Don Ellis Band playing "New Horizons"

[Free For All]

Electric Heart

Not sure if it's been discussed on any of the Ellis threads, but John Vizzusi has a documentary on Don Ellis comnig out that looks pretty interesting. Anyone here seen it yet?

[JEV1A]

Thanks for the clips everyone. I've been really getting into Ellis' music over the last couple of years and was blown away by Essence. Did Electric Heart ever get released? Was that meant for the theaters or DVD release?

The Film is currently on the Film Festival Circuit as well as Screening at Jazz Festivals and the like.

If you can setup a screening in your area, DVD Screeners are available.

ELECTRIC HEART don ellis

http://www.donellisfilm.com

E-Mail: centralhsd@earthlink.net

[JEV1A]

Back in the 60's, I had the opinion that he started out as an interesting trumpeter who became a showman. Seeing this, I see that he became an even better showman than I had thought.

Don was never interested in being a so-called a showman! He dedicated his life and music to what he felt was the advancement of the jazz form and his own brand of music never heard before. He thrived on non-commerciality and was under-produced and mis-managed by record company's and their suits and producers that could not categorize him.

His original outfits came as part of a campaign in 1969 to make Ellis a gimmick and mix him up with the rock scene of that era.

Whatever the case, you can't take away the memories of those that witnessed The Don Ellis Band "Live".

Nothing like it... then and now!

JEV / The Don Ellis Story

[Rooster_Ties]

On a related note, when I saw Steve Coleman live here in KC a couple years ago, this is pretty much how I ended up counting everything he did...

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[mikeweil]

How th' hell do ya count that stuff(?).

New Horizons? 2-3-2-3-2-2-3 .....

[JEV1A]

Don used to say; "And now here one that is longer than your Zip Code!