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LIVE AT MONTREUX
(Atlantic SD 19178, © 1978 / Koch Jazz KOC CD-51410, © 2002)
TRACK LISTING
Open Wide
Loneliness
Future Feature (for Five Fine Fellows)
Go-No-Go
Sporting Dance
Niner Two
Lyra*
Eros*
Arcturus*
*CD bonus tracks
| PERSONNEL |
| Don Ellis |
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trumpet, flugelhorn, Superbone, Firebird |
Saxes & Woodwinds |
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Ann Patterson
Ted Nash
James Coile
James Snodgrass |
Trumpets |
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Glenn Stuart
Gil Rathel
Jack Coan |
French Horn |
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Sidney Muldrow |
Trombones |
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Alan Kaplan
Richard Bullock- bass trombone |
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| Tuba |
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Jim Self |
Strings |
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Pam Tompkins - violin
Laurie Badessa - violin
Jimbo Ross - viola
Paula Hochhalter - cello |
Rhythm |
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Randy Kerber - keyboards
Darrell Clayborn - upright bass
Leon Gaer - synthesized electric bass, electric bass, 8-string bass, 360 system
PVC, Oberheim synthesizer, Steiner sequencer, sequential circuits programmer
Dave Crigger - drums
Mike Englander - drums, mallets, percussion
Chino Valdes - congas, bongos
Ruth Ritchie - percussion, tympani |
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REVIEW
Don's last album. "Open Wide" earned some popularity (possibly due to
its simple, Mangione-esque melody), and "Go-No-Go" finds Don dipping
his toe into disco waters, but the overall mood is cheerful, and the material
seems to inspire the soloists. "Future Feature" showcases five of Don's
band members to impressive extent, including long-time trumpeter Jack Coan. Ted
Nash sounds good on "Go-No-Go" (opposite Don's slightly annoying Firebird
solo), and Alan Kaplan battles Don's Superbone on the energetic "Sporting
Dance." It's also nice to hear some improvisation from the strings, in particular
Jimbo Ross on viola.
Thankfully, Koch Jazz has reissued Montreux
on CD. The three bonus tracks are live and extended versions of 3 tunes
from the Star Wars album. So basically we
get to hear almost the whole Ellis concert, save but the opener ("Star
Wars") and another version of "Pussy Wiggle Stomp" that
was played towards the concert's end.
Like all of Don's concert albums, it's impressive to think that this
music was recorded live. And, as revealed in the new liner notes by Nick
DiScala, this edition of Don's band had a lot of extremely young players
in it (17 and 18 years old!??!!).
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