DON ELLIS:
HAIKUMPS RECORDS, MPS 15.420(LP)
(C)(P)1973 MPS RECORDS, GERMANY
RELEASED: 1973, GERMANY
| DON ELLIS |
| JAZZ / CONTEMPORARY BIG BAND 1973 |
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DON ELLIS:
HAIKU MPS RECORDS, MPS 15.420(LP) (C)(P)1973 MPS RECORDS, GERMANY RELEASED: 1973, GERMANY |
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All selections composed, arranged and conducted by Don Ellis |
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Produced by Don Ellis |
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Engineer: Hugh Davies;
Re-mix Engineer: Paul Grupp |
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Quarter-Tone Trumpet by Holton |
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Cover Design: Frieder Grindler Photos: Frieder Grindler (front cover) and Baldhard Falk |
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English interpretations of Haiku: Baldhard Falk and Maria Eckstein Recorded under the supervision of Baldhard Falk in Hollywood, California |
| CREDITS (musicians) : |
| Don Ellis | : | trumpet | |||||||||||||||
| Milcho Leviev | : | keyboards | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Brown | : | bass | |||||||||||||||
| John Guerin | : | drums | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Tedesco | : | guitar | |||||||||||||||
| violin | : |
Israel Baker,
Erno Neufeld, Jacob Krachmalnick, George Kast, George Berres, Gerald Vinci, Shirley Cornell, Marcia Van Dyck, Marvin Limonick | |||||||||||||||
| viola | : |
Samuel Vaghossian,
Alfred Barr & Dan Neufeld Allan Harshman, David Schwartz & Myra Kestenbaum (on 3,9,10)
cello | : |
Raphael Kramer,
Frederick Seykara | & Ronald Cooper
guitar | : |
Larry E. Carlton (on 2,7) | David Cohen (on 1,8) Tommy Tedesco (on 4,9,10)
harp | : |
Catherine Gotthoffer
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string quartet | : |
Israel Baker,
Erno Neufeld, | Allan Harshman & Raphael Kramer
contractor | : |
Marty Berman
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| TRACKS (total time 37:30) : |
| 1. |
Children (3:30)
Snow melts and the village is overflowing - with little children (Issa)
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Blossoming (3:52)
| Plum tree blossoming blossom by blossom - so too the warmth of spring comes (Ransetsu)
3. |
Water Jewel (5:23)
| Camelia petal falls in silent dawn and spills a water jewel (Basho)
4. |
Cherry Petals (2:47)
| Cherry perals fall fluttering together - and in pursuit, the storm! (Sadaiye)
5. |
Forest (3:30)
| Cooling comes the breeze and the sky fills with whispers - tall pines and cedars (Onitsura)
6. |
Summer Rain (2:20)
| Sudden summer rain and naked I am riding on a naked horse (Issa)
7. |
Two Autumns (4:57)
| For me who leaves and for you who stays, the seasons will bring two autumns (Buson)
8. |
Mirror-Pond of Stars (3:25)
| Mirror-pond at night sudden rippes of laughter a summer shower (Sora)
9. |
Parting (6:18)
| Slowly, the bee comes from deep within peonies - with such reluctance! (Basho)
10. |
Dew (1:28)
| Dew evaporates; All our world becomes dew... So dear and fragile (Issa) |
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