The Don Ellis Orchestra

May, 1971
Basin Street West
Los Angeles, CA
Commercial Recording for Columbia

Please read this note before continuing.

Personnel:

Don Ellis, trumpet, drums; Paul Bogosian, Jack Caudill, Bruce MacKay; Jim Sawyer, Kenny Sawhill, trombones; Doug Bixby, contrabass trombone, tuba; Fred Selden, Lonnie Shetter, Sam Falzone, John Clarke, woodwinds; Kenneth Nelson, french horn; Alfredo Ebat, Earle Corry, Ellen Smith, Christine Ermacoff, strings; Milcho Leviev, keyboards; Dennis Parker, Fender bass; Ralph Humphrey, Ron Dunn, drums; Lee Pastora, conga

Tracks:

1A – Show #1 5/24/71

5/4 Getaway
Euphoric Acid
Blues in Elf
Samba Bajada
Quiet Longing
How’s This For Openers?
Tears of Joy
Loss

2A – Shows #1 & #2, 5/24/71

Show #1
Get It Together
Ellis Is
Strawberry Soup

Show #2
5/4 Getaway
Euphoric Acid
Blues in Elf

3A – Show #2, 5/25/71

Samba Bajada
Quiet Longing
How’s This For Openers?
Tears of Joy
Loss
Strawberry Soup

4A – Show #3, 5/25/71

5/4 Getaway
Euphoric Acid
Blues in Elf
Samba Bajada
Quiet Longing
How’s This For Openers?
Tears of Joy
Loss

5A – Shows #3 & #4, 5/25/71

Show #3
Get It Together
Ellis Is
Strawberry Soup

Show #4
5/4 Getaway

6A – Shows #4 & #5, 5/25/71

Go Back Home
A Simple Logic
Bulgarian Bulge
Cross Currents
Tears of Joy

Show #5
Taste of Dreams
Samba Bajada

7A – Shows #5 & #6, 5/25/71

Show #5
Strawberry Soup

Show #6
Samba Bajada
Ellis Is
Strawberry Soup

8A – Shows #6 & #7, 5/25/71

Show #6
Loss
5/4 Getaway

Show #7
How’s This For Openers?
Quiet Longing
Ab Ovo
Blues in 9
Tears of Joy
5/4 Getaway

9A – Show #8, 5/25/71

Get It Together
Blues in Elf
Euphoric Acid
Ellis Is
Strawberry Soup

10A – Show #9, 5/26/71

5/4 Getaway
Get It Together
Samba Bajada
Loss
Strawberry Soup

11A – Show #10, 5/26/71

Blues in Elf
How’s This For Openers?
Quiet Longing
Tears of Joy
Ellis Is
Strawberry Soup

Thanks to Nick DiScala for the complete setlists.

Releases:

Certain tracks were used to create Columbia CG 30927 (also issued as Columbia CQ 30927 [quadrophonic], Columbia GA 30927 [8-Track tape], CBS S 67216 [Europe], and Wounded Bird WOU-927 [CD])

One version each of "Quiet Longing" and "Tears of Joy" was used to create Columbia 4-45446.