The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground

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The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground
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Studio album by
Don Ellis
Released1969
Recorded1969
Genre
Length43:01
Label Columbia
CS 9889
Producer Don Ellis and Al Kooper
Don Ellis chronology
Autumn
(1968)		The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground
(1969)		 Don Ellis at Fillmore
(1970)

The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground is an album by trumpeter/bandleader Don Ellis recorded in 1969 and released on the Columbia label. [1]

Contents

Reception

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Scott Yanow of Allmusic says the album is "one of trumpeter Don Ellis' lesser efforts". [2] On All About Jazz, Jim Santella said "this big band album from Don Ellis proved inspirational. It gave a contemporary quality to big band music – the kind of force that influenced college and university stage bands around the world. Vocals were added, and Ellis emphasized a smooth, pop quality to his arrangements. Melodies were easy to follow, and the songs caught all the emotion that he pumped in so generously. Nevertheless, the album contains the same kind of musical virtuosity that Ellis had demonstrated on earlier albums". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

  1. "House in the Country" (Al Kooper) – 2:48
  2. "Don't Leave Me" (Harry Nilsson) – 3:40
  3. "Higher" (Sly Stone) – 3:19
  4. "Bulgarian Bulge" (Traditional) – 3:03
  5. "Eli's Comin'" (Laura Nyro) – 4:08
  6. "Acoustical Lass" – 2:32
  7. "Good Feelin'" – 6:14
  8. "Send My Baby Back" (Lonnie Hewitt, Ernest Marbray) – 3:02
  9. "Love for Rent" (Fred Selden) – 4:06
  10. "It's Your Thing" (Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley) – 2:54
  11. "Ferris Wheel" – 3:46
  12. "Black Baby" (Don Ellis, Patti Allen) – 3:29

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Don Ellis discography accessed March 6, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 6, 2013
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 71. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 442. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Santella, J., All About Jazz Review, May 21, 2006
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