on CD by Pacific Jazz and Bob Belden. The first three songs on the CD (which are the last three on the vinyl version) were recorded at the Pacific Jazz Festival, 10/10/66, and the remaining tracks were recorded at a Shelly's Manne Hole date, 3/27/67. Highlights are Ruben Leon's bombastic "Barnum's Revenge," Hank Levy's "Thetis," and a 7/4 reshaping of Eddie Harri's "Freedom Jazz Dance" featuring a young Tom Scott on saxello.

The CD reissue adds 5 unissued tracks to the original album, all of them taken from the date at the Manne Hole: a performance of Levy's "Alone" (listed and announced as "Bossa Nueva Nova") that pre-dates the Electric Bath version by a few months, two goofy Howlett Smith pieces that Don would later record for his Shock Treatment album, a straight-forward arrangement of Jaki Byard's "One Note" (mislabled as the Rodgers & Hart tune "Johnny One-Note) that really swings, and an alternate version of "Freedom Jazz Dance" featuring the late Joe Roccisano on alto.