Haiku (Don Ellis album)

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Haiku
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Studio album by Don Ellis
Released 1974
Recorded June 1-4, 1973
Genre Jazz
Length37:51
Label MPS/BASF
MC 25341
Producer Don Ellis
Don Ellis chronology
Soaring
(1973) Soaring1973		Haiku
(1974)		 Music from Other Galaxies and Planets
(1977) Music from Other Galaxies and Planets1977

Haiku is an album by trumpeter/bandleader Don Ellis recorded in 1973 and released on the MPS label. [1]

Don Ellis American jazz musician

Donald Johnson Ellis 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 life he worked as a film composer, contributing a score to 1971's The French Connection and 1973's The Seven-Ups.

MPS Records was a German jazz record company and label founded in 1968 by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer. MPS stands for "Musik Produktion Schwarzwald".

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This album is a very different Don Ellis record. Rather than using a big band, the trumpeter is well showcased while backed by a large string section on ten moody originals ...much of the music is quite mellow. A definite change of pace". [2]

On All About Jazz, John Kelman observed "Haiku finds Ellis in largely lyrical territory with a core quintet and varying configurations of a 12-piece string orchestra. Some tracks work better than others, but all point to a musical mind unencumbered by convention, even as he aimed, on other albums, for greater commercial success ...A tad inconsistent, perhaps, but Haiku still possesses more charm than syrup; an alternate, lyrical, and more deeply introspective view of the usually more boisterous Ellis—signaling, perhaps, a new direction that, sadly, he'd not be around long enough to explore further.." [3]

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The Guardian's John Fordham noted "This 1973 recording with a strings ensemble is very different from his adventurous work with mind-boggling time signatures in the 60s. But an Ellis venture is never without surprises. All the segments are inspired by haiku, and they reflect that form's brevity. ...The leader's unique brass sound embraced technical security, classical purity and an old jazz-brass swagger, and if some of the music gets a little Disney, it's an object lesson in orchestral writing for improvisers." [4]

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Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis

  1. "Children" - 3:30
  2. "Blossoming" - 3:52
  3. "Water Jewel" - 5:23
  4. "Cherry Petals" - 2:47
  5. "Forest" - 3:30
  6. "Summer Rain" - 2:20
  7. "Two Autumns" - 4:57
  8. "Mirror-Pond of Stars" - 3:25
  9. "Parting" - 6:18
  10. "Dew" - 1:28

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings.. .. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

Milcho Leviev[ˈmiɫtʃo lɛˈviɛf] is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, and jazz pianist.

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References

  1. ↑ Don Ellis discography accessed March 6, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Don Ellis – Haiku at AllMusic . Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, March 30, 2010
  4. 1 2 Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, June 4, 2010
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