John Ellis


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American saxophone player, born in 1974 in North Carolina.
He received a music degree from the New School in New York City and won second place in the Thelonious Monk piano competition. Ellis has worked with The Holmes Brothers, Charlie Hunter, John Patitucci, Lonnie Smith, Sting, Helen Sung, and Miguel Zenón.

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John Ellis
Heroes
2025, CD, Blue Room Music (2)
Solid! & John Ellis
Firm Deadline!
2024, CD, Album, Particular Recordings
John Ellis (5), Adam Levy, Glenn Patscha
Say It Quiet
2021, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Solid! & John Ellis
Woodworks
2021, CD, Album, Particular Recordings
John Ellis (5) and Andy Bragen
The Ice Siren
2020, CD, Album, Parade Light Records
Klemens Marktl Sextet, Seamus Blake, John Ellis (5), Aaron Goldberg (2), Joe Locke, Harish Raghavan
December
2015, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John Ellis (5) And Andy Bragen
MOBRO
2014, CD, Album, Parade Light Records,
Alon Nechushtan & Donny McCaslin, John Ellis (5), Chris Lightcap, Adam Cruz
Venture Bound
2014, CD, Album, Enja Records
John Ellis
It's You I Like
2012, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Diane Landry (2) With The Matt Lemmler Quartet And Special Guest John Ellis
It's A Lovely Day
2008, CD, Album, JazzMaDi Productions, ,
Swing/Vocal
John Ellis
By A Thread
2006, CD, Album, Hyena Records
John Ellis
One Foot In The Swamp
2005
John Ellis
Roots, Branches & Leaves
2002, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent, Fresh Sound New Talent
John Ellis
Esperanza (Hope)
2002, CD, Album, Fizzy Water Records
John Ellis
Language Of Love
1996, CD, Album, Not On Label
John Ellis & Double-Wide
Charm
2015, CD, Album, Parade Light Records
John Ellis & Double-Wide
Puppet Mischief
2010
John Ellis & Double-Wide
Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
2008, CD, Album, Hyena Records
Různí
Baby Loves Jazz - Greatest Hits - Volumes 1 & 2
2007, 2xCD, Album, Baby Loves Jazz,
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Nursery Rhyme Jazz
2007, Car + CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
On The Road
2007, Car + CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Louis Lion Sings Good Night
2007, Car + CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Philly Joe Giraffe's Jungle Jazz
2007, Car + CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
Manuel Valera Quintet
Vessel
2023, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Alan Ferber Nonet
Up High, Down Low
2023, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Kendrick Scott Oracle
A Wall Becomes A Bridge
2019, CD, Album, Blue Note
Terraza Big Band
One Day Wonder
2019, CD, Album, Outside In Music
Frank Perowsky Jazz Orchestra
An Afternoon In Gowanus
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Big Band/Bop
Alan Ferber Bigband
Jigsaw
2017, CD, Album, Dig, Sunnyside
Alan Ferber Nonet
Roots & Transitions
2016, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Pedro Giraudo Big Band
Cuentos
2015, CD, ZOHO
Kendrick Scott Oracle
We Are The Drum
2015, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Dr. Lonnie Smith Octet
In The Beginning Volumes 1 & 2
2013, 2xCD, Album, Pilgrimage
Dr. Lonnie Smith Octet
In The Beginning
2013, LP, Album, Pilgrimage
Kendrick Scott Oracle
Conviction
2013
Sean Smith Quartet
Trust
2011, CD, Album, Dig, Smithereen Records
Alan Ferber Nonet
The Compass
2008, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent,
Charlie Hunter Trio
Copperopolis
2006
Alan Ferber Nonet
Scenes From An Exit Row
2005, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent
Alexis Cuadrado Sextet
Visual
2004, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent
Charlie Hunter Trio
Friends Seen And Unseen
2004, ,
Fusion
Charlie Hunter Quintet
Right Now Move
2003
Charlie Hunter Quartet
Songs From The Analog Playground
2001, ,
Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary R&B
Michio Imazato Quintet
Gentle Rose
CD, Album, What'sNew Records
Charlie Hunter Quartet
Songs From The Analog Playground
John Ellis
One Foot In The Swamp

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John Ellis
Heroes
2025, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Blue Room Music (2)
John Ellis
When The World Was Young - bonus alternate takes
2020, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, 24 , Not On Label (John Ellis (5) Self-released)
Davy Mooney & Ko Omura
The Word
2025
Alex Kautz
Where We Begin
2024, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Bop/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz
Etienne Charles
Creole Orchestra
2024, Vinyl,
Jeb Patton
Preludes
2023, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)
Antoine Drye With Strings*
Retreat To Beauty (Oblation, Vol. 3: Providence)
2023, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)
Mike Melito
To Swing Is The Thing
2023, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)
Eunmi Lee*
Introspection
2023, CD, Album, You&Me Music
Rudy Royston, Flatbed Buggy
Day
2023, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Massimo Biolcati
On A Misty Night
2023
Nanny Assis
Rovanio
2023
Igor Lumpert Innertextures
I Am The Spirit Of The Earth
2022, CD, Album, Clean Feed,
Camila Cabello
