Don Ellis-New Ideas-Remastered-CD-FLAC-2012-THEVOiD

                              DRIFT INTO THE VOID
 Info   
     Artist  | Don Ellis
     Title   | New Ideas
     Genre   | Jazz                                 Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 57:51
     Label   | Poll Winners Records                 Store   | 2012
     Catalog | 27284                                Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 700 kbps                             Size    | 295.26 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Natural H.                                                  4:36
     02. Despair To Hope                                             4:22
     03. Uh-Hu                                                       8:18
     04. Four And Three                                              5:07
     05. Imitation                                                   7:59
     06. Solo                                                        2:19
     07. Cock And Bull                                               7:08
     08. Tragedy                                                     5:12
     09. It Don't Mean A Thing (Bonus Track)                        12:50
 Notes  
     A talented trumpeter with a vivid musical imagination and the
     willingness to try new things, Don Ellis led some of the most
     colorful big bands of the 1965-75 period. After graduating from
     Boston University, Ellis played in the big bands of Ray McKinley,
     Charlie Barnet, and Maynard Ferguson (he was featured with the
     latter on 'Three More Foxes'), recorded with Charles Mingus, and
     played with George Russell's sextet (at the same time as Eric
     Dolphy). Ellis led four quartet and trio sessions during 1960-1962
     for Candid, New Jazz, and Pacific Jazz, mixing together bop, free
     jazz, and his interest in modern classical music. However it was in
     1965 when he put together his first orchestra that he really started
     to make an impression in jazz.
     Ellis's big bands were distinguished by their unusual
     instrumentation (which in its early days had up to three bassists
     and three drummers including Ellis himself), the leader's desire to
     investigate unusual time changes (including 7/8, 9/8, and even
     15/16), its occasionally wacky humor (highlighted by an excess of
     false endings), and an openness towards using rock rhythms and (in
     later years) electronics. Ellis invented the four-valve trumpet and
     utilized a ring modulator and all types of wild electronic devices
     by the late '60s. By 1971, his band consisted of an eight-piece
     brass section (including French horn and tuba), a four-piece
     woodwind section, a string quartet, and a two-drum rhythm section. A
     later unrecorded edition even added a vocal quartet.
     On this 1961 quintet "New Ideas" set for Prestige (with vibraphonist
     Al Francis, pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer
     Charlie Persip), Don Ellis experiments with time, new chord
     structures, and free improvisation; a highlight is his brief
     unaccompanied workout on the free-form "Solo". Ellis, who switches
     to piano during part of "Tragedy", already had a sound of his own,
     although he would change the direction of his music within a few
     years. Even over 40 years later, his thoughtful musical experiments
     of the early '60s are often quite fascinating to hear.
     This release contains the complete 1961 original album "New Ideas"
     remastered, Don Ellis' third album as a leader, on which he is the
     only horn backed by Al Francis on vibes, Jaki Byard on piano, Ron
     Carter on bass, and Charlie Persip on drums. An extremely rare 1958
     version of "It Don't Mean A Thing" pairing Ellis with Zoot Sims in
     a quintet format, has been added as a bonus.

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20M	02-don_ellis-despair_to_hope-thevoid.flac
50M	03-don_ellis-uh-hu-thevoid.flac
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33M	09-don_ellis-it_dont_mean_a_thing_(bonus_track)-thevoid.flac
282M	total