Don Elliott

• Born: October 21, 1926, Somerville, NJ
• Died: July 05, 1984, Weston, CT
• Active: '50s, '60s, '70s
• Genres: Jazz
• Instrument: Vibraphone
• Representative Albums: "Don Elliott at the Modern Jazz Room", "Don Elliott Sings
• Representative Songs: "Dominick Seventh", "Mine", "When Your Lover Has Gone

Biography

An extremely popular player in the '50s, Don Elliott was a fine soloist in swing mode. He first studied piano and accordion, then played baritone horn and mellophone in his high school band. He switched to trumpet whe playing in local dance bands, and as a teen worked with fellow teen Bill Evans. Elliott studied harmony at the Institute of Musical Art in New York in the mid-'40s, then played trumpet in an army band. Following that, he studied arranging and vibes at the University of Miami in 1947. When he returned to New York, Elliott played with George Shearing, Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman. He later performed and recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. Elliott took "miscellaneous instrument" honors in Down Beat five straight years in the late '50s. During the '60s and '70s he did Broadway shows and composed film scores and songs for radio and television commercials. He returned to jazz in 1975, serving as a guest soloist with The New York Jazz Repertory Company at Carnegie Hall. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

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