Search - Don Ellis :: How Time Passes

What an interesting jazz album should be

guneral | Sydney Australia | 03/31/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Its early - his first real album, but in that way its good, because he's still holding onto his fresh young ideas, including the influence of serialism, as in the final last long improvisation. at first i thought this last track was a bit bits-and-pieces, but by the 22 minute mark i realised 'woa, this was actually pretty sweet and very interesting in its trajectory'.
as for the rest of the album - clever jazz compositions that are structured, though with a clever 'free' sound that is not abrasive - a tight combination of structure and freer forms"