Live in 3⅔/4 Time

Live in 3⅔/4 Time
Live album by Don Ellis
Released	1967
Recorded	October 10, 1966 and March 27, 1967; The Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa and Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:05 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Pacific Jazz; PJ 10112
Producer	Richard Bock
Don Ellis chronology

Live in 3⅔/4 Time is a live album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1966 at the Pacific Jazz Festival and Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The title comes from the composition "Upstart" which is in ^3⅔
₄ time signature but is more commonly expressed as ¹¹
₈.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The Don Ellis Orchestra really came into its own during the period covered by this CD (1966-1967), playing perfectly coherent solos in ridiculous time signatures... Fun music".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "entertaining and provocative".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Orientation"		11:20
2.	"Angel Eyes"	Earl Brent, Matt Dennis	5:41
3.	"Freedom Jazz Dance"	Eddie Harris	3:54

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Barnum's Revenge"	Ruben Leon	4:36
2.	"Upstart"		9:02
3.	"Thetis"	Hank Levy	8:27

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

"Bossa Nueva Nova" (Levy) - 5:30
"Opus Five" (Howlett Smith) - 9:53
"Seven Up" (Smith) - 4:39
"One Note" (Jaki Byard) - 2:24
"Freedom Jazz Dance" [alternative version] (Harris) - 7:39

Recorded at The Pacific Jazz Festival in Costa Mesa, California on October 10, 1966 (tracks 1-3) and at Shelly's Manne-Hole in San Francisco, California on March 27, 1967 (tracks 4-11)

Personnel

Don Ellis - trumpet, arranger
Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Glenn Stuart, Bob Harmon - trumpet
Ron Myers (tracks 1-3), Dave Wells, Dave Sanchez (tracks 4-11) - trombone
Terry Woodson - bass trombone
Ruben Leon - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Tom Scott - alto saxophone, saxello, flute (tracks 1-3)
Joe Roccisano - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (tracks 4-11)
Ira Shulman, Ron Starr - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
John Magruder - baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
David MacKay - piano
Frank DeLaRosa, Chuck Domanico (tracks 1-3), Ray Neapolitan, Dave Parlato (tracks 4-11) - bass
Alan Estes - drums, timbales
Steve Bohannon - drums
Chino Valdes - bongos, congas
Mark Stevens - percussion (tracks 1-3)

References

↑ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed May 27, 2013
↑ Don Ellis discography Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. accessed May 27, 2013
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 27, 2013
1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 409. ISBN 0141023279.

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[1] Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed May 27, 2013

[2] Don Ellis discography Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. accessed May 27, 2013

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 27, 2013

[Penguin_Guide-4] 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 409. ISBN 0141023279.