JEV1A Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 ELECTRIC HEART don ellis http://www.donellisfilm.com -Jazz had to invent a New Term when it came to Don Ellis! 2008 Screenings include: Orlando Florida / Premiere Theater / Fashion Square February 29, 2008 7:30pm Moderated by Hector Torres w/ Filmmaker in atendance. SOFIA International Film Festival w/ Composer Pianist Milcho Leviev March 9 Venue TBA DVD Screeners available to those wanting to setup screenings and special events. Special one-of-a-kind Promotional DVD & Cd's "Lost Footage" available via ELECTRIC HEART website. World Rights are available "ELECTRIC HEART" is not so much a Film about Jazz but a Film about a man that re-defined Jazz! -John Vizzusi, Filmmaker e-mail: Centralhsd@earthlink.net Ellis Film Hotline: 1-407-310-2774 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Glad to hear it! I was just inquiring about this movie's status not to long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just picked up the DVD of this (apparently 220 minutes, with special features). Will post thoughts once I've viewed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just picked up the DVD of this (apparently 220 minutes, with special features). Will post thoughts once I've viewed it. Where is it available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Just picked up the DVD of this (apparently 220 minutes, with special features). Will post thoughts once I've viewed it. Where is it available? My local jazz CD specialist shop had one copy on the shelf. Looked intriguing so I went for it. Must have been a special import for it to hit the shelf over here. Update - click on link on the first post. Amazon UK seem to be selling it for about £15.60 Edited April 14, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzjet Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just picked up the DVD of this (apparently 220 minutes, with special features). Will post thoughts once I've viewed it. Where is it available? My local jazz CD specialist shop had one copy on the shelf. Looked intriguing so I went for it. Must have been a special import for it to hit the shelf over here. Update - click on link on the first post. Amazon UK seem to be selling it for about £15.60 I've only watched the main feature so far but it seems a well made and thorough documentary with some fine live and unseen footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Finally, spam I can use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Verdict - definitely a thumbs up. Especially so for any of us Don Ellis fans. The main feature is a well made and balanced documentary with some very nice and rare film footage. Ellis with Leonard Bernstein and symphonic orchestra in NYC in one of the Third Stream concerts (Orchestra USA? - also in film - Benny Golson and Richard Davis). Some nice semi-psychedelic tracks from a 1968 San Francisco arts TV show around the time of the 'Shock Treatment' LP and also footage from the 'Underground' tour taken at Tanglewood, with vocalist Patti Allen. Sadly, no footage of the 'Tears Of Joy' band, although some nice 35mm slides of this band touring are shown in the documentary. The special features include a truly wild version of 'Turkish Bath' taken from that 68 San Fran show, more interview footage from Milcho Leviev and others and a nice little performance by an Ellis Alumni band filmed at 'Whisky A Go Go' in LA back in 2005 led by Leviev and playing 'Pussy Wiggle Stomp' and 'Indian Lady'. A nice tribute DVD ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just ordered it. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Yeah, the Youtube clips looked really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Just ordered it. Thanks for the heads up. Good move - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. First thing I did after watching it was put on the CD of 'Electric Bath' and crank the volume up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Thanks for linking this - I owe a lot to Ellis, and will order this during the next months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Thanks for the review, sidewinder! Sounds like it's well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the review, sidewinder! Sounds like it's well worth it. Yeah, it's so good that I'm going to give myself a repeat showing tonight. Just wished they'd included the whole of the 'San Francisco Arts 1968' show - but I guess most of the tracks are included (30 minute show?) It would also have been nice to see the whole of that Bernstein/Schuller symphonic performance. Apparently Eric Dolphy was in the lineup ! Edited April 15, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Watching this now. It's very good so far, nice clips and interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm not a big on Don Ellis but this is well worth seeing. I can recommend it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks for all of the reviews on this thread. I've got to find a copy of this ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I ordered a copy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEV1A Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Verdict - definitely a thumbs up. Especially so for any of us Don Ellis fans. The main feature is a well made and balanced documentary with some very nice and rare film footage. Ellis with Leonard Bernstein and symphonic orchestra in NYC in one of the Third Stream concerts (Orchestra USA? - also in film - Benny Golson and Richard Davis). Some nice semi-psychedelic tracks from a 1968 San Francisco arts TV show around the time of the 'Shock Treatment' LP and also footage from the 'Underground' tour taken at Tanglewood, with vocalist Patti Allen. Sadly, no footage of the 'Tears Of Joy' band, although some nice 35mm slides of this band touring are shown in the documentary. The special features include a truly wild version of 'Turkish Bath' taken from that 68 San Fran show, more interview footage from Milcho Leviev and others and a nice little performance by an Ellis Alumni band filmed at 'Whisky A Go Go' in LA back in 2005 led by Leviev and playing 'Pussy Wiggle Stomp' and 'Indian Lady'. A nice tribute DVD ! Thanks very much for your comments on my Film ELECTRIC HEART and the DVD Release. You can purchase Directly from http://www.DonEllisFilm.com either from the Distributor or Amazon U.K. and Sleepy Night Records. Sad to say, most of the footage found was in poor shape and what my Film features had to be painstakingly restored, both the video and audio. The Film is 70 minutes and just won the Grand Prize for Best Feature Documentary at The 2009 Kansas City Film Festival. Gary Gillies, Producer at Sleepy Night Records added all the extras on the DVD including his own Tribute to Don Ellis. I hope you all enjoy the one and only Film ever made about Don Ellis. I'm still in need of a North American Distributor and someone to Distribute my Film into Universities Music Departments and Library's in the USA & Canada. You can contact me Directly at tele: 407-310-2774 or E-Mail: CentralStateProductions@earthlink.net -Long live the incredible but somehow forgotton Don Ellis John Vizzusi, Filmmaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Ordering through amazon.de didn't work, now with your link to amazon.co.uk it did. Very much looking forward to this DVD. I remember seeing a snippet of a Monterey performance from the late 1960's on German TV as a teen that left me mesmerized ... hope it is on this disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Ordering through amazon.de didn't work, now with your link to amazon.co.uk it did. Very much looking forward to this DVD. I remember seeing a snippet of a Monterey performance from the late 1960's on German TV as a teen that left me mesmerized ... hope it is on this disc. There's about 5-10 minutes of footage from the Monterey concert. One of the numbers has a Glenn Ferris trombone solo and the other track is a Patti Allen vocal feature I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEV1A Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ordering through amazon.de didn't work, now with your link to amazon.co.uk it did. Very much looking forward to this DVD. I remember seeing a snippet of a Monterey performance from the late 1960's on German TV as a teen that left me mesmerized ... hope it is on this disc. Hello, this is the Filmmaker of ELECTRIC HEART. I was not allowed to use any of the 1967 "Live" at The Monterey Jazz Festival Footage for my Commercial Film and it is only available through a Stock Footage Company in Los Angeles. However, I do have a PROMO DVD that was utilized during my Funding Stage that does show the Piece "New Horizons" from that Concert. I can only ask for a Donation for this DVD and it cannot be used for any Commercial purposes. If you want the DVD, I cannot even suggest a price you can pay though PAYPAL at my verified Business E-MAIL address: Centralhsd@earthlink.net Or send check made payable to John Vizzusi, Filmmaker I hope you enjoy ELECTRIC HEART DVD. John V. Sights & Sounds Films 1409 Oak Place #K Apopka, Florida 32712 USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEV1A Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ordering through amazon.de didn't work, now with your link to amazon.co.uk it did. Very much looking forward to this DVD. I remember seeing a snippet of a Monterey performance from the late 1960's on German TV as a teen that left me mesmerized ... hope it is on this disc. There's about 5-10 minutes of footage from the Monterey concert. One of the numbers has a Glenn Ferris trombone solo and the other track is a Patti Allen vocal feature I think. Hello, this is the Filmmaker of ELECTRIC HEART. My Film features several segements of the 1969 "Live" at The Concord Jazz Festival with The Don Ellis Band with Jazz Vocalist Patti Allen during their Underground Tour. I was not allowed to use any of The Monterey Concert footage Produced by Ralph Gleason for WNET New York. Thanks John V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thanks John - Of course, it was the Concord performance, not the Monterey. Too bad about the limitations on usage but within the limitations you managed to include some great footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Having been deeply touched by the music of Don Ellis in my teens already, this documentary really moves me. Ellis deserves a place among the top rankd of big band jazz, and he has been more or less denied that by people with a narrower view of the music. This inspired me to pull his early quartet sessions from the shelf, and I had to reaffirm my thought that he was one of the greatest trumpet players of his generation. I think with Ellis it is you either get it or you don't - I thank the creator for Don Ellis and his music. And I thank you for this beautiful film. I will pm you regarding your offer ... Edited July 6, 2009 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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