Familia
2022, CD, ,
Latin Pop
Olivier* Et Clare Manchon*
En Attendant Bojangles (Soundtrack)
2022
Spike Wilner Trio
Aliens & Wizards
2021, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2), ,
Bop
Pete Rodriguez
Obstacles
2021, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Massimo Biolcati
Momenta
2021, CD, Album, Sounderscore Records,
Helen Sung With Special Guest Harlem Quartet
Quartet+
2021, CD, ,
Bop/Modal/Swing/Contemporary Jazz
Dr. Lonnie Smith*
Breathe
2021, CD,
Davy Mooney, Hope Of Home Band
Live At National Sawdust
2020, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Brian Cullman
Winter Clothes
2020, CD, Album, Sunnyside Communications, ,
Folk Rock
Edward Simon
Venezuelan Suite
2020, LP, Album, Simon Music Productions
Laura Benanti
Laura Benanti
2020, CD, ,
Vocal
Anne Mette Iversen Quartet +1
Racing A Butterfly
2020
Gregg August
Dialogues On Race Volume One
2020, 2x Vinyl, ,
Modal/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Laila Biali
Out Of Dust
2020,
Peter Slavov*
Little Stories
2019, CD, Album, Not On Label
Horne Electric Band
Horne Electric Band
2019, CD, Ropeadope Music Entertainment LLC
Různí
Jazz 100年 Part4 Jazz Masterpiece Collection 14 Jazz Of The REIWA
2019, CD, Comp, Universal Music,
Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Suite Extracts Vol.1
2019, CD, ,
Big Band
Céline Rudolph
Pearls
2019
Igor Lumpert & Innertextures
Eleven
2018, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Helen Sung, Dana Gioia
Sung With Words (A Collaboration With Dana Gioia)
2018, CD, Album, Stricker Street Records
Rudy Royston, Flatbed Buggy
Flatbed Buggy
2018, CD, Album, Greenleaf Music
Davy Mooney, Ko Omura
Benign Strangers
2018, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Lionel Loueke
The Journey
2018, CD, Album, Aparté
Leo Sidran
Cool School [The Music of Michael Franks]
2018
Joe Sanders
Humanity
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label (Joe Sanders (3) Self-released)
The University Of Wisconsin Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I, Robert Baca, Michael Shults, Melissa Kopprowski, Scott Pingel, Tom Luer, Michael Davis, Bobby Sanabria
The 71st Annual Midwest Clinic International Band & Orchestra Conference 2017
2017, CD, Mark Records, ,
Big Band
Ben Sidran
Picture Him Happy
2017, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Michael Blanco
Spirit Forward
2016, CD, Album, bjurecords
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
Real Enemies
2016, CD, Album, New Amsterdam Records
Různí
Verve & Blue Note Today 2016
2016, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Blue Note,
Patrick Cornelius
While We're Still Young
2016, CD, Album, Whirlwind Recordings
Anne Mette Iversen Quartet +1
Round Trip
2016, CD, Album, bjurecords
Caramelos De Cianuro
8
2016
Dr. Lonnie Smith*
Evolution
2016, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock
Kevin Johansen + The Nada
Mis Américas Vol. 1/2
2016
Manuel Valera & Groove Square
Urban Landscape
2015, CD, Album, Destiny Records (16)
Aidan Carroll
Original Vision
2015
Různí
Nina Revisited... A Tribute to Nina Simone
2015, CD,
Jonathan Powell & Nu Sangha
Beacons Of Light
2015, CD, ,
Post Bop
Helen Sung
Anthem For A New Day
2014, CD, Album, Concord Jazz
Anne Mette Iversen's Double Life
So Many Roads
2014, CD, bjurecords
Brian Charette
The Question That Drives Us
2014, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Emilio Solla Y La Inestable de Brooklyn
Second Half
2014, CD, Album, Emilio Solla Music
Alan Ferber
March Sublime
2013, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
Brooklyn Babylon
2013, CD, New Amsterdam Records, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Will Bernard
Just Like Downtown
2013, CD, Album, Posi-Tone
Michael Blanco
No Time Like The Present
2013, CD, Album, Nineteen-Eight Records
Edward Simon
Venezuelan Suite
2013, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Kathy Kosins
The Space Between
2013, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Kathy Kosins Self-released)
Kat Edmonson
Way Down Low
2013, CD,
Brian Charette
Music For Organ Sextette
2012, CD, Album, SteepleChase,
Lee Barbour
Non Fiction
2012, CD, Album, Avant Garage
Anne Mette Iversen
Poetry Of Earth
2012, 2xCD, Album, bjurecords,
Matt Lemmler's New Orleans Jazz Revival Band
Ubuntu
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Matt Lemmler Self-released)
Ben Sidran
Don't Cry For No Hipster
2012
Itai Kriss
The Shark
2011, CD, Album, Dig, Avenue K Records,
Anne Mette Iversen
Milo Songs
2011, CD, Album, bjurecords
Alan Hampton
The Moving Sidewalk
2011, CD, Album, Not On Label (Alan Hampton Self-released),
Alan Ferber
Music For Nonet And Strings / Chamber Songs
2010, CD, Album, Sunnyside,
Různí
Artistshare
2010, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Norah Jones
...Featuring
2010, CD, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Swing/Piano Blues/Contemporary R&B
Olivier Manchon
Orchestre De Chambre Miniature - Volume 1
2010
Eric Revis
Laughter's Necklace Of Tears
2009, CD, Album, 11:11 Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jon Gordon
Evolution
2009, CD, Album, ArtistShare,
Emanuel Ruffler
Nightflight
2009, CD, Album, Pursuance Records
Kat Edmonson
Take To The Sky
2009, Vinyl 180 Gram, ,
Easy Listening
Sting
If On A Winter's Night...
