During his 19 months with Prestige, Eric Dolphy recorded 13 sessions as a leader and sideman. All are included in this massive nine-CD set and, even when absorbed in two or three sittings, there is enough variety to hold on to any true jazz fan's attention. Dolphy, whether on alto, bass clarinet, flute, and even on a couple of occasions clarinet, was a true original with distinctive sounds of his own and very unique (but ultimately logical) styles. Included in this box (which has no previously unissued material) are the complete contents of the albums Outward Bound, Here & There, Dash One, Oliver Nelson's Screamin' the Blues, Ken McIntyre's Looking Ahead, Out There, Caribe (with the Latin Jazz Quintet), Eddie Lockjaw Davis' Trane Whistle (during which Dolphy is an anonymous section player), Far Cry, Oliver Nelson's Straight Ahead, Ron Carter's Where, Mal Waldron's The Quest, At the Five Spot, and Eric Dolphy in Europe. Even with the many impressive sidemen (which include trumpeters Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams, and Booker Little; saxophonists Oliver Nelson, Ken McIntyre, Booker Ervin, and Eddie Lockjaw Davis; pianists Jaki Byard, Richard Wyands, Walter Bishop, Jr., and Mal Waldron; bassists George Tucker, George Duvivier, Sam Jones, Ron Carter (who doubles on cello), Joe Benjamin, and Richard Davis; and drummers Roy Haynes, Art Taylor, Charlie Persip, and Ed Blackwell), Eric Dolphy consistently emerges as the solo star. This often-remarkable music stands apart from the other styles prevalent during the era.
by Scott Yanow
Tracklist
Eric Dolphy Quintet "Outward Bound" (New Jazz, 1960)
1-1 G.W. 7:57
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
1-2 On Green Dolphin Street 5:42
Written-By – Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington
1-3 Les 5:21
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
1-4 245 6:48
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
1-5 Glad To Be Unhappy 5:26
Written-By – Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
1-6 Miss Toni 5:40
Written-By – Charles "Majeed" Greenlee
1-7 April Fool 4:07
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
1-8 G. W. (Alternate Take 1) 12:07
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
1-9 245 (Alternate Take 1) 8:08
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
Oliver Nelson Sextet "Screamin' The Blues" (New Jazz, 1960)
1-10 Screamin' The Blues 10:58
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
1-11 March On, March On 4:59
Written-By – Esmond Edwards
2-1 The Drive 5:47
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
2-2 The Meetin' 6:41
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
2-3 Three Seconds 6:23
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
2-4 Alto-itis 4:58
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
Ken McIntyre With Eric Dolphy "Looking Ahead" (New Jazz, 1960)
2-5 Lautir 4:03
Written-By – Ken McIntyre
2-6 Curtsy 5:51
Written-By – Ken McIntyre
2-7 Geo's Tune 7:13
Written-By – Ken McIntyre
2-8 They All Laughed 5:06
Written-By – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
2-9 Head Shakin' 10:45
Written-By – Ken McIntyre
2-10 Dianna 9:05
Written-By – Ken McIntyre
Eric Dolphy "Out There" (New Jazz, 1960)
2-11 Out There 6:52
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
3-1 Serene 6:58
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
3-2 The Baron 2:54
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
3-3 Eclipse 2:43
Written-By – Charles Mingus
3-4 17 West 4:49
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
3-5 Sketch Of Melba 4:36
Written-By – Randy Weston
3-6 Feathers 4:58
Written-By – Hale Smith
The Latin Jazz Quintet + Eric Dolphy "Caribé" (New Jazz, 1960)
3-7 Caribé 10:05
Written-By – Gene Casey
3-8 Blues In 6/8 5:46
3-9 First Bass Line 4:04
Written-By – Gene Casey
3-10 Mambo Ricci 6:54
Written-By – Juan Amalbert
3-11 Spring Is Here 5:00
Written-By – Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Big Band "Trane Whistle" (Prestige, 1961)
3-12 Sunday Go To Meetin' 5:48
Written-By – Gene Casey
3-13 Trane Whistle 6:16
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
3-14 Whole Nelson 3:32
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
4-1 You Are Too Beautiful 5:10
Written-By – Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
4-2 Stolen Moments 7:51
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
4-3 Walk Away 5:24
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
4-4 Jaws 4:36
Written-By – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eric Dolphy With Booker Little "Far Cry" (New Jazz, 1961)
4-5 Mrs. Parker Of K.C. (Bird's Mother) 8:00
Written-By – Jaki Byard
4-6 Ode To Charlie Parker 8:41
Written-By – Jaki Byard
4-7 Far Cry 3:51
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
4-8 Miss Ann 4:14
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
4-9 Left Alone 6:39
Written-By – Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron
4-10 Tenderly 4:17
Written-By – Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross
4-11 It's Magic 5:38
Written-By – Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn
4-12 Serene 6:36
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy "Straight Ahead" (New Jazz, 1961)
4-13 Images 5:43
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
5-1 Six And Four 7:14
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
5-2 Mama Lou 5:01
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
5-3 Ralph's New Blues 9:52
Written-By – Milt Jackson
5-4 Straight Ahead 5:32
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
5-5 III-444 3:26
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
Ron Carter With Eric Dolphy, Mal Waldron "Where?" (New Jazz, 1961)
5-6 Rally 5:40
Written-By – Ron Carter
5-7 Bass Duet 5:41
Written-By – Ron Carter
5-8 Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise 7:37
Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
5-9 Where? 5:58
Written-By – Randy Weston
5-10 Yes, Indeed! 5:48
Written-By – Sy Oliver
5-11 Saucer Eyes 5:06
Written-By – Randy Weston
Mall Waldron With Eric Dolphy And Booker Ervin "The Quest" (New Jazz, 1962)
5-12 Status Seeking 8:52
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-1 Duquility 4:09
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-2 Thirteen 4:42
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-3 We Diddit 4:23
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-4 Warm Canto 5:37
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-5 Warp And Woof 5:36
Written-By – Mal Waldron
6-6 Fire Waltz 7:58
Written-By – Mal Waldron
Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot
6-7 Like Someone In Love 19:27
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke
6-8 God Bless The Child 5:16
Written-By – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
6-9 Aggression 16:34
Written-By – Booker Little
7-1 Fire Waltz 13:11
Written-By – Mal Waldron
7-2 Bee Vamp 12:11
Written-By – Booker Little
7-3 The Prophet 21:06
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
7-4 Booker's Waltz 14:40
Written-By – Booker Little
7-5 Status Seeking 13:08
Written-By – Mal Waldron
8-1 Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa) 15:27
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
8-2 Bee Vamp (Alternate Take) 9:25
Written-By – Booker Little
Eric Dolphy In Europe, Vol. 1-3
8-3 Don't Blame Me 11:02
Written-By – Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
8-4 When Lights Are Low 11:59
Written-By – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
8-5 Don't Blame Me (Take 2) 11:38
Written-By – Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
8-6 Les (Untitled Track) 5:42
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
8-7 The Way You Look Tonight 8:59
Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
9-1 Wodd 'N You 9:48
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
9-2 Laura 12:56
Written-By – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
9-3 Glad To Be Unhappy 6:02
Written-By – Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
9-4 God Bless The Child 6:47
Written-By – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
9-5 In The Blues 16:48
Written-By – Eric Dolphy
9-6 Hi-Fly 13:10
Written-By – Randy Weston
9-7 Oleo 7:08
Written-By – Sonny Rollins
