Live in 3 2/3 / 4 Time

Live in 3+2⁄3/4 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]

Live in 3+2⁄3/4 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 3+2⁄3/4 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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Orientation"		11:20
2.	"Angel Eyes"	Earl Brent, Matt Dennis	5:41
3.	"Freedom Jazz Dance"	Eddie Harris	3:54

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Barnum's Revenge"	Ruben Leon	4:36
2.	"Upstart"		9:02
3.	"Thetis"	Hank Levy	8:27

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 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.)

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)