Don Ellis

[Durium]

DON ELLIS

Ken Orton loves to publish his Don Ellis biography: “In Search of Don Ellis, Forgotten Genius” – written in American English - completed and copyrighted in October 2007. There are well over 800 pages of text and over 200 pages contained in the “Picture Galleries”, that include many rare, unpublished shots.

Although he has tried over the past months to find a publisher or means of publishing, he was unsuccessfully. That’s why he loves to share exclusively this extensive article with the readers of the Keep Swinging blogin: Don Ellis: May Time Restore?

Keep swinging

Durium

Edited September 17, 2008 by Durium

[7/4]

It's not like this hasn't been done before.

Edited September 17, 2008 by 7/4

[Durium]

It's not like this hasn't been done before.

No it isn't .................... this is part one of Ken Orton, talking about his book, still unpublished. Part 2 and 3 will be published later ...........

Keep swinging

Durium

[7/4]

The sky is blue.

No, it isn't.

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[paul secor]

I'm with Durium on this one. I looked through most of the link 7/4 posted, and couldn't find a mention of the Orton book. Perhaps I missed something.

[7/4]

I'm with Durium on this one. I looked through most of the link 7/4 posted, and couldn't find a mention of the Orton book. Perhaps I missed something.

Orton? I thought the thread is about Don Ellis.

Silly me.

[clifford_thornton]

Durium's blog references a yet-unpublished book on Ellis. I see your point, but then again, with all the different Ellis-related threads and the varied information contained therein, a 167-page Don Ellis thread would be kind of a pain to sift through.

And Keep Swinging is a very nice blog. (some of us should be reading it!)

[7/4]

Durium's blog references a yet-unpublished book on Ellis. I see your point, but then again, with all the different Ellis-related threads and the varied information contained therein, a 167-page Don Ellis thread would be kind of a pain to sift through.

That's why we have a search function.

In the past, members jumped all over new posters who were constantly starting new threads about existing artists. I don't think I'm hassling Durium for this, but this is getting kind of silly, starting a new thread every time he makes a post.

[AllenLowe]

I thought this was about Ray Ellis -

or Ellis Larkin -

[AllenLowe]

neither of whom attended my Bar Mitzvah -

[clifford_thornton]

Durium's blog references a yet-unpublished book on Ellis. I see your point, but then again, with all the different Ellis-related threads and the varied information contained therein, a 167-page Don Ellis thread would be kind of a pain to sift through.

That's why we have a search function.

In the past, members jumped all over new posters who were constantly starting new threads about existing artists. I don't think I'm hassling Durium for this, but this is getting kind of silly, starting a new thread every time he makes a post.

Yeah, yeah, I know what yr sayin'. Ultimately this could also be in the "Jazz in Print" section...

[JSngry]

I think we oughta just let people post. It's a bulletin board, not a textbook.

[AllenLowe]

I don't know, Jim - I think we dealt with YOUR point in a prior thread:

http://loweistoodamnhandsomeforthisplanet....index/wtfwtfwtf

[AllenLowe]

of course, we dealt with a post about your post dealing with a prior thread in this prior thread:

http://loweistoodamnsmartforthisplanet.org...index/wtfwtfwtf

Edited September 17, 2008 by AllenLowe

[AllenLowe]

or course, we already had a thread about a thread that was about a thread that concerned a thread about prior topics in this thread:

http://loweistoodamnannoyingforthisplanet....index/wtfwtfwtf

Edited September 17, 2008 by AllenLowe

[AllenLowe]

and of course there was the thread about not having threads about prior threads unless there had been a prior thread about threads that were about prior threads:

http://loweistoodamnniceforthisplanet.orga...index/wtfwtfwtf

[clifford_thornton]

I actually clicked on that link...

[AllenLowe]

and let us not forget the thread about prior threads that were about future threads that concerned other threads that mentioned later threads that happened to mention earlier and later threads:

http://whocaresaboutanything lowe posts.organissimo.org/forum/index/wtfwtfwtf://http://whocaresaboutanything lowe p...index/wtfwtfwtf://http://whocaresaboutanything lowe p...index/wtfwtfwtf

Edited September 17, 2008 by AllenLowe

[JSngry]

I wish Don Ellis had lived long enough to get to play with drum machines. That would've been something to scare everybody in one form or another, I'm sure.

[7/4]

I think we oughta just let people post. It's a bulletin board, not a textbook.

Where's Sparky from the De-roit Fee Press? He'd know what to do.

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[Durium]

or course, we already had a thread about a thread that was about a thread that concerned a thread about prior topics in this thread:

http://loweistoodamnannoyingforthisplanet....index/wtfwtfwtf

I guess I better delete this subject about Don Ellis. It brings too much discussion and emotion it seems ! Isn't it?

Durium

[JSngry]

or course, we already had a thread about a thread that was about a thread that concerned a thread about prior topics in this thread:

http://loweistoodamnannoyingforthisplanet....index/wtfwtfwtf

I guess I better delete this subject about Don Ellis. It brings too much discussion and emotion it seems ! Isn't it?

Durium

No, leave the thread, please. It serves its purpose perfectly well.

[AllenLowe]

I like Don Ellis and I like this thread, Durium - keep it going -

[7/4]

JSngry has spoken.

So has AllenLowe, but his opinion doesn't count.

Edited September 17, 2008 by 7/4

[JSngry]

Just voicing my opinion. "Thread Police" kinda bug me in general. Let it roll like it rolls.

Remember that Great Day In Harlem board? They had pre-fab threads set up for damn near everybody. You wnated to post about earl Hines, you posted to the Earl Hines thread. You wanted to post about Mahavishnu, you posted....on some other board.

Poit is, though, most of these people have enough diversity in their career (both while alive and what springs forth from after they pass) that I myself don't see the harm in having a thread about some guy's Don Ellis book, another one about Don Ellis Wounded Bird reissues, another one about any youTube clips that spring up, etc etc etc. I like the notion of event-specific threads as well as "artist corner" threads, no need not to have both.

Just my opinion.

Edited September 17, 2008 by JSngry