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 11 8 time with a 3+3+3+2 feel, cheekily referred to as 3+2⁄3 4 time.[1][2]
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]
"Freedom Jazz Dance" [alternative version] (Harris) – 7:39
Recorded at The Pacific Jazz Festival in Costa Mesa, California on October 8, 1966 (tracks 1–3) and at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Los Angeles, California on March 27, 1967 (tracks 4–11). (The CD liner notes incorrectly give the date of the Pacific Jazz Festival performance as October 10.)
