Jazz trumpeter and composer Don Ellis was famous for his wildly imaginative, technically accomplished, modern big band arrangements and later for his score for the iconic 1971 William Friedkin / Gene Hackman film, The French Connection.
· After falling in love with the classics, Electric Bath and Shock Treatment, Al Kooper produced Ellis' Autumn for Columbia in 1969.
· With the band in scintillating form, the album showcases two major Ellis compositions; the six-part magnum opus Variations for Trumpet and an updated version of Indian Lady (recorded at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University) that features two stunning instrumental duels / duets between the tenors, John Klemmer and Sam Falzone and the percussionists Ralph Humphrey and Gene Strimling.
· Al Kooper: "This is Autumn for Don Ellis and his orchestra. It shows a maturing and cohesiveness far beyond its time. It is not a cold, steely album. It is quite human; sometimes sad, sometimes joyous, occasionally humorous and variously frightening. It is, I believe, the sound of our time..."

Jazz trumpeter and composer Don Ellis was famous for his wildly imaginative, technically accomplished, modern big band arrangements and later for his score for the iconic 1971 William Friedkin / Gene Hackman film, The French Connection.
· After falling in love with the classics, Electric Bath and Shock Treatment, Al Kooper produced Ellis' Autumn for Columbia in 1969.
· With the band in scintillating form, the album showcases two major Ellis compositions; the six-part magnum opus Variations for Trumpet and an updated version of Indian Lady (recorded at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University) that features two stunning instrumental duels / duets between the tenors, John Klemmer and Sam Falzone and the percussionists Ralph Humphrey and Gene Strimling.
· Al Kooper: "This is Autumn for Don Ellis and his orchestra. It shows a maturing and cohesiveness far beyond its time. It is not a cold, steely album. It is quite human; sometimes sad, sometimes joyous, occasionally humorous and variously frightening. It is, I believe, the sound of our time..."