From the album The Berlin Concerts, recorded in Berlin in 1961. Eric Dolphy (as), Benny Bailey (tp), Pepsi Auer (pf), George Joyner (b), Buster Smith (ds) [Dedicated Ronnie Rocket with a Happy Birthday] Advertisements Continue reading Eric Dolphy – Hot House (1961)
At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond, as heard on the Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus album also recorded in November 1960. The Mingus album features one track, “Stormy Weather”, recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. [source] Charles Mingus – Bass … Continue reading Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus – Stormy Weather (1960)
Recorded live in Paris, France, June 11, 1964. Originally released in 1988 on the album Last Recordings by Eric Dolphy and rereleased in 2010 on The Complete Last Recordings by Eric Dolphy. Eric Dolphy died 18 days after this recording and apparently it was the very last time he recorded at all. Jacques Hess – Bass Eric Dolphy – Bass Clarinet Franco Monzecci – Drums Jack Diéval – Piano Nathan Davis – Tenor … Continue reading Eric Dolphy – Springtime (1964)
From the album Other Aspects by Eric Dolphy. Other Aspects is unlike any other title in Eric Dolphy’s catalog. [source] Eric Dolphy – Flute Continue reading Eric Dolphy – Inner Flight I & II (1960)
Second track on the album Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy. Much has been written about Dolphy’s odd time signatures, wide-interval leaps, and flirtations with atonality. And those preoccupations reach their peak on Out to Lunch, which is less rooted in bop tradition than anything Dolphy had ever done. [source] Eric Dolphy – flute, alto saxophone / Freddie Hubbard – trumpet / Bobby Hutcherson – … Continue reading Eric Dolphy – Something Sweet, Something Tender (1964)
Aggression is recorded July 16, 1961. It appears on the second of three sets that document the Eric Dolphy / Booker Little quintet’s playing at the Five Spot At the Five Spot volumes one and two is a pair of jazz albums documenting one night (16 July 1961) from the end of Eric Dolphy and Booker Little’s two-week residency at the Five Spot in New York. This was the only night … Continue reading Eric Dolphy/Booker Little quintet – Aggression (1961)
Recorded 27 June 1961. From the album The Quest. The Quest is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. Some reissues of the album appear under Eric Dolphy´s name. [source] Joe Benjamin – Bass Ron Carter – Cello Eric Dolphy – Clarinet, Alto Saxophone Charlie Persip – Drums Mal Waldron – Piano Continue reading Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy – Warm Canto (1961)
