Soaring (album)

Soaring
Studio album by
Don Ellis
Released1973
Recorded1973
Genres
Length42:12
LabelMPS/BASF
ProducerDon Ellis
Don Ellis chronology
Connection
(1972)		 Soaring
(1973)		 Haiku
(1973)

Soaring is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1973 and released on the MPS label.[1] The album features Hank Levy's composition "Whiplash", which was featured in the 2014 film of the same name.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[3]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic called it an "underrated set ...well worth searching for".[3] On Jazz History Online, Michael Verity observed "By 1973, when he recorded Soaring, a 10-cut musical haiku, all of his interests were converging into a style that was bold, intensely rhythmic and perfectly calibrated sound for the big screen. (It should be no surprise he was scoring The French Connection at same time he was working on this project)."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Ellis, except where noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whiplash"Hank Levy4:25
2."Saldka Pitka"Milcho Leviev6:40
3."The Devil Made Me Write This Piece" 6:00
4."Go Back Home"Sam Falzone3:15
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Invincible" 6:43
2."Image of Maria" 3:03
3."Sidonie"Alexej Fried6:37
4."Nicole" 5:29
Total length:42:12

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Don Ellis discography accessed March 5, 2015
  2. ↑ Tucker, R., How Miles Teller learned to fake drum like a pro in ‘Whiplash’, New York Post, October 4, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Don Ellis – Soaring: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Verity, M., Jazz History Online: Don Ellis: Soaring, accessed March 5, 2015
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