Eric Dolphy - Vintage Dolphy - TQMP

An incredible sampling of Dolphy’s artistry from ’62 to ’63, in action with his own quartet, in contemporary chamber music settings created for him by Schuller and in the heat of an all-star jam session on “Donna Lee”... Dolphy was never more brilliant.

This disc combines music from three different sources, all unreleased during Dolphy's lifetime. The first few tracks are from a terrific live date with the otherwise unknown Ed Armour on trumpet, Richard Davis on bass and J.C. Moses on drums (this is from the period of the Illinois concert on which Herbie Hancock was added to the group).

The bulk of the rest is third-stream music with Gunther Schuller, notably a version of "Abstraction" which was more famously recorded by Ornette Coleman for Atlantic.

The final track is a fun if inconsequential jam on "Donna Lee" with an all-star band including Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Jimmy Knepper, Don Ellis, Jim Hall & others.

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