Don Ellis French Connection Rary
This 1971 crime drama was based on a real-life early-1960s New York City investigation that resulted in what was, at that time, the largest heroin bust ever in the United States., starring Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider as characters modeled on narcotics officers and, was a box-office smash and won five Academy Awards. The soundtrack was composed and recorded by trumpeter, who had worked with musicians such as, and before going on to form a progressive late-1960s big band renowned for its complex time signatures and its use of electronic and rock elements. (One critic once called Ellis “the Stan Kenton of the 1970s.”) In his score attempted to capture the sounds and feel of New York City circa 1970; ultimately he created not only a musical backdrop of urban drama, but also the sense of a system going dangerously awry, a country in the throes of Vietnam and on the verge of Watergate. (At times it sounds like having a rather unpleasant psychedelic experience—and I mean that in a good way.) You can read more about Don Ellis. You can also listen to a recent with film director Billy Friedkin. French Connection factoid: Friedkin’s first two picks to play Popeye Doyle, the role eventually taken by Gene Hackman, were comedian Jackie Gleason and New York City columnist Jimmy Breslin. Hackman won a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance.
French Connection Dresses
From the Don Ellis - Connection album Produced by Teo Macero and Don Ellis CBS records USA 1972. UCLA Library Events. Ellis is probably best remembered for the use of his works in films like The French Connection. Archives holds the Don Ellis Library and.
Watch part of the classic car-chase scene from The French Connection.
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Follow Following Unfollow Don Ellis played trumpet in big bands and orchestras before leading his own bands and recording his own compositions. He experimented with odd time signatures and unusual instrumentations, and his Eastern-influenced jazz gained popularity during the psychedelic 1960s. Ellis also invented a four-valve trumpet and developed a slide/valve trombone called a 'superbone.' Ellis won a Grammy for his soundtrack to The French Connection. Biography Overview Read more on Last.fm.