Author: Eric Dolphy

Brand: Blue Note

Format: Original recording remastered

PartNumber: 724349879324

Release Date: 13-04-1999

Details: Amazon.ca Eric Dolphy was among the most daring, impassioned, and technically assured improvisers to come of age in the 1960s. From his groundbreaking work with Chico Hamilton and Charles Mingus, through his catalytic stint with John Coltrane, and all through his brilliant solo recordings for Prestige, this reed innovator defined the best elements of the swing and the bebop traditions, from Benny Carter through Bird, while extending on the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic freedom of Monk. Dolphy is an emotional shaman with a keen comic edge, as is evident in the rhythmic sauntering, drunken gait of his theme to "Straight Up and Down," and Monk's influence is clearly discernible in Dolphy's witty dissonances and vocalized blues phrasing throughout Out to Lunch! (his only Blue Note recording, completed shortly before his untimely death). Rhythm masters Richard Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, and Tony Williams suspend time at will, sculpting in open space, while deconstructing the harmony and superimposing cubist rhythmic displacements--periodically regrouping around Freddie Hubbard's bumblebee trumpet and the leader's vocalized bass clarinet (his Monkish "Hat and Beard"), wailing alto (the martial parodies of the title tune), and exhilarating flute (the lyric, swinging "Gazzelloni"). Out to Lunch! represents Dolphy's most fully realized vision. --Chip Stern Product Description With 4 of the brightest innovative talents in New York (Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams) and 5 startling, diverse originals, Eric Dolphy made the greatest and most adventurous album of his career for Blue Note (unfortunately, it would also be his last recording, passing away at the untimely age of 36). Part of Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder series of newly digitally remastered masterpieces featuring 24-bit technology and deluxe packaging.

UPC: 724349879324

EAN: 0724349879324

Model: 724349879324

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood