How Time Passes

by Don Ellis

How Time Passes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1961
  • Label: Candid
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:34
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'How Time Passes' was the debut album from trumpeter Don Ellis, released on the independent Candid label. The session utilized compositions based on twelve-tone rows and experimented with shifting tempos, reflecting Ellis's academic interest in integrating contemporary classical theory into post-bop improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. …How Time Passes‍‍… (6:24)
  2. Sallie (4:38)
  3. A Simplex One (4:14)
  4. Waste (8:05)
  5. Improvisational Suite #1 (22:11)

Credits

  • Don Ellis - primary artist, trumpet, piano, written-by
  • Jaki Byard - alto saxophone, piano, written-by
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Frank Gauna - design, photography by
  • Charlie Persip - drums, timpani
  • Bob d'Orleans - engineer
  • Gunther Schuller - liner notes
  • Nat Hentoff - supervised by

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