- Aliases
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Don Ellis and His Orchestra
Don Ellis Octet
Don Ellis and The Survival
- Personal name
- Donald Johnson Ellis
- Born
- July 25, 1934
- Died
- December 17, 1978
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00061813983 3 works
00240771484 1 work
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Trumpet player, drummer, composer and band leader, who was involved in experimental music and was associated with the avant-garde jazz movement and Third Stream. Ellis also composed film music, including the score for "The French Connection".
- Related
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John Klemmer Klemmer played in various of Ellis' formations
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