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3.23.08
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JOHN
ELLIS & DOUBLE-WIDE RECORD
RELEASE PARTY
Come help us celebrate
the release of " Dance
Like There's No Tomorrow",
my new CD out on Hyena Records. We
just played a week of gigs in New
Orleans for the jazz fest, and we've
been having a ball! Jason
Marsalis (pop quiz: can you name
the other five Marsalis brothers?)
and Matt Perrine (on sousaphone!!)
will be up for these gigs from New
Orleans. As you might imagine,
they don't get up here too often,
so you don't want to miss the rare
chance to see them play in NYC. Gary
Versace will be playing organ and
accordion on the 13th, and Sam Yahel
will join us on the 14th. Click
here for the dates. Don't miss
it! - John |
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3.23.08
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JOHN
ELLIS & DOUBLE-WIDE REVIEW
The
New York Times reviewed Dance
Like There's No Tomorrow.
"Dance Like There’s No
Tomorrow,” the new record by
the saxophonist John Ellis and his
band Double-Wide, is a New York-New
Orleans collection of jazz: something
intrinsically promising and, in this
case, worth a listen." Read the whole
review! |
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2.5.08
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JOHN
ELLIS & DOUBLE-WIDE
 Hey
everybody. My new record is finally
coming out! I'm introducing a new side
project with this one: John
Ellis & Double- Wide.
The record is called "Dance
Like There's No Tomorrow" and
it features some of my favorite musicians:
Gary Versace on organ, Matt
Perrine on sousaphone, and Jason Marsalis
on drums. It'll be my
third release on Hyena Records, and
you'll find it online and in stores
on March 25th. Order
it now! |
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8.9.07
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BABY
LOVES JAZZ
John has been working with
keyboardist Aaron Goldberg on music
that accompanies a children's book
series. They have already produced
9 records last year (2006) that accompany
the books in the series called Baby
Loves Jazz (written by Andy
Hurwitz / out on Penguin Books). The
books that have been released so far
are: "Miles the Crocodile Plays
the Colors of Jazz", "Charlie
Bird Counts to the Beat", "Ella
Elephant Scats Like That", "Louis
Lion Sings Goodnight", "Philly
Joe Giraffe's Jungle Jazz", and "Duck
Ellington Swings Through the Zoo".
You can see the cover
art for all of them here. |
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10.05.06
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WEST
COAST JOHN
ELLIS TOUR
The John Ellis Band is getting
geared up for a tour of the west coast!
The band, consisting of John Ellis
on saxophone, Mike Moreno on guitar,
Alan Hampton on bass, and Derrek Phillips
on drums will play a few gigs in New
York City before heading west. Please
check the Upcoming
Gigs page for the
details! |
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 JOHN
ELLIS' NEW ALBUM 'BY A THREAD'
OUT ON MAY 9th
May 9th will see the release
of By A Thread
on Hyena Records. Ellis is joined on
the recording by his "New York
City" quintet featuring
Aaron Goldberg on piano, Mike
Moreno on guitar, Reuben
Rogers on bass and Terreon
Gully on drums. This will mark
the arrival of John Ellis as a full-time
band leader, having recently left his
post as tenor saxophonist with the widely
popular Charlie Hunter Trio, of which
he's been a member for the last five
years. With By A Thread,
John Ellis follows up his critically-acclaimed
One Foot In The Swamp,
and he does so by largely shifting courses
from its funk-laden predecessor. This
time around, he dives deeper into harmonically
complex waters, but true to his distinct
voice as a songwriter, Ellis never sacrifices
his penchant for classic hooks. "I
wasn't particularly trying to make a
jazz record, a funk record, a world
music record, but rather to make a record
that is an honest attempt to create
a personal sound," state Ellis.
"Personally, I love music that
falls into many different categories,
so the goal was really just to create
good music."
Preview By A Thread
by visiting John
Ellis on Myspace. |
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3.20.05
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 'One
Foot in the Swamp' is
now available on iTunes
for download! Click
here to purchase 'One
Foot in the Swamp' for
download in the iTunes
store!
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