AVID Jazz continues its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by multi-instrumentalist, Don Elliott, complete with original artwork and liner notes.
“Don Elliott Quintet”; “Mellophone”; Don Elliott & Rusty Dedrick-”Counterpoint For Six Valves” and “At The Modern Jazz Room”.
Sometimes known as the “human instrument,” Don Elliott was a musician of many parts. He started the life of a musician playing trumpet but went on to play vibraphone, mellophone, trombone, flugelhorn as well as singing. He made over 60 albums during his long career which also included writing and performing over 5000 advertising jingles, pioneering the art of multi-tracking, owning his own studios in New York and Weston, Connecticut. He was also involved in film and theatre scores. On our four selections Don can be heard with the likes of Rusty Dedrick, Hal McKusick, Milt Hinton, Mundell Lowe, Dick Hyman and Jimmy Campbell.
CD1
1-12: ‘Don Elliott Quintet’
1. Angela
2. Five O’Clock Whistle
3. Everything I Love
4.Long Ago And Far Away
5. Imagination
6. There Will Never Be Another You
7. Susan Stands Pat
8. I Just Don’t Care Anymore
9.Nettie But Nice
10. Laura
11. Bingo, Bango, Bongo
12. Don’s Dilemma
13-22: ‘Mellophone’
13. Spring Is Here
14. S’posin’
15. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair
16. Summer Setting
17. Fascinatin’ Rhythm
18. Almost Like Being In Love
19. Deep Purple
20. The Lamp Is Low
21. My Reverie
22. Mellophone Mambo
CD2
1-10: ‘Counterpoint For Six Valves’
1.Mine
2. Vampire Till Ready
3. Your Own Iron
4.Easy To Remember
5. The Bull Speaks
6. Dominick Seventh
7. Gargantuan Chant
8. When Your Lover Has Gone
9. Henry’s Mambo
10. Theme And Inner Tube
11-18: ‘At The Modern Jazz Room’
11. It Might As Well Be Spring
12. But Not For Me
13. Isn’t It Romantic
14. Embessy
15. It Could Happen To You
16. I Only Have Eyes For You
17. I Remember You
18. Moonlight In Vermont
