The Complete Prestige Recordings
Eric Dolphy
Only six years separated Eric Dolphy's first public recognition as a member of Chico Hamilton's Quintet and premature death on June 29, 1964, but during that short period the remarkable Los Angeles-born multi-instrumentalist created enough unique music to inspire several generations of players. Not only did Dolphy have instantly recognizable yet very different sounds on alto, bass clarinet (a horn that he virtually introduced to jazz as a solo instrument), and flute, but he developed his own musical vocabulary with it original logic and innovative approach to harmony.
The busiest period of Eric Dolphy's too-brief career was during 1960 and 1961 when his recordings as a leader were made exclusively for Prestige and its New Jazz subsidiary. On the definitive nine-CD boxed set, all of Dolphy's Prestige/New Jazz sessions are reissued complete and in chronological order, including the albums Outward Bound, Here and There, Out There, Caribé, Far Cry, Straight Ahead, and Eric Dolphy in Europe as well as the marathon Five Spot sessions with trumpeter Booker Little, and dates as a sideman with Oliver Nelson, Ken McIntyre, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ron Carter, and Mal Waldron. Among the other notable musicians heard on these timeless performances are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Richard Williams, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, pianists Jaki Byard, Richard Wyands, Walter Bishop, Jr. and Mal Waldron, bassists George Duvivier, Sam Jones, and Richard Davis, and drummers Roy Haynes, Charlie Persip, Arthur Taylor, and Ed Blackwell.
Over three decades later Eric Dolphy's music is still stimulating, exciting, and fresh. It was clearly ahead of its time.
Produced by ERIC MILLER
TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE
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1. G.W.
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2. On Green Dolphin Street
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3. Les
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4. 245
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5. Glad To Be Unhappy
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6. Miss Toni
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7. April Fool
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8. G.W. (Take 1)
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9. 245 (Alternate Take 1)
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10. Screamin' The Blues
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11. March On, March On
DISC TWO
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1. The Drive
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2. The Meetin'
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3. Three Seconds
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4. Alto-itis
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5. Lautir
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6. Curtsy
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7. Geo's Tune
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8. They All Laughed
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9. Head Shakin'
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10. Dianna
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11. Out There
DISC THREE
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1. Serene
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2. The Baron
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3. Eclipse
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4. 17 West
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5. Sketch Of Melba
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6. Feathers
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7. Caribe
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8. Blues In 6/8
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9. First Bass Line
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10. Mambo Ricci
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11. Spring Is Here
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12. Sunday Go Meetin'
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13. Trane Whistle
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14. Whole Nelson
DISC FOUR
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1. You Are Too Beautiful
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2. Stolen Moments
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3. Walk Away
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4. Jaws
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5. Mrs. Parker Of K.C. (Bird's Mother)
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6. Ode To Charlie Parker
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7. Far Cry
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8. Miss Ann
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9. Left Alone
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10. Tenderly
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11. It's Magic
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12. Serene
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13. Images
DISC FIVE
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1. Six And Four
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2. Mama Lou
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3. Ralph's New Blues
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4. Straight Ahead
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5. 111-44
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6. Rally
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7. Bass Duet
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8. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
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9. Where?
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10. Yes, Indeed
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11. Saucer Eyes
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12. Status Seeking
DISC SIX
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1. Duquility
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2. Thirteen
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3. We Diddit
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4. Warm Canto
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5. Warp And Woof
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6. Fire Waltz
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7. Like Someone In Love
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8. God Bless The Child
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9. Aggression
DISC SEVEN
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1. Fire Waltz
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2. Bee Vamp
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3. The Prophet
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4. Booker's Waltz
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5. Status Seeking
DISC EIGHT
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1. Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa)
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2. Bee Vamp (Alternate Take)
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3. Don't Blame Me
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4. When Lights Are Low
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5. Don't Blame Me (Take 2)
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6. Les
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7. The Way You Look Tonight
DISC NINE
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1. Woody'n You
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2. Laura
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3. Glad To Be Unhappy
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4. God Bless The Child
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5. In The Blue (Takes 1, 2 & 3)
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6. Hi-Fly
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7. Oleo
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