Autumn (Don Ellis album)

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Autumn
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Studio album by
Don Ellis Orchestra
Released1968
RecordedAugust 1968
Genre Jazz
Length57:49
Label Columbia
CS 9721
Producer Al Kooper
Don Ellis chronology
Shock Treatment
(1968)
Autumn
(1968)
The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground
(1969)

Autumn is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1968 and released on the Columbia label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, the "Don Ellis' Orchestra is heard at the peak of its powers on this Columbia LP... This is a classic release". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

  1. "Variations for Trumpet" - 19:25
  2. "Scratt and Fluggs" - 2:00
  3. "Pussy Wiggle Stomp" - 6:43
  4. "K.C. Blues" [live] (Charlie Parker) - 8:46
  5. "Child of Ecstasy" - 3:16
  6. "Indian Lady" [live] - 17:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Don Ellis discography Archived May 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed May 28, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Don Ellis – Autumn at AllMusic . Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. Burks, John (March 15, 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 71. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.