Don Ellis Film "SPECIAL EDITION DVD"

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Product Information
Title: ELECTRIC HEART don ellis (SPECIAL EDITION)
Format: DVD (All Region)
Release Date: February 2009
Rating: General Audiences
Recording Mode: NTSC
UPC: 5065001072031
FOR USA BUYERS ONLY PLEASE!
ELECTRIC
HEART
"SPECIAL EDITION" DVD
Only Doc Film ever made on the incredible Don Ellis!
-A absolute must for the Don Ellis fan
Awards include:
Kansas City Film Festival Best Musical Documentary
Palo Verdes Film Festival Musical Film Appreciation Award
Niak New York Film Festival Best Musical Soundtrack
Sofia Bulgaria Film Festival, special award to Milcho Leviev
The Library of Congress Musical Archives special screening and inclusion
Sold Directly from Sights & Sounds Films (USA), a Sleepy Night Records Release (UK) 2009
The contents are as follows:
ELECTRIC HEART don ellis 73 minute Award Winning Documentary Film
Scene by Scene selection of the entire Film
Documentary Film and Extended Feature Menu includes candid interviews from Maynard Ferguson, Milcho Leviev, Sam Falzone, Ralph Humphrey, Jay Graydon, Emilie Robertson & Fred Selden with a Special appearance from Pulitzer Winning Composer, Gunther Schuller
The Don Ellis Alumni Band Live at The Whiskey A Go Go 2005 unedited concert with guest Conductor Milcho Leviev
Behind the scenes Rehearsal of the Alumni Band which is terrific to see for aspiring students of Jazz!
Footage of The Don Ellis Band circa 1968 not seen in 40 years
A Special Tribute to Don Ellis by Producer Gary Gillies
NTSE, All Region Code
220 Minutes Total
DVD is Family Rated for All Audiences (General)
Dolby-Digital Sound, all Video is 720i Full Screen (non-Letterbox)
"Here is a chance to own the
Commercial
version of ELECTRIC HEART don ellis"
"There is no other DVD Film on the incredible Don Ellis in the World...
DVD will be Shipped for .00-Domestic USPS Priority in custom DVD Box securely
Notes:  Don Ellis was a Monster of Jazz-Rock-Classical and his own version of World Music long before anyone had thought of the word Fusion! But somehow his legacy has been almost completely forgotten and for that sole reason, I made this film titled ELECTRIC HEART.  There is simply nobody dead or alive that can stand up and perform incredible complex time signatures and odd metered arrangements like Ellis.
He was the first to Electrify a Big Band and preceded by many years Bands such as Blood Sweat & Tears and Chicago. Ellis in my book and backed up with testimonials in the Film by the likes of Gunther Schuller, Maynard Ferguson and Stan Kenton was a first in many catagories including his theories of combining Indian Music and Bulgarian Folk Music with Orchestrated Big Band Jazz. He died of a Heart Attack in North Hollywood in 1978 and lived for years with a severe Heart problem. He never took drugs and experimented with health foods even back in the early 1960's. He played music from a artists, purest form and never from a commerical end. He won the Best Instrumental Arrangement Grammy in 1972 from his Score of the Oscar Winning Film, The French Connection.
John Vizzusi, Filmmaker & E-Bayer
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