from his appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 8, 1977.
Don Ellis - Trumpet, Composer, Arranger
Reeds - Ann Patterson, Ted Nash, James Coile, Jim Snodgrass
Trumpets - Glenn Stuart, Gil Rather, Jack Coan
French Horn - Sidney Muldrow
Trombone - Alan Kaplan
Bass Trombone - Richard Bullock
Tuba - Jim Self
Keyboards - Randy Kerber
Bass - Leon Gaer, Darrell Clayborn
Drums - David Crigger
Congas - Chino Valdes
Percussion, Drums and Mallets - Michael Englander
Percussion, Mallets and Timpani - Ruth Ritchie
Violins - Pam Tompkins, Lori Badessa
Viola - Jimbo Ross
Cello - Paula Hochhalter
this was filmed the day i was born. im shane. born july 8 1977 :)
tourettestrickenshan 20 hours ago
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.
bucksix1 1 week ago
Was that....was that Ron Burgundy?
hornherodog 1 week ago
Great band. Terrible photography!
Surely the reeds deserve more than a few secs, showing.
ThePetekA 1 month ago
I didn't know Jim Snodgrass, but what baby faces on Ted Nash and Randy Kerber--wow! (Reseda High grads)
ColleenKingInsurance 1 month ago
(clap)one two (clap)one two (clap)one (clap)two three
;D
margoliesmedia 3 months ago
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".
chasming 3 months ago
Perfect! I look forward to see/hear more of Don and his band
jazzjanne1 3 months ago
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!
ligatoc 5 months ago
always good to see some more Don ellis coming about - so sad there was not enough recorded and kept at the time!
PRBization 6 months ago