Don Ellis AKA Donald Johnson Ellis Born: 25-Jul-1934 Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA Died: 17-Dec-1978 Location of death: Hollywood, CA Cause of death: Heart Attack Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Jazz Musician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Jazz trumpeter, The Don Ellis Orchestra Military service: US Army (Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra) Father: Evert Ezra Ellis (b. 1905, d. 1989) Mother: Winston Eleanor Johnson (b. 1910, d. 1998) Wife: Connie Coogan (m. 1961, div. 1971, two sons) Son: Brav (b. 1963) Son: Tran (b. 1964)
High School: West High School, Minneapolis, MN University: BA Music Composition, Boston University (1956)
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