How Time Passes

How Time Passes is the debut album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label.^[1][2]

How Time Passes
Studio album by Don Ellis
Released	1960
Recorded	October 4 and 5, 1960 Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:16
Label	Candid CJM-8004/CJS-9004
Producer	Nat Hentoff
Don Ellis chronology
How Time Passes (1960) Out of Nowhere (1961)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Jazzwise	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "Trumpeter Don Ellis' initial recording as a leader (and first of four small group dates from the 1960-1962 period) found him stretching the boundaries of bop-based jazz and experimenting a bit with time and tempo... Although these musical experiments failed to be influential (Ellis himself went in a different direction a few years later), the unpredictable music is still quite interesting to hear".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz award the album 3 stars.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

1. "How Time Passes" - 6:30
2. "Sallie" - 4:38
3. "A Simplex One" - 4:17
4. "Waste" (Jaki Byard) - 8:15
5. "Improvisational Suite #1" - 22:18

Personnel

• Don Ellis - trumpet
• Jaki Byard - piano, alto saxophone
• Ron Carter - bass
• Charlie Persip - drums

References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. The Candid Label Album Discography accessed May 24, 2013
2. Don Ellis discography Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 24, 2013
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 24, 2013
4. Nicholson, Stuart (December 2023 – January 2024). "Don Ellis: How Time Passes". Jazzwise. No. 291. p. 47.
5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 408. ISBN 0141023279.