Eric Dolphy

He has always been my favorite jazz soloist.

another great album with some prime Dolphy is Max Roach's Percussion Bitter Sweet.

the lyrics to the vocal track Mendacity (with nice Dolphy solo) still ring true (politicians are a bunch of cunts).

Eric Dolphy is definitely one of the great tragedies in an art form that's had far too any. It's very possible he hadn't reached his full potential which is simply astonishing when we have a masterpiece like Out to Lunch. With the loss of Coltrane and Dolphy and what they were beginning to explore with the possibilities opened up by free jazz, the loss is pretty immense. It would've been fascinating to see how things would've played out in the coming decade.

TIL Eric Dolphy recorded Ornette Coleman’s “Free Jazz” and his own “Far Cry” on the same day. And at two studios separated by a ~30 min drive, no less. Just incredible!

— Ezra Brooks (@ezbrooks) November 25, 2020

two of the best purchases I've made this year were two double LP reissues from the early 70's, one just called Dolphy which includes Out There and Outward Bound, and another called Copenhagen Concert which is vols 1 and 3 of Live in Europe. On Prestige, they sound amazing and can be found for bargain prices (I paid $10 a piece). You don't get the cool original artwork but you do get some liner notes.

i have that same Copenhagen Concert 2xLP. it's awesome and sounds so good