Eric Dolphy – Out There (1960) [Analogue Productions 2018] [SACD / Analogue Productions – CPRJ 8252 SA]

Title: Eric Dolphy – Out There (1960) [Analogue Productions 2018]
Genre: Jazz
Format: SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Out There is a 1960 jazz album by Eric Dolphy. It was Dolphy’s second album released as band leader, following his time with Charles Mingus. The album features four original compositions by Dolphy, one of which is a collaborative effort with Mingus. The album also features three covers, “Eclipse” by Mingus, “Sketch of Melba” by Randy Weston and “Feathers” by Hale Smith. The cover features a painting by Richard Jennings, referred to as “the Prophet” in Dolphy’s album, At the Five Spot.

In 1960, the free jazz pioneered by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Horace Tapscott and a very few others was rejected by many musicians and most listeners. For the visionary saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist Eric Dolphy, it was simply new music fed by the mainstream, a logical extension of the jazz tradition. In Far Cry without leaving form behind, he incorporated the spirit of adventure and abandon with which free jazz at its best infused freshness into jazz. Recording with a pianoless quartet that used Ron Carter’s cello as the other melody instrument, Dolphy worked from chord patterns developed within structures that depart from ordinary 32-bar jazz and popular song forms. He used 30-bar, 35-bar and 18-bar structures, but he also observed standard practice with 12-bar blues, “Serene.” Dolphy’s speech-like improvisations and Carter’s bowed or plucked cello solos soar over the impeccable and responsive accompaniments of bassist George Duvivier and drummer Roy Haynes.

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Tracklist:

01. Out There
02. Serene
03. The Baron
04. Eclipse
05. 17 West
06. Sketch Of Melba
07. Feathers

Personnel:

Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, clarinet
Ron Carter – cello
George Duvivier – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Note:

Recorded on August 15, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
This SACD mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray.

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