Ellis, Don (b. 1934 - d. 1978)
Don(ald Johnson) Ellis was a jazz trumpeter, drummer, bandleader,
touring performer, recording artist, composer, and arranger. Ellis played with
a variety of prestigious big bands and jazz groups, including those of Charlie
Barnet, Sam Donahue, Maynard Ferguson, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, Ralph Marterie,
Ray McKinley, Stan Kenton, George Russell, and Claude Thornhill. He also led
big bands, jazz orchestras, trios, quartets, and other small combos of his own.
He performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, under the
direction of Gunther Schuller, the New York Philharmonic under the direction
of Leonard Bernstein, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of
Zubin Mehta. More information on the Archive's Don Ellis Collection can be found
here.
Archive holdings: 224 boxes
Includes 944 folders of musical scores, 300 reel tapes, 36 sound
discs, photographs, papers, newspaper clippings and realia from jazz musician
Don Ellis (b. July 25, 1934; d. December 17, 1978). COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE:
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