Favorite Elliott Whose First Name Begins with D and Ends with N

[Teasing the Korean]

Who is your favorite?

Don Elliott played trumpet, vibes and mellophone, and also sang. He was very active on the New York jingle scene in the 1950s and 1960s. On my turntable, he is most well known for his Design LP "Music from the 1960s," with beautiful cover art depicting our hero riding a Vespa in outer space; and, of course, The Nutty Squirrels, a hipster beat version of the Chipmunks that he put together with Sascha Burland.

I know less about Dean Elliott, but he did a nervous jazz score for the B-film "College Confidential" (Chancellor Records); and arranged and recorded the space-age bachelor pad classic, "Zounds, What Sounds!" on Capitol, in which various sounds from telephones to cement mixers are mixed in with space-age hi-fi big band.

I like them both equally.

Edited July 20, 2013 by Teasing the Korean

[A Lark Ascending]

DTS

Edited February 23, 2013 by A Lark Ascending

[mikeweil]

Being a vibes man, my choice is clear ... still checking out his recordings with Shearing for MGM.

[JSngry]

No love for Dawn Elliott?

[danasgoodstuff]

I got a Don Elliot W shaped 3 disc EP album at a rumage sale recently, for free! Thanx for reminding me that I need to listen to it...

[JSngry]

Why "W"-shaped? Was it promoting something like Woolworth's?

Serious question. I've seen those non-round type records before, especially when I was a kid, and if you don't put the needle in the right place, you got a BIG trouble!

[danasgoodstuff]

No, it's round records in a three-pack binding - only kind of W shaped if you close up the bottom gap...sorry for the confusion.

[JSngry]

No problem. If that's the most confused I get on any one day, hey...good day!

[Teasing the Korean]

Just picked up "Like Tweet," a Columbia LP of jazz version of authentic bird calls. It features lots of the usual New York suspects, such as Dick Hyman, George Duvivier, and our hero, Don Elliott.

Anyone have this? My copy needs to be cleaned and I'm out of cleaning fluid.

[GA Russell]

Jim, who is she?

[JSngry]

An Elliott whose first name begins with D & ends with N.

Just wanted to make sure that all options were being considered.

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/sep/biomedical-engineering-091911.html

[.:.impossible]

Just picked up "Like Tweet," a Columbia LP of jazz version of authentic bird calls. It features lots of the usual New York suspects, such as Dick Hyman, George Duvivier, and our hero, Don Elliott.

Anyone have this? My copy needs to be cleaned and I'm out of cleaning fluid.

Come again? Teasing, you really ought to start more threads around here. You are obviously tapped into a bunch of shit that most of us don't even know exist. I've gotten great recommendations from you over the years!

[Teasing the Korean]

Come again? Teasing, you really ought to start more threads around here. You are obviously tapped into a bunch of shit that most of us don't even know exist. I've gotten great recommendations from you over the years!

Well, thanks Impossible. You are apparently one of the few around here who appreciates my contributions. My three-star rating tends to support my theory, and it is a pure insult; I deserve either a full five stars, or nothing above one star. And, as I think about it, I would prefer one star.

Most of the threads I start die a fairly quick, but not necessarily painless, death.

Yes, my taste in music draws me to the cracks between genres, hence my enthusiasm for an album such as "Like Tweet," which I'd never even heard of until I stumbled a across a copy in the 49 cent bin.

I would love to hear from someone who has heard this record. My LP cleaning fluid is on backorder and I may have to wait a few weeks.

Maybe I'll start a thread on "Swinging the Jingles" by Sascha Burland...

[jeffcrom]

I'm a Don Elliott fan, in a mild, but real way, if that makes any sense. Music for the Sensational Sixties is a hoot, musically and visually. And his "jazz version" of the now-forgotten musical Jamaica has charts by no less than Gil Evans. I haven't spun that one for quite a while - I'll correct that soon.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Bill Elliott, drummer with the Rhoda Scott trio...

Er...

MG

[JSngry]

My new/first Favorite Don Elliot Composition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpxhLNUmmpc

This would have also sounded really good with the Kenton trombone section of any time. But I can't see Charlie Palmieri playing with Kenton, although, Chombo Silva, yes, maybe, a la Bill Perkins (but Chombo on Cuban Fire...whoahhhhhhh.....imagine THAT parallel universe....)

But no matter - superior stand-alone quality. And swear to god, it's listed as a Don Elliot composition. Is there a story there?

Well, ok, there's always a story about anything, but, are there relatable details available?

Estoy Buscando a Sexy (Album Covers? Not here...)?

[crisp]

I know less about Dean Elliott, but he did a nervous jazz score for the B-film "College Confidential" (Chancellor Records); and arranged and recorded the space-age bachelor pad classic, "Zounds, What Sounds!" on Capitol, in which various sounds from telephones to cement mixers are mixed in with space-age hi-fi big band.

He also wrote the scores for Chuck Jones's later cartoons, including Tom and Jerry and the Bugs Bunny TV specials. Very heavy-handed and much of their time, I rather like them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMP-stjTnb0