Don Ellis(1934-1978)

Don Ellis was born on 25 July 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a composer, known for The French Connection (1971), Priceless (2006) and French Connection II (1975). He was married to Connie Coogan. He died on 17 December 1978 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Known for

7.6

7.0

6.7

6.8

Ruby
4.5
- arranger
- conductor
- 1977
Doctors' Hospital
6.6
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1975–1976
French Connection II
6.7
- conductor
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1975
The Seven-Ups
6.8
- conductor
- 1973
The French Connection
7.6
- music conducted by
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1971
Bullitt
7.4
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1968
Rosemary's Baby
8.0
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1968
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
- conductor
- 1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
7.0
TV Movie
- musician: trumpet (uncredited)
- 1967
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
9.0
TV Series
- musician: trumpet
- 1964

Homecoming
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "End Title"
- 2018
Priceless
7.0
- Soundtrack
- performer: "Alone" ("Alone")
- 2006
The Boys of 2nd Street Park
7.1
TV Movie
- writer: "Soupy Sales Theme Music"
- 2003
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection'
6.8
TV Movie
- writer: "The French Connection Main Title", "Hotel Chase", "This Is It", "Subway", "The French Connection End Title"
- 2001
Nothing About Robert
6.3
- writer: "Open Beauty"
- 1999
Kansas City Bomber
5.5
- music: "Your Way Ain't My Way, Baby", "Rounds and Spheres" (uncredited), "All Night Market" (uncredited)
- 1972
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
9.0
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("Journey into Jazz", "Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists")
- 1964

Trivia
American jazz trumpeter and occasional film composer. Began professionally with the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Ray McKinley. After national service, he formed his own band which performed in New York's Greenwich Village. From the late 1950's, he played a more progressive style of jazz, working with smaller groups, including the George Russell Sextet. During the 1960's, he made a series of successful records for CBS, at which time he was called "the father of the time revolution" in jazz. He was also a huge hit at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival.