Watch Don Ellis
Concert film and rare footage. Each player loads from YouTube only when you press play.
The first time I saw him move
My first film of Don Ellis, and not my favorite tune. Why it still mattered.
Read the storyDon Ellis on YouTube
8 videos from my playlist. If the uploader has turned off embedding, the card opens YouTube instead.
Don Ellis Final Analysis (At Fillmore 1970)Embedding is turned off for this video. Opens on YouTube.The uploader has disabled embedding for this one, so it opens on YouTube.
Still image with the studio audio.
A song about Don Ellis
A song about my 1995 interview with Hank Levy for my dissertation on Don Ellis. The lyrics are mine. The music was made with Suno v6, inspired by Hank’s arrangement of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” which he titled “Sweet Georgia Schwartz.” The vocalist is my cloned voice on Suno, and the lyrics were shaped with GPT-6 Astra.
From the old site
Videos I shared in 2014, plus a trailer for a documentary about Don.
Niner Two, Montreux 1977
On Dailymotion: watch “Niner Two” (Don Ellis, Montreux Jazz Festival, 1977). My 2014 note.
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