Welcome to DonEllisMusic.com (the re-launch) & About This Fan Site
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By Sean Fenlon on March 12, 2014 in
I originally launched DonEllisMusic.com in 2001. I am happy to announce the official re-launch of DonEllisMusic.com in 2014, with a fresh new design and re-imagined as a blog. My name is Sean Fenlon, and I am a huge admirer of Don Ellis and his art. I was first introduced to the music of Don Ellis […]
Hank Levy on Don Ellis: A Lost Interview, Recovered by AI
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By Sean Fenlon on October 11, 2026 in
My microcassette interview with my composition teacher Hank Levy about Don Ellis was essentially inaudible for 30 years. AI finally transcribed it. Here are five highlights, checked against my dissertation The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis, plus the full raw transcript to download.
Rhythm by Don Ellis — A New System of Rhythm Based on the Ancient Hindu Techniques
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By SPF Webmaster on September 7, 2026 in
For the first time online: a complete digital reconstruction of Don Ellis’s rare book Rhythm, photographed from one of the few extant copies and paired with a full content analysis reconciled with Sean P. Fenlon’s dissertation The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis.
Pat Metheny RE: Don Ellis 2013
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By Sean Fenlon on December 22, 2022 in
I emailed Pat Metheny back and forth and talked to him on the phone once in the late 1990’s. He shared his thoughts about Don Ellis back then 🙂 This Q&A by Pat Metheny about Don Ellis was published on the official PatMetheny.com website in 2013: “I was a big fan of Don Ellis. In […]