Tears Of Joy - Don Ellis

 

Strawberry Soup

Tears Of Joy

Don Ellis

Produced by Don Ellis

Arrangements by Don Ellis, Sam Falzone, Hank Levy, Fred Selden

Engineering: Roy Segal

Cover Art: Maria Eckstein

Back Cover Photos: Fred Selden, Earle Carry

Strings and piano amplified and recorded by direct line-feed with Barcus-Berry Transducer Systems

Quarter-tone trumpet and four-valve fluegelhorn by Halton

Ring Modulator by Oberheim Electronics.

Planet and clarinet by Hohner

Musical sound system by Altec Lansing

Fender-Rhodes piano and amplifiers by Fender

Columbia Records G 30927

1971

Don Ellis - Quarter-Tone Trumpet, Four-Valve Fluegelhorn, Drums

Lee Pastore - Conga

Ralph Humphrey, Don Dunn - Drums

Milcho Leviev - Piano

Christine Ermacoff - Cello

Kenny Sawhill - Bass Trombone

Jim Sawyer -  Trombone

Earle Corry - Violin

Fred Selden - Alto Sax

Lonnie Shetter, Paul Bogosian - Trumpet

Sam Falzone - Tenor Sax

Doug Bixby - Tuba

Jon Clarke - Baritone

Ellen Smith - Viola

Alfredo Ebat - Violin

Jack Caudill - Trumpet

Dennis Parker - Bass

Lonnie Parker - Bass

Lonnie Shetter - Alto Sax

Kenneth Nelson - French Horn

Bruce MacKay - Trumpet

From the back cover: Don Elliot Is An Adventure

Ellis is the only jazz big band leader to both emerge and endure in the last twenty years.

"The newest version (of his band) played Basin Street West last weekend, recorded an album for Columbia and demonstrated once again that it is the most exciting big band performing today. The main goodies this time were a brand new string section – cello, viola, two violins, all electrified – and a cappella, free-improvising wind quartet and Ellis himself on drums (and a new four-valve flugelhorn). In addition to the able mentioned, the band carries electric piano and bass, eight brass (including an extremely rare contrabass trombone) and three drummers." – John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle 

Tears Of Joy

5/4 Getaway

Bulgarian Bulge

Get It Together

Quiet Longing

Blues In Elf

Loss

How's This For Openers?

Samba Bajada

Strawberry Soup

Euphoric Acid