- Recorded
- 1973
- Releases
- MPS MC 25341BASF 21916
Tracks
- Children
- Blossoming
- Water Jewel
- Cherry Petals
- Forest
- Summer Rain
- Two Autumns
- Mirror-Pond of Stars
- Parting
- Dew
Personnel
- Don Ellis – Trumpet
- Israel Baker – Violin
- Erno Neufeld – Violin
- Jacob Krachmalnick – Violin
- George Vinci – Violin
- Shirley Cornell – Violin
- Marcia Van Dyck – Violin
- Marvin Limonick – Violin
- Allan Harshman – Viola
- David Schwartz – Viola
- Myra Kestenbaum – Viola
- Samuel Voghossian – Viola
- Alfred Barr – Viola
- Dan Neufeld – Viola
- Raphael Kramer – Cello
- Frederick Seykora – Cello
- Ronald Cooper – Cello
- Catherine Gotthoffer – Harp
- Larry Carlton – Guitar
- David Cohen – Guitar
- Tommy Tedesco – Guitar
- Milcho Leviev – Keyboards
- Ray Brown – Bass
- John Guerin – Drums
Notes
Dates: MPS, the label, says Haiku was recorded in 1973 and gives its release date as 1974. The dissertation discography listed the MPS and BASF editions as 1973; the year of each catalogue number is not confirmed here.
Haiku, recorded in 1973 and released in 1974, represents another radical departure from both the conventions and the direction Ellis had been setting for himself and his ensemble. This recording features pristine chamber music-like settings of Ellis's favorite examples of ancient Japanese Haiku poetry, and foreshadows the "New Age" textures that became popular during the 1980s. Ellis provides the verbal narration of each for the ten settings himself. Ellis's stylistic development is best demonstrated on this release in the selection "Children," which features a sublime counterpoint writing in a 7/8 canonic passage.
Sources for dates and awards on this page: MPS: Haiku (release date 1974; “recorded in 1973”).
Notes on this page are adapted from The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis: discography, pp. 198–199 (printed page numbers; the PDF opens at the page).