Don Ellis - Pieces Of Eight (2 CD) - COMPACT DISCS

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums on one CD. From 1968 and 1969, two albums by acclaimed trumpet player, arranger and bandleader Don Ellis. The Big Band sound of Ellis was part of a jazz rock scene which was pioneered by the likes of Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears. Slipcased with extensive new liner notes. Album Tracks 1. Variations for Trumpet 2. Scratt and Fluggs 3. Pussy Wiggle Stomp 4. K.C. Blues 5. Child of Ecstasy 6. Indian Lady 1. A New Kind of Country 2. Night City 3. Homecoming 4. Mercy Maybe Mercy 5. Zim 6. Opus 5 7. Star Children 8. Beat Me, Daddy, Seven to the Bar 9. Milo's Theme 10. Seven Up 11. The Tihai 12. Zim - Alternate Take 13. I Remember Clifford 14. Rasty

An extremely talented vocalist raised in the gospel tradition, Lavon InchDonnieInch Tatem has become one of the most popular singers in the Philly Soul tradition. Tatem began his recording career as a member of the group Gentlemen Of Leisure that recorded the single InchNever Had A Love Like This BeforeInch in 1980. He can also be heard on the movie score of InchThe Fish That Saved PittsburghInch on Lorimar Records in 1979. In 1981, Donnie joined the legendary acappella gospel group InchThe Stars Of HarmonyInch based out of Woodbury, New Jersey. In 1995, Tatem scored the lead role in the off-Broadway production InchIf Only For YouInch in Atlantic City and continued touring as a solo gospel artist until 2008 when he joined TRU with singers James InchJimiInch Williams and Primo Wansley. The group attracted the attention of legendary producer Butch Ingram and recorded the critically acclaimed album My Love Is TRU in 2010 on Society Hill Records, to which Donnie contributed the songs InchNight & Day DreamsInch and InchWho Do You See When You Look At Me?.Inch Since then, Tatem has become an invaluable vocalist on many of the Society Hill sessions that Butch Ingram produces, and in 2016 made his solo album debut with the critically acclaimed InchAin't No LoveInch which further cemented his status as a songwriter and lead vocalist who many consider the Inchcream of the crop.Inch Donnie is featured here backed by members of INGRAM, the first family of Philly Soul, singing the heart-warming Christmas classic, InchHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,Inch which originally appeared on the popular holiday compilation InchMerry Christmas From PhiladelphiaInch - just in time for the holidays. Album Tracks 1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Digitally remastered two CD set containing jazz trumpeter Ellis's last two albums for Columbia Records. Tears For Joy, originally a double vinyl album, was recorded in 1971 at Basin Street West in San Francisco, and is regarded by many as his finest album. Connection is Ellis's arrangements of pop hits of the day, featuring his award-winning 'French Connection' theme from the movie. Slipcased with extensive new liner notes. Album Tracks 1. Tears of Joy 2. 5/4 Getaway 3. Bulgarian Bulge 4. Get It Together 5. Quiet Longing 6. Blues in Elf 7. Loss 8. How?S This for Openers? 9. Samba Bajada 10. Strawberry Soup 11. Euphoric Acid 1. Put It Where You Want It 2. Alone Again (Naturally) 3. Superstar 4. I Feel the Earth Move 5. Theme from ?The French Connection? 6. Conquistador 7. Roundabout 8. Chain Reaction 9. Goodbye to Love 10. Lean on Me 11. Train to Get There