Discography

Don Ellis recordings

Choose a title for personnel, tracks, release history and notes. Many are on Amazon.com, where tracks can be previewed.

Don Ellis albums by recording year, with CD reissue
CoverTitleRecordedCD reissue
How Time Passes1960Candid CCD-79004 (1987)
Out of Nowhere1961Candid CCD-79032 (1989)
New Ideas1961New Jazz OJCCD-431-2 (1992)
Essence1962Mighty Quinn B000A3DG9O (2005)
Live at Monterey1966EMD/Blue Note 94768 (1998)*
Live in 3 2/3 /4 Time1966–67Pacific Jazz CD23996 (2000)*
Electric Bath1967GNP Crescendo 2223 (1994)*
Shock Treatment1968Koch Jazz CD-8590 (2001)*
Autumn1968Wounded Bird Records B000QJLQO4 (2007)
The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground1969Wounded Bird Records B000CC3RYM (2006)
Don Ellis at Fillmore1970Wounded Bird Records B0009RQRLU (2005)
Tears of Joy1971Wounded Bird Records B0006Q0XWS (2005)
Connection1972Wounded Bird Records B0006Q0XVE (2005)
Soaring1973
Haiku1973
Music from Other Galaxies and Planets1977
Live at Montreux1977Koch Jazz CD-51410 (2002)*

Years are recording years (a range when an album’s sessions span two years); release years are on each album page. * CD reissue contains more tracks than the original release.

More releases

Discography details follow the discography chapter of The Exotic Rhythms of Don Ellis.

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  • Nick Di ScalaNovember 16, 2014

    Hi Sean, Thanks for the re-launch. There is lots of info on this page that could use some scrubbing and updating. Let me know if you need any help with the info.

    • seanfenlonNovember 17, 2014

      Hi Nick. Appreciate the offer. Please drop your suggested updates into the comments section here and I’ll update the page on the next run. Thanks again.