Don Ellis was as much of a genius as Frank, when it came to composing and arranging. The two even played together, Don plays trumpet on Absolutely Free actually, so there definitely had to be a mutual admiration society. Don went on to score films like The French Connection and sadly passed away all too young, in 1978. Here he is on one of his final performances that was recorded to video, the very Zappa style Arcturus.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:11:49 +0000