Eric Dolphy - The Complete Prestige Recordings (1995)

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Title: The Complete Prestige Recordings
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Prestige (PRCD-4418-2)
Genre: Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Free-Jazz, Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 11:19:40
Total Size: 4.2 GB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. G.W. (7:59)
02. On Green Dolphin Street (5:46)
03. Les (5:14)
04. 245 (6:52)
05. Glad To Be Unhappy (5:30)
06. Miss Toni (5:42)
07. April Fool (4:08)
08. G.W. (alternate take I) (12:12)
09. 245 (alternate take I) (8:11)
10. Screamin' the Blues (11:01)
11. March On, March On (5:00)

Disc 2
01. The Drive (5:50)
02. The Meetin' (6:44)
03. Three Seconds (6:27)
04. Alto-Itis (5:01)
05. Lautir (4:06)
06. Curtsy (5:54)
07. Geo's Tune (7:15)
08. They All Laughed (5:09)
09. Head Shakin' (10:48)
10. Dianna (9:09)
11. Out There (6:54)

Disc 3
01. Serene (7:02)
02. The Baron (2:58)
03. Eclipse (2:46)
04. 17 West (4:49)
05. Sketch of Melba (4:39)
06. Feather (5:02)
07. Caribe (10:08)
08. Blues in 6/8 (5:44)
09. First Bass Line (4:07)
10. Mambo Ricci (6:58)
11. Spring Is Here (5:09)
12. Sunday Go Meetin' (5:50)
13. Trane Whistle (6:19)
14. Whole Nelson (3:32)

Disc 4
01. You Are Too Beautiful (5:12)
02. The Stolen Moment (7:53)
03. Walk Away (5:26)
04. Jaws (4:38)
05. Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother) (8:03)
06. Ode to Charlie Parker (8:44)
07. Far Cry (3:55)
08. Miss Ann (4:18)
09. Left Alone (6:43)
10. Tenderly (4:21)
11. It's Magic (5:42)
12. Serene (6:40)
13. Images (5:45)

Disc 5
01. Six And Four (7:17)
02. Mama Lou (5:04)
03. Ralph's New Blues (9:56)
04. Straight Ahead (5:35)
05. 111-44 (3:27)
06. Rally (5:43)
07. Bass Duet (5:44)
08. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (7:40)
09. Where? (6:02)
10. Yes, Indeed (5:52)
11. Saucer Eyes (5:09)
12. Status Seeking (8:52)

Disc 6
01. Duquility (4:10)
02. Thirteen (4:43)
03. We Diddit (4:25)
04. Warm Canto (5:39)
05. Warp and Woof (5:37)
06. Fire Waltz (7:59)
07. Like Someone in Love (19:42)
08. God Bless the Child (5:34)
09. Aggression (16:45)

Disc 7
01. Fire Waltz (13:25)
02. Bee Vamp (12:22)
03. The Prophet (21:15)
04. Booker's Waltz (14:36)
05. Status Seeking (13:20)

Disc 8
01. Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa) (15:34)
02. Bee Vamp (alternate) (10:06)
03. Don't Blame Me (11:09)
04. When Lights Are Low (12:11)
05. Don't Blame Me (alternate) (11:45)
06. Les (5:55)
07. The Way You Look Tonight (9:09)

Disc 9
01. Woody'N You (10:14)
02. Laura (13:12)
03. Glad To Be Unhappy (6:20)
04. God Bless The Child (7:08)
05. In The Blues (takes 1-3) (17:00)
06. Hi-Fly (13:28)
07. Oleo (7:23)

Eric Dolphy, like Clifford Brown, was a musical angel, who made the most of his short stay on Earth. One of the great musical innovators of the 20th century, Dolphy was a wailing, fearless spirit with impeccable instrumental skills, and an authentic jazz pedigree, just as much at home in swing and bop settings as we was in avant garde and classical contexts. Over the course of nine discs, Eric Dolphy: The Complete Prestige Recordings documents his growth as a composer and improviser, both as a leader and a sideman. Dolphy could do it all, with a phenomenal technical and emotional command of the reed and woodwind family, most prominently alto sax, flute, and bass clarinet (an instrument he elevated into an archetypal jazz voice, as evidenced by his speech-like turns of phrase on an unaccompanied "God Bless the Child"). Among a rich buffet of highlights, his studio recordings with Roy Haynes and Jaki Byard are standouts, but it's his spiritual partnership with the youthful trumpet titan Booker Little (on the studio recording of Far Cry and their legendary live sets at Manhattan's Five Spot) that produce this box's most compelling moments. --Chip Stern