Ellis, Don - How Time Passes CD
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23-Candid 30912
Don Ellis - trumpet
Jaki Byard - piano, alto sax
Ron Carter - bass
Charlie Persip - drums
“Its early - his first real album, but in that way it’s good, because he's still holding onto his fresh young ideas, including the influence of serialism, as on the final long improvisation. At first I thought this last track was a bit ‘bits-and-pieces’, but by the 22 minute mark I realised 'woa, this was actually pretty sweet and very interesting in its trajectory'.
As for the rest of the album - clever jazz compositions that are structured, though with a clever 'free' sound that is not abrasive - a tight combination of structure and freer forms.”
“Known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures, Ellis began his long career in the New York City's post bop and avant-garde jazz scenes of late 1950s. Most notably he appeared on Charles Mingus' Mingus Dynasty, and albums by George Russell and Maynard Feguson. But he also worked with, among others, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, and Woody Herman.
On subsequent albums, Ellis would take an even wilder direction. Here, on his first recoding date as a band leader, the experimentation begins. Ellis stretches the boundaries of bop-based jazz playing with time, tempo and meter. It is the start of his exploration of Third Stream - a fusion of jazz and contemporary classical music. The album title itself - How Time Passes - was taken from an article written by the controversial German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen on the ‘function of time.’”
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