'Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence during the same era. His use of the bass clarinet helped to establish the unconventional instrument within jazz. Dolphy extended the vocabulary and boundaries of the alto saxophone, and was among the earliest significant jazz flute soloists.' From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dolphy Who was Eric Dolphy? Well.. he played with John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, and - in my opinion - his playing was more lyrical, more versatile and more exhilarating than both of them. This compilation covers the period 1960-1964, when he was really coming into his own, both as a bandleader and as a collaborator. Whilst touring Europe in 1964 his undiagnosed diabetes cause him to collapse and fall into a coma. Allegedly, the attending hospital physicians did not know Dolphy was a diabetic and assumed, based on a stereotype of jazz musicians, that he had overdosed on drugs. This is a compilation of my personal Dolphy favourites. I haven't included anything from Out To Lunch, still waiting for my brain to catch up with that. 1 Eric Dolphy - Warm Canto 1961 5.32 The Quest (Dolphy & Waldron) Mal Waldron piano, Joe Benjamin – bass, Ron Carter - cello , Charles Persip – drums 2 Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments 1961 8.42 – The Blues And The Abstract Truth LP. Eric Dolphy - Alto Sax Flute, Oliver Nelson - Alto & Tenor Sax, George Barrow - Baritone Sax, Paul Chambers – Bass, Roy Haynes – Drums, Bill Evans – Piano, Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet 3 Eric Dolphy – God Bless The Child (live) 1961 5.31 Live - solo bass clarinet, from LP Status 4 John Coltrane - Spiritual (live) 1961 12.49 – live at the Village Vanguard Reggie Workman - Bass, Eric Dolphy - Bass Clarinet, Elvin Jones - Drums, McCoy Tyner - Piano, John Coltrane - Soprano Sax 5 Eric Dolphy - Eclipse - Out There 1960 2.47 Eric Dolphy - Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, George Duvivier - Bass, Ron Carter - Cello, Roy Haynes - Drums 6 Eric Dolphy – Feathers 5.00 As 5 7 Eric Dolphy - Sketch Of Melba - Out There 1960 4.40 As 5 8 Eric Dolphy - Love Me 1963 3.11 Solo saxophone, Musical Prophet 3xCD, 2019 reissue of Alan Douglas sessions. Orginally on Conversations album. 9 Eric Dolphy - You Don't Know What Love Is (live) 1964 11.22 Last Date, Hilversum, Holland. Eric Dolphy - Flute, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Jacques Schols - Bass, Han Bennink – Drums, Misja Mengelberg – Piano 10 Eric Dolphy – Jitterbug Waltz (a Fats Waller tune) 7.16 Flute - Eric Dolphy, Bass – Eddie Kahn, Drums – J.C. Moses, Trumpet – Woody Shaw, Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson