Live in 3⅔/4 Time

Live in 3⅔/4 Time
Live album by Don Ellis
Released 1967
Recorded October 10, 1966 and March 27, 1967
The Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa and Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length 73:05 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Pacific Jazz
PJ 10112
Producer Richard Bock
Don Ellis chronology
Don Ellis Orchestra 'Live' at Monterey!
(1966)
Live in 3⅔/4 Time
(1966-67)
Electric Bath
(1969)

Live in 3⅔/4 Time is a live album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1966 at the Pacific Jazz Festival and Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The title comes from the composition "Upstart" which is in 3⅔
4
time signature but is more commonly expressed as 11
8
.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The Don Ellis Orchestra really came into its own during the period covered by this CD (1966-1967), playing perfectly coherent solos in ridiculous time signatures... Fun music".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "entertaining and provocative".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Orientation"    11:20
2. "Angel Eyes"  Earl Brent, Matt Dennis 5:41
3. "Freedom Jazz Dance"  Eddie Harris 3:54
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Barnum's Revenge"  Ruben Leon 4:36
2. "Upstart"    9:02
3. "Thetis"  Hank Levy 8:27
Bonis tracks on CD reissue
  1. "Bossa Nueva Nova" (Levy) - 5:30
  2. "Opus Five" (Howlett Smith) - 9:53
  3. "Seven Up" (Smith) - 4:39
  4. "Johnny One Note" (Jaki Byard) - 2:24
  5. "Freedom Jazz Dance" [alternative version] (Harris) - 7:39

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed May 27, 2013
  2. Don Ellis discography accessed May 27, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 27, 2013
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 409. ISBN 0141023279.
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