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The Don Ellis Orchestra "live" at the Westside Room, Century Plaza Hotel, Century City, California, April 21, 1978. This is Ellis' last known public performance; he died December 17, 1978. Tape 1: 1) 'Theme from 'The French Connection,'' (intro version, incomplete, beginning missing), 00:10-00:52; 2) 'Desire!', 00:58-12:57, feat. Don Ellis (trumpet.), Dave Crigger (drums); 3) 'Dark, Curved Eyebrows' (abridged version), 16:06-24:29, feat. Karen Henderson (cello), Sidney Muldrow (French horn), Ann Patterson (English horn); 4) 'Vulcan' aka 'Everything's Going to Be All Right' (incomplete), 25:32-30:53, feat. Don Ellis (Superbone), Steve Bartek (guitar). Tape 2: 1) 'Vulcan' (concluded), 00:10-8:20, feat. Don Ellis (Superbone), Steve Bartek (guitar); 2) 'T. R.', 10:53-26:50, feat. Stu Goldberg (keyboards), Mike Carnahan (alto sax). Tape 3: 1) 'Open Wide' (incomplete, starts during trumpet solo), 00:09-07:41, feat. Don Ellis (trumpet), Dave Crigger (drums); 2) 'If Yer Gonna Boogie, BOOGIE!', 09:20-21:30, feat. Steve Bartek (guitar), Stu Goldberg (piano), Mike Carnahan (alto sax), Ann Patterson (soprano sax), Dave Crigger (drums), unidentified percussionists and sax players; 3) 'Dark, Curved Eyebrows' (abridged version; last seconds missing), 23:22-31:37, feat. Karen Henderson (cello), Sidney Muldrow (French horn), Ann Patterson (English horn). Tape 4: 1) 'Dark, Curved Eyebrows' (concluding seconds from Tape 3, some overlap), 00:09-00:29, feat. Karen Henderson (cello), Sidney Muldrow (French horn), Ann Patterson (English horn); 2) 'Blues in Elf' (break in the middle at 05:42-05:50), 02:45-11:03, feat. Stu Goldberg (piano), Don Ellis (Superbone); 3) 'Eros' aka 'Let's Do It This Way For a While', 12:45-21:50, feat. Ann Patterson (soprano sax), Dave McDaniel (bass); 4) 'T. R.' (missing ~5 minutes), 23:21-31:45, feat. Stu Goldberg (keyboards), Mike Carnahan (alto sax). Tape 5: 1) 'T. R.' (complete version, same as that on Tape 4), 00:51-14:22, feat. Stu Goldberg (keyboards), Mike Carnahan (alto sax); 2) 'Storyville', 17:05-26:24. Tape 6: 'Hold On!' (beginning only), 00:15-01:00. Note on original container for tape 3: B-Side! Better.
Jazz Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles Ellis, Don
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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