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Dave Ellis
saxophonist
United States • b. 1967-12-01
Dave Ellis is credited on 100 releases across 42 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
100
Pressings credited
42
Albums
6
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Dave Ellis is an American saxophonist. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ellis came to prominence in the 1990s as a member of guitarist Charlie Hunter's band. Ellis has since been known for his work with Bob Weir after the breakup of the Grateful Dead and with flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny. Ellis has recorded albums as a bandleader. His State of Mind album (2003), is his second recording produced by Orrin Keepnews and won a 2004 award for Outstanding Album from the California Music Awards. Dave and his sister, Zoe Ellis, have collaborated as an act called ZADELL.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
100 releases · 42 albums · active 1971–2023
- Performance · 131
- Other credits · 10
Studios: EMI Studios 301 · Albert Studios · United Sound Studios, Sydney · Trafalgar Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly
- Mike & Michelle Jackson
- Slim Dusty
- Billy Field
- Terry Marshall (2)
- Bob Hudson (2)
- Claude Papesch
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