2009, CD Gatefold Cardboard Sleeve, ,
Acoustic/Medieval/Folk/Romantic/Holiday
Robert Sadin
Art Of Love: Music Of Machaut
2009, CD Boxed Press Kit, ,
Neo-Classical/Medieval
Různí
Brooklyn Jazz Underground, Volume 3
2008, CD, Comp, bjurecords
Hironobu Saito
The Rain
2008, CD, Fresh Sound New Talent
Anne Mette Iversen
Best of the West + Many Places
2008, 2xCD, Album, bjurecords
Gilfema
Gilfema + 2
2008
Kate Schutt
Telephone Game
2008
Erin Bode
The Little Garden
2008
Různí
Brooklyn Jazz Underground (Volume 2)
2007, CD, Comp, bjurecords, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Různí
Brooklyn Jazz Underground Volume 1
2007, CD, Comp, Promo, bjurecords
Mike Moreno
Between The Lines
2007, CD, Album, Dig, World Culture Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Post Bop
Davy Mooney
astoriano
2007, CD, LateSet Records
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Mingus Mouse Plays Christmastime Jazz
2007, Car + CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Ella Elephant Scats Like That
2006, CD, Boo, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
Anne Mette Iversen
This Is My House
2006, CD, Album, Okapi Records (4)
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Duck Ellington Swings Through The Zoo
2006, CD, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
Julio Nava
No Tengas Más Prisa
2006, CD, Album, JJ Music (6)
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Charlie Bird Counts To The Beat
2006, CD + Car, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
The Baby Loves Jazz Band
Miles The Crocodile Plays The Colors Of Jazz
2006, CD + Car, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.,
Baby Loves Jazz*
Go Baby Go!
2006
Kathy Kosins
Vintage
2005, CD, Album, Mahogany Jazz
Orrin Evans
Easy Now
2005, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Charlie Hunter
Steady Groovin'
2005, CD,
Sean Costello
Sean Costello
2004, ,
Electric Blues
Janek Gwizdala
Mystery To Me
2004
Jesse Chandler
Somewhere: Between
2003, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent,
Erik Jekabson
Intersection
2003, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent
Robert Glasper Trio
Mood
2003, CD, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Christina Machado
Gone With The Wind
2002, CD, Album, Summit Records (3)
Brandon Tarricone's Brotherhood Of Groove
Pocket Full Of Funk
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label
Martin Schack Featuring Tom Harrell
Headin' Home
2002, CD, Album, Storyville
Charlie Hunter
Yoshi's Highlights
2001, 6xFile, MP3, 160, Charlie Hunter Online
Matt Ray
We Got It!
2001, CD, Album, Consolidated Artists Productions, ,
Bop
Matt Lemmler
Portraits Of Wonder
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label (Matt Lemmler Self-released)
Roland Guerin
You Don't Have To See It To Believe It
2000, CD, Half Note,
Andrew Adair
States
1999, CD, Fresh Sound New Talent
New World Funk Ensemble
New World Funk Ensemble
1998, CD, Album, Turnipseed Music
Různí
Harold Battiste Presents Next Generation
1996, CD, A.F.O. Records
Grant Stewart Quintet
Downtown Sounds
1994, CD, ,
Bop/Post Bop
The Nubile Thangs
Kill Bootie
1992, Cass, Album + CD, Album, RE, RM, S/Edition, 30t, Full Size Hut Records
The Nubile Thangs
Kill Bootie
1992, Cass, Album, Full Size Hut Records
Různí
Jazz Magazine Vol. 34
2005, CD, Comp, New Sounds 2000,
Sting
If On A Winter's Night...
2009, ,
Acoustic/Medieval/Folk/Romantic/Holiday
Norah Jones
...Featuring
,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Swing/Piano Blues/Contemporary R&B
Camila Cabello
Familia
CD, ,
Vocal/Salsa/Latin Pop/Trip Hop/Nu-Disco