Don Elliot

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Don Elliot (born October 21, 1926 in Somerville, New Jersey; died July 5, 1984 in Weston, Connecticut was a jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, and mellophone player.

He played mellaphone in his high school band and played trumpet for an army band. After study at the University of Miami he added vibraphone to the list. He recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. From 1953 to 1960 he won the Down Beat readers poll several times for "miscellaneous instrument-mellophone."[1][2]