Paul Desmond Quartet - Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott

Styles: Saxophone And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:15
Size: 95,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:34)  1. Jazzabelle
(3:06)  2. A Watchman's Carroll
(5:18)  3. Everything Happens to Me
(4:10)  4. Let's Get Away from It All
(4:45)  5. Look for the Silver Lining
(6:06)  6. Sacre Blues
(5:44)  7. You Go to My Head
(5:29)  8. Line for Lyons

One of Paul Desmond's earliest sessions as a leader and a gem of a set that sounds quite different than his later work! The group's a quartet with no piano and features Don Elliott on trumpet, Norman Bates (Joe from the Brubeck group) on bass, and Joe Chevrolet (aka Joe Doge, also from Brubeck) on drums all swinging in an airy mode that's kind of a cross between Desmond's work with the Brubeck group, and some of Gerry Mulligan's early 50s recordings. Titles include "A Watchman's Carroll", "Jazzabelle", "Look For The Silver Lining", "Sacre Blues", and "Line For Lyons".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.(OJC pressing.) https://www.dustygroove.com/item/48234

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond; Trumpet – Don Elliott; Bass – Norman Bates ; Drums – Joe Dodge

Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott

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Don Elliott - Double Trumpet Doings

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:34
Size: 94,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:06)  1. Mine
(5:03)  2. Vampire Till Ready
(4:59)  3. Your Own Iron
(4:55)  4. Easy To Remember
(3:19)  5. The Bull Speaks
(5:07)  6. Dominick Seventh
(4:40)  7. Gargantuan Chant
(5:06)  8. When Your Lover Has Gone
(2:14)  9. Henry's Mambo
(2:00) 10. Theme And Inner Tube

Originally issued under the slightly more esoteric title “New Counterpoint for Six Valves” this is a disc dominated mainly by the frequent dialogues between its two principle soloists. Elliott and Dedrick make a disparate pair and their contrasting sounds are prime reason for the program’s more interesting outcomes. Elliott was a follower of bebop and renowned more for his talents as a vibraphonist than as a brassman. A collaborator at various times with the likes of George Shearing, Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich his artistic enterprises also moved beyond the realms of jazz into Broadway musicals and novelty tunes. Dedrick was more the product of a swing upbringing and his tone is shaped by a mellower, less overtly complicated approach. In spite of Elliott’s positioning as leader of the session it is Hyman who crafts all arrangements for the tunes and pens the creatively titled original compositions that dominate the disc. In fact it’s these originals that often prove more intriguing harmonically and melodically than the three time-worn standards that round out the group’s songbook. The pianist makes excellent use of the two-trumpet front line and also writes a variety of interesting passages for Lowe’s guitar strings. To aid listeners in distinguishing between the two trumpeters Dedrick affixes a mute to the bell of his horn on the majority of his solos. With mute in place his already sonorous sound takes on an even more euphonious dimensions. Expectedly the rhythm team of Safranski and Lamond usually play the wallflowers in the sextet only stepping up to take a crack at solos on rare occasions such as Safranski’s brief break on “Dominick Seventh.” Hyman however doesn’t relegate himself to the backdrop and submits comely statements on several of the numbers including an attractive solo on “Easy to Remember.” In the final analysis this disc is far from essential and sometimes strays into the schmaltzy side as on the Herb Alpert-tinged “The Bull Speaks.” But it does offer an intriguing diversion and listeners looking for a session where the focus is planted firmly on trumpet will probably be pleased by what they find here. ~ Derek Taylor https://www.allaboutjazz.com/double-trumpet-doings-don-elliott-jazzland-recordings-review-by-derek-taylor.php

Personnel: Don Elliott- trumpet; Rusty Dedrick- trumpet; Mundell Lowe- electric guitar; Dick Hyman- piano; Eddie Safranski- double bass; Don Lamond- drums.

Double Trumpet Doings

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Don Elliott - The Voice Of Marty Bell, The Quartet Of Don Elliot

Styles: Vibraphone And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:59
Size: 88,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:34)  1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(3:03)  2. I Thought About You
(3:48)  3. Moonlight In Vermont
(3:16)  4. The Girl Next Door
(3:27)  5. According To Moyle
(2:57)  6. S'Posin'
(2:03)  7. This Can't Be Love
(2:58)  8. The Love Of My Life
(4:58)  9. I Found A New Baby
(3:26) 10. You Go To My Head
(3:12) 11. September Song
(2:11) 12. Me And You

An extremely popular player in the '50s, Don Elliott was a fine soloist in the swing mode. He first studied piano and accordion, then played baritone horn and mellophone in his high school band. He switched to trumpet while playing in local dance bands, and as a teen worked with fellow teen Bill Evans. Elliott studied harmony at the Institute of Musical Art in New York in the mid-'40s, then played trumpet in an army band. Following that, he studied arranging and vibes at the University of Miami in 1947. When he returned to New York, Elliott played with George Shearing, Teddy Wilson, and Benny Goodman. He later performed and recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. Elliott took "miscellaneous instrument" honors in Down Beat five straight years in the late '50s. During the '60s and '70s, he did Broadway shows and composed film scores and songs for radio and television commercials. He returned to jazz in 1975, serving as a guest soloist with the New York Jazz Repertory Company at Carnegie Hall. ~ Ron Wynn https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-elliott-mn0000150073/biography

Personnel: Vibraphone, Trumpet – Don Elliott, Bass – Vinnie Burke; Bongos – Don Elliott , Drums – Jim Campbell, Piano – Bob Corwin; Vocals – Marty Bell

The Voice Of Marty Bell, The Quartet Of Don Elliot

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