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Eric Dolphy & Booker Little: Fire Waltz (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 25, 07

Trumpeter Booker Little would be dead from uremia less than three months after this celebrated recording, a promising...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Charles Mingus: So Long Eric (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 14, 08

Listening to this performance reminds me of the weight of some of Mingus's compositions. Maybe it's because I've been...

Eric Dolphy: Body & Soul (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

A recording that features Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus in the company of Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones is worth any amo...

The Rocco John Group: Riffin' for Eric (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 06, 09

Anyone familiar with the music of Out to Lunch's creator knows which "Eric" these riffs honor. It's one thing to pay ...

Jack DeJohnette: One for Eric (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

All of Jack DeJohnette's sustained led or co-led groups produce consistently high-level jazz – from the Gateway group...

James Carter: Bro. Dolphy (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 28, 08

Some artists try to maintain a single mood or attitude for an entire CD . . . or perhaps even an entire career. Not ...

Eric Dolphy: Out There (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

For his second album for Prestige, Eric Dolphy added Ron Carter to his group. The instrumentation of the group was s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

Eric Dolphy: Gazzelloni (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Eric Dolphy, artwork by Michael Symonds Summer 1963. Manhattan. Avant-garde composer John Cage is performing his V...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Eric Dolphy: On Green Dolphin Street (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

With an almost tongue-in-cheek approach, the often dissonant Eric Dolphy lends his versatile talents to this unique a...

Eric Dolphy: Bird's Mother (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

“Far Cry” is from a special record, Far Cry, by Eric Dolphy and Booker Little. The first time I played this tune, I w...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 CLASSIC JAKI BYARD TRACKS

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Eric Dolphy: Something Sweet, Something Tender (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Eric Dolphy, artwork by Michael Symonds Eric Dolphy stands alone in the jazz pantheon. There I said it! While th...

Eric Dolphy: Glad to be Unhappy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

On this Richard Rodgers song, Eric Dolphy's fiery brand of alto sax is replaced by his equally wistful virtuosity on ...

Eric Dolphy: 245 (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 21, 08

I've always thought of this track as the sleeper from Outward Bound, Eric Dolphy's debut recording as a leader. Thoug...

Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Eric Dolphy, artwork by Michael Symonds Although influenced initially by Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy went on to d...

Eric Dolphy (featuring Booker Little): Bee Vamp (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Booker Little's "Bee Vamp" is an exercise in chordal suspension containing a back-and-forth between two short ch...

Eric Dolphy: Tenderly (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 02, 08

Two days in the life of Eric Dolphy. On December 20, 1960, he participates in Gunther Schuller's significant Jazz Abs...

Eric Dolphy: Straight Up and Down (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 27, 08

In his liner notes, the composer states that this performance reminded him of a drunk walking. Listening to the head ...

Oliver Nelson: Yearnin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

The Blues and the Abstract Truth is a landmark for more reasons than one. It's a "supergroup" record that's the farth...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

John Coltrane: Spiritual (Take B) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

There is perhaps no better combination in jazz than Elvin Jones’s ride cymbal and John Coltrane’s tenor. The minds b...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

John Coltrane: Impressions (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

While I was on tour with McCoy Tyner in April 2008, I found this in a record shop in Basel, Switzerland. I’d never se...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

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