Don Elliott
An extremely popular player in the '50s, Don Elliott was a fine soloist in the swing mode. He first studied piano and accordion, then played baritone horn and mellophone in his high school band. He switched to trumpet while playing in local dance bands, and as a teen worked with fellow teen Bill Evans. Elliott studied harmony at the Institute of Musical Art in New York in the mid-'40s, then played trumpet in an army band. Following that, he studied arranging and vibes at the University of Miami in 1947. When he returned to New York, Elliott played with George Shearing, Teddy Wilson, and Benny Goodman. He later performed and recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. Elliott took "miscellaneous instrument" honors in Down Beat five straight years in the late '50s. During the '60s and '70s, he did Broadway shows and composed film scores and songs for radio and television commercials. He returned to jazz in 1975, serving as a guest soloist with the New York Jazz Repertory Company at Carnegie Hall.
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Double Trumpet Doings (Instrumental)
Jazz - Lançado por Original Jazz Classics em 01/01/1960
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Buddy Weed Meets Don Elliott, Vol. 1
Pop - Lançado por and more bears Richard Weize em 06/01/2012
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Newport '58 (Live)
Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach, Don Elliott
Jazz - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 01/01/1958
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Tenderly (An Informal Session)
Jazz - Lançado por Milestone em 01/01/2001
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Newport '58 (Live)
Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach, Don Elliott
Jazz - Lançado por Music Manager em 22/06/2021
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A Musical Offering By Don Elliot
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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Don Elliot At The Modern Jazz Room
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 21/03/1957
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Counterpoint For Six Valves
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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Jamaica Jazz
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage 2015 em 05/04/2015
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The Voice Of Marty Bell, The Quartet Of Don Elliot
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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The Nutty Squirrels Go Bird Watching
Don Elliott, Alexander "Sascha" Burland
Children - Lançado por Black Sheep Music em 13/07/2012
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Octet & Sextette Play Jamaica Jazz and Musical Offering
Jazz - Lançado por Fresh Sound Records em 11/11/2011
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At the Modern Jazz Room (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 29/01/2016
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Counterpoint for Six Valves (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 29/01/2016
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Mellophone (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 29/01/2016
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Don Elliott Quintet (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 29/01/2016
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Four Classic Albums (Don Elliott Quintet / Mellophone / Counterpoint for Six Valves / At the Modern Jazz Room) [Remastered]
Jazz - Lançado por Avid Entertainment em 22/01/2016
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