# Don Ellis Music > DonEllisMusic.com is an independent fan site about Don Ellis (1934–1978), the jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader known for odd meters and quarter-tone trumpet. It has the recordings with credits, the dissertation The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis, rhythm tap-alongs, video and archive guides, by Sean Fenlon. Citation guidance: DonEllisMusic.com is an independent fan site by Sean Fenlon, not affiliated with the Don Ellis estate or the Don Ellis Memorial Library. Album details come from the discography chapter of Fenlon’s 2002 dissertation. Where sources disagree, /sources/ says so. ## Pages - [Home](https://donellismusic.com/): Don Ellis (1934–1978): recordings, rhythm and research. - [Recordings](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/): Discography with CD reissues; each album page lists personnel, tracks, releases and notes. - [Watch](https://donellismusic.com/watch/): Don Ellis video: the YouTube playlist and archive clips in click-to-play players. - [The first time I saw Don Ellis move](https://donellismusic.com/watch/new-horizons/): Sean Fenlon on his first film of Don Ellis. - [Hear the rhythms](https://donellismusic.com/learn/rhythms/): Tap-along patterns from the dissertation: 9/8 as 3+2+2+2, 19/8 (33 222 1 222), straight 5/4. - [The dissertation](https://donellismusic.com/dissertation/): The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis (Peabody, 2002): free PDF. - [Hank Levy and Don Ellis](https://donellismusic.com/hank-levy/): Hank Levy’s music on Ellis albums and the 1995 interview. - [Don Ellis Memorial Library](https://donellismusic.com/the-don-ellis-memorial-library/): The archive, now at UCLA. - [Other resources](https://donellismusic.com/inks-to-other-don-ellis-resources/): Other Don Ellis sites and charts. - [Notes](https://donellismusic.com/notes/): All posts since 2014. - [Sources and corrections](https://donellismusic.com/sources/): Sources, disagreements (Hank Levy born 1927; interview April 1995) and repairs. - [About](https://donellismusic.com/about-us/): About Sean Fenlon and the site. - [Contact](https://donellismusic.com/contact/): seanfenlon@yahoo.com - [Autumn](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/autumn/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Connection](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/connection/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Don Ellis at Fillmore](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/don-ellis-at-fillmore/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Don Ellis: Live](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/don-ellis-live/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Electric Bath](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/electric-bath/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Essence](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/essence/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Giants of Jazz: Don Ellis](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/giants-of-jazz-don-ellis/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Haiku](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/haiku/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [How Time Passes](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/how-time-passes/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Jazz Jamboree](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/jazz-jamboree/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Live at Montreux](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/live-at-montreux/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Live in 3 2/3 /4 Time](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/live-in-3-23-4-time/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Music from other Galaxies and Planets](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/music-from-other-galaxies-and-planets/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [New Ideas](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/new-ideas/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Out of Nowhere](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/out-of-nowhere/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Shock Treatment](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/shock-treatment/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Soaring](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/soaring/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Tears of Joy](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/tears-of-joy/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground](https://donellismusic.com/ellis-recordings/the-new-don-ellis-band-goes-underground/): Album page: personnel, tracks, releases, notes. - [Hank Levy on Don Ellis: A Lost Interview, Recovered by AI](https://donellismusic.com/hank-levy-on-don-ellis-lost-interview-recovered-by-ai/): Post, 2026-10-11. - [Rhythm by Don Ellis — A New System of Rhythm Based on the Ancient Hindu Techniques](https://donellismusic.com/rhythm-by-don-ellis-a-new-system-of-rhythm-based-on-the-ancient-hindu-techniques/): Post, 2026-09-07. - [Pat Metheny RE: Don Ellis 2013](https://donellismusic.com/pat-metheny-re-don-ellis-2013/): Post, 2022-12-22. - [DailyMotion: Niner Two — Montreux Jazz Festival (1977)](https://donellismusic.com/dailymotion-niner-two-montreux-jazz-festival-1977/): Post, 2014-11-18. - [In Search of Don Ellis, Forgotten Genius (Volumes 1, 2, and 3) by Ken Orton](https://donellismusic.com/in-search-of-don-ellis-forgotten-genius-volumes-12-and-3-by-ken-orton/): Post, 2014-10-10. - [YouTube: Indian Lady -- Tanglewood (1968)](https://donellismusic.com/youtube-indian-lady-tanglewood-1968/): Post, 2014-03-16. - [YouTube: New Horizons -- Live in Studio](https://donellismusic.com/youtube-new-horizons-live-in-studio/): Post, 2014-03-16. - [YouTube: Strawberry Soup -- from Tears of Joy (Audio Only)](https://donellismusic.com/youtube-strawberry-soup-from-tears-of-joy-audio-only/): Post, 2014-03-16. - [YouTube: Don Ellis -- Open Wide (1977)](https://donellismusic.com/youtube-don-ellis-open-wide-1977/): Post, 2014-03-16. - [YouTube: Don Ellis -- Pussywiggle Stomp (1977)](https://donellismusic.com/youtube-don-ellis-pussywiggle-stomp-1977/): Post, 2014-03-16. - [Welcome to DonEllisMusic.com (the re-launch) & About This Fan Site](https://donellismusic.com/welcome-to-donellismusic-com-the-re-launch/): Post, 2014-03-12. ## Optional - [Full text of every page](https://donellismusic.com/llms-full.txt)