Lisle Ellis
Bassist Lisle Ellis first came to light via his late-'80s and early-'90s collaborations with fellow Canadian, pianist Paul Plimley. Ellis went on to collaborate with a variety of free jazz artists on the West Coast, including clarinetist François Houle, drummer Donald Robinson, and violinist India Cooke. Other partners have included such Northern California-based musicians as saxophonist Glenn Spearman, pianist Matthew Goodheart, and saxophonist Larry Ochs. With Ochs and Robinson, Ellis formed the trio What We Live in the mid-'90s; the group has recorded for both the Black Saint and New World labels. Ellis now lives in the U.S. and is an active participant on the San Francisco Bay Area free jazz scene. A well-rounded musician, Ellis' work draws heavily on art music outside the jazz domain, as evidenced by his work with such players as the classically oriented percussionist William Winant and the members of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet.
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Discography
8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Kaleidoscopes (Ornette Coleman Songbook)
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hat ART CD on 27 Jan 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sweet Freedom - Now What?
Joe McPhee, Lisle Ellis, Paul Plimley
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hatOLOGY on 1 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
What We Live: Quintet For A Day
Wadada Leo Smith, David Douglas, Lisle Ellis, Lawrence Ochs, Donald Robinson
Classical - Released by New World Records on 1 Apr 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Plimley, Paul: When Silence Pulls
Paul Plimley, Lisle Ellis, Andrew Cyrille
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 3 Nov 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cooke, India: RedHanded
India Cooke, Lisle Ellis, George Lewis, Larry Ochs, Donald Robinson, Lee,
Jazz - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 1 Jan 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
What We Live Fo(u)r
Jazz - Released by Black Saint on 3 Jun 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sucker Punch Requiem
Jazz - Released by Henceforth Records on 1 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ellis: Children in Peril Suite
Lisle Ellis, Joe McPhee, Marco Eneidi, Peter Apfelbaum, Dana Reason
Chamber Music - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 17 Mar 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo