The Don Ellis Reader

The Don Ellis estate has kindly given us their blessing to present some of his writings to the World-Wide Web. This effort was spearheaded by Scott Harris of Santa Cruz, California who secured the permission and entered the text.

The articles below provide only a small sample of the material we have available. This list will be greatly expanded in the near future.

1975
The Hospital
Life Goals

1968
Letter to Band Members

1965
Hierarchy of the Jazz Anarchy by Leonard Feather [excerpt]

1960
The Element of "Corn" in Jazz Improvisation