Don Ellis 1977 (10) Pussywiggle Stomp

[tourettestrickenshan]

this was filmed the day i was born. im shane. born july 8 1977 :)

[bucksix1]

I have watched this video many many times and I still get a lump in my throat each time I do. It was a tremendous loss for all of us when when Don was taken away from us, but even so we were very lucky to have had him even if only for a short while. And from a distance of many miles and thirty five years I find myself loving Ruth Ritchie more and more. I tend to press the pause button when thay have a close up of her.

[hornherodog]

Was that....was that Ron Burgundy? 

[ThePetekA]

Great band. Terrible photography!

Surely the reeds deserve more than a few secs, showing.

[ColleenKingInsurance]

I didn't know Jim Snodgrass, but what baby faces on Ted Nash and Randy Kerber--wow! (Reseda High grads)

[margoliesmedia]

(clap)one two (clap)one two (clap)one (clap)two three

;D

[chasming]

Five stars isn't enough. Would that he was still around. Since he isn't, let's try to get that spirit of fun from someone else one of the alltime great big band numbers, another would be maynard's "hooligan music" version of "birdland".

[jazzjanne1]

Perfect! I look forward to see/hear more of Don and his band

[ligatoc]

Very cool to see this. I played lead trumpet on this piece with my high school jazz band. Needless to say,it was great to watch and hear it done properly here!

[PRBization]

always good to see some more Don ellis coming about - so sad there was not enough recorded and kept at the time!

[dwhitejazz]

Wow!  More footage of Don Ellis surfaces that I didn't know existed. Fantastic and good quality. We need a 5.1 surround sound DVD release :-)