Don Ellis - Future Feature download song

I remember a young Ted Nash coming off the Ellis Band toPlay with us in the 1977 MJF All Star High School Band! I think we actually played a Hank Levy chart for our concert. I remember he was our guest arranger that year.

That is exactly right in terms of the rhythmic superimposition. It occurs over an 8 bar phrase: 8 eighths times 8 bars equals 64 eighths. Don wrote this entirely in 4/4. He did quite a bit of this toward the end--writing complex rhythmic cycles within a 4/4 context.

That trombone is insane.

I just cannot get this damn tune out of my head!!

Alan is, and always has been, one of the best around.

Actually, there are a couple of 2/4 bars in Eros and Loneliness has quite a lot of changing meters when the woodwinds are by themselves.

Four Fine Fellows and an even Finer Female

As is Open Wide, Eros, Go No Go and Loneliness from this set. I think the focus at this point in time was exploring odd rhythms within regular meters and/or simply not worrying about it one way or the other.

This is based on some classical composition right? Anyone know?

Man could Don get his rhythm sections to cook !