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Live in 3⅔/4 Time is a live album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1966 at the Pacific Jazz Festival and Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The title comes from the composition "Upstart" which is in ^3+2⁄3
₄ time signature but is more commonly expressed as ¹¹
₈.[1][2]

Live in 3⅔/4 Time
Live album by Don Ellis
Released	1967
Recorded	October 10, 1966 and March 27, 1967 The Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa and Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:05 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 10112
Producer	Richard Bock
Don Ellis chronology
Don Ellis Orchestra 'Live' at Monterey! (1966) Live in 3⅔/4 Time (1967) Electric Bath (1969)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4+1⁄2 stars stating "The Don Ellis Orchestra really came into its own during the period covered by this CD (1966–1967), playing perfectly coherent solos in ridiculous time signatures... Fun music".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz called it "entertaining and provocative".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

1. "Bossa Nueva Nova" (Levy) – 5:30
2. "Opus Five" (Howlett Smith) – 9:53
3. "Seven Up" (Smith) – 4:39
4. "One Note" (Jaki Byard) – 2:24
5. "Freedom Jazz Dance" [alternative version] (Harris) – 7:39

• Recorded at The Pacific Jazz Festival in Costa Mesa, California on October 10, 1966 (tracks 1–3) and at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Los Angeles, California on March 27, 1967 (tracks 4–11)

Personnel

• Don Ellis – trumpet, arranger
• Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Glenn Stuart, Bob Harmon – trumpet
• Ron Myers (tracks 1–3), Dave Wells, Dave Sanchez (tracks 4–11) – trombone
• Terry Woodson – bass trombone
• Ruben Leon – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Tom Scott – alto saxophone, saxello, flute (tracks 1–3)
• Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (tracks 4–11)
• Ira Shulman, Ron Starr – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
• John Magruder – baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
• David MacKay – piano
• Frank DeLaRosa, Chuck Domanico (tracks 1–3), Ray Neapolitan, Dave Parlato (tracks 4–11) – bass
• Alan Estes – drums, timbales
• Steve Bohannon – drums
• Chino Valdes – bongos, congas
• Mark Stevens – percussion (tracks 1–3)

References

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