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Classical, Avant-garde, East Indian and Balkan metric concepts, big band jazz – Don Ellis brought it all together with his own orchestra; as early as the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, Ellis and band were putting the public’s expectations to the test. Over the years Ellis expanded and refined the band’s fantastic expressive abilities by, for instance, the integration of a string quartet into the group, or inviting the Bulgarian pianist Milcho Leviev as special guest. In 1973, trumpeter Ellis and orchestra recorded two albums for MPS. This first album is titled Soaring; the scintillating music created by 22 musicians, including a 12-piece horn section, three percussionists, and a string quartet provides a shimmering, translucent texture captured in a Hollywood studio at the zenith of the band’s abilities. On the first composition, Whiplash, Ellis demonstrates how his band could accommodate funk to 7-beat time signature. Sladka Pitka is a showcase for insanely complex time signatures, and when it comes to The Devil Made Me Write This Piece with its layering of samba, legato strings, and chromatic lines, the devil is indeed in the details. With Go Back Home, tenor saxophonist Sam Falzone gifted the band with an instrumental hit, and Invincible is characterized by dramatic, lyrical paintings in sound. Ellis allows for some tender moments on Images Of Maria and Nicole, whereas Czech composer Aleksej Fried’s Sidonie celebrates an exuberant festival of uneven rhythms. No question – on Soaring, Don Ellis gave the concept of big band jazz a completely new meaning.

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1. "Whiplash" (Hank Levy) – 4:25

2. "Sladka Pitka" (Milcho Leviev) – 6:40

3. "The Devil Made Me Write This Piece" – 6:00

4. "Go Back Home" (Sam Falzone) – 3:15

5. "Invincible" – 6:43

6. "Image of Maria" – 3:03

7. "Sidonie" (Alexej Fried) – 6:37

8. "Nicole" – 5:29

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Don Ellis – trumpet, flugelhorn, drums, arranger

Fred Selden – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone, piccolo, alto flute

Vince Denham – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, piccolo

Sam Falzone – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, arranger

Gary Herbig – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe

Jack Caudill, Bruce Mackay, Gil Rathel – trumpet, flugelhorn

Sidney Muldrow – French horn

Mike Jamieson – trombone

Ken Sawhill – bass trombone

Doug Bixby – tuba

Jay Graydon – guitar, bag

Milcho Leviev – piano, electric piano, organ, clavinet, arranger

Dave McDaniel – bass

Ralph Humphrey – drums

Ron Dunn – drums, percussion

Lee Pastora – congas

Earle Corry, Joel Quivey – electric violin

Renita Koven – electric viola

Pat Kudzia – electric cello

Alexej Fried, Hank Levy – arranger

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