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    Pieces of Eight

    Don Ellis - Pieces of Eight

    02/28/2006 | Wounded Bird Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Recorded live at UCLA in 1967, this archival release is seeing the light of day repackaged and remastered nearly four decades after its initial performance. Pieces of Eight was assembled only once for these recordings, with Don Ellis offering up a two-disc set of frenzied but enjoyable performances. The highlights are no doubt Ellis' fascination with difficult rhythmic combinations and manic fluctuations of odd time signatures and his band, surprisingly, performs most of the material with great fluidity. There's also a surprising amount of microtonality from the players as well. Fans of Ellis' work will no doubt revel in these compositions and what is essentially a "new" recording from a truly groundbreaking composer.~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

    Pieces of Eight Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Slippin' 'N' Slidin'
  • 6:57
  • Sound Clip for Slippin' 'N' Slidin' from Pieces of Eight


  • 2
  • Sadness Shouldn't Go so Deep
  • 3:54
  • Sound Clip for Sadness Shouldn't Go so Deep from Pieces of Eight


  • 3
  • Bali Dancer
  • 5:31
  • Sound Clip for Bali Dancer from Pieces of Eight


  • 4
  • With Respect to Coltrane
  • 5:05
  • Sound Clip for With Respect to Coltrane from Pieces of Eight


  • 5
  • Pete's 7
  • 6:29
  • Sound Clip for Pete's 7 from Pieces of Eight


  • 6
  • Let's Go to Sleep
  • 7:16
  • Sound Clip for Let's Go to Sleep from Pieces of Eight


  • 7
  • Blues for Hari
  • 9:08
  • Sound Clip for Blues for Hari from Pieces of Eight


  • 8 (2)
  • Milestones
  • 9:56
  • Sound Clip for Milestones from Pieces of Eight


  • 9 (2)
  • It's a Snap
  • 2:18
  • Sound Clip for It's a Snap from Pieces of Eight


  • 10 (2)
  • I Love Us
  • 5:47
  • Sound Clip for I Love Us from Pieces of Eight


  • 11 (2)
  • The Squeeze
  • 5:22
  • Sound Clip for The Squeeze from Pieces of Eight


  • 12 (2)
  • Lush Life
  • 7:29
  • Sound Clip for Lush Life from Pieces of Eight


  • 13 (2)
  • Turk's Works
  • 18:25
  • Sound Clip for Turk's Works from Pieces of Eight


    • Credits of Pieces of Eight

    • Tom Scott
    • Clarinet, Arranger, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)

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