Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch - 42m 24s

Tracks & Durations

1. Hat And Beard	8:24
2. Something Sweet, Something Tender	6:03
3. Gazzelloni	7:23
4. Out To Lunch	12:09
5. Straight Up And Down	8:20

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Review

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, such as 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 SternWith four of the brightest innovative talents in New York (Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams) and five startling, diverse originals, Eric Dolphy made the greatest and most adventurous album of his career for Blue Note. Unfortunately, it would be his last studio recording. He died in Germany four months later at the age of 36.

Other Versions

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Out to Lunch

Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 22s (-1m 58s)

Out to Lunch

Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 28s (+0m 4s)

Out to Lunch

Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 33s (+0m 9s)

Out to Lunch

Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 8s (-1m 44s)

Out to Lunch

Tracks: 5, Disk length: 42m 41s (+0m 17s)

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