Eric Dolphy - The Complete Prestige Recordings [1995] (9 x CDs)

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ERIC DOLPHY

Eric Dolphy - The Complete Prestige Recordings [1995] (9 x CDs)

Released in 1995 by Prestige, Eric Dolphy: The Complete Prestige Recordings is a 9-CD box set chronicling Dolphy’s prolific output between 1960 and 1961. This set is a sonic biography, capturing Dolphy’s evolution from hard bop sideman to avant-garde trailblazer. The set includes sessions originally issued on New Jazz and Prestige, with Dolphy leading or co-leading alongside Booker Little, Oliver Nelson, Ken McIntyre, and Mal Waldron.

Highlights include Outward Bound, Out There, and Far Cry, each showcasing Dolphy’s mastery of alto sax, bass clarinet, and flute. The box also features his work with the Latin Jazz Quintet (Caribé), and collaborations with Oliver Nelson on Screamin’ the Blues. Rare alternate takes of “G.W.,” “245,” and “Les” offer insight into Dolphy’s improvisational process, while extended pieces like “The Prophet” and “Booker’s Waltz” reveal his spiritual and compositional depth.

The set is rich with rarities: unissued takes, live cuts, and ensemble experiments that never made it to LP. The remastering is crisp, preserving the raw energy of Dolphy’s phrasing and the interplay with legends like Roy Haynes, Jaki Byard, Ron Carter, and Freddie Hubbard. Liner notes provide historical context, but it’s the music that speaks loudest, Dolphy’s angular lines, his speech-like bass clarinet solos, and his fearless harmonic leaps.

For archivists, this box is definitive. It captures a brief but explosive chapter in jazz history, where Dolphy’s voice, urgent, lyrical, and unbound, helped reshape the language of modern improvisation. This Prestige retrospective is a portal into the restless genius of a player who never stopped reaching. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Eric Dolphy - G.W. 7:58

02 Eric Dolphy - On Green Dolphin Street 5:46

03 Eric Dolphy - Les 5:14

04 Eric Dolphy - 245 6:52

05 Eric Dolphy - Glad to Be Unhappy 5:29

06 Eric Dolphy - Miss Toni 5:42

07 Eric Dolphy - April Fool 4:08

08 Eric Dolphy - G.W. (alternate take I) 12:12

09 Eric Dolphy - 245 (alternate take I) 8:11

10 Eric Dolphy - Screamin' the Blues 11:00

11 Eric Dolphy - March On, March On 4:59

CD2

01 Eric Dolphy - The Drive 5:50

02 Eric Dolphy - The Meetin' 6:44

03 Eric Dolphy - Three Seconds 6:26

04 Eric Dolphy - Alto-Itis 5:00

05 Eric Dolphy - Lautir 4:05

06 Eric Dolphy - Curtsy 5:53

07 Eric Dolphy - Geo's Tune 7:14

08 Eric Dolphy - They All Laughed 5:09

09 Eric Dolphy - Head Shakin' 10:48

10 Eric Dolphy - Dianna 9:08

11 Eric Dolphy - Out There 6:53

CD3

01 Eric Dolphy - Serene 7:01

02 Eric Dolphy - The Baron 2:57

03 Eric Dolphy - Eclipse 2:45

04 Eric Dolphy - 17 West 4:49

05 Eric Dolphy - Sketch of Melba 4:39

06 Eric Dolphy - Feather 5:02

07 Eric Dolphy - Caribe 10:08

08 Eric Dolphy - Blues in 6/8 5:44

09 Eric Dolphy - First Bass Line 4:06

10 Eric Dolphy - Mambo Ricci 6:57

11 Eric Dolphy - Spring is Here 5:08

12 Eric Dolphy - Sunday Go Meetin' 5:50

13 Eric Dolphy - Trane Whistle 6:19

14 Eric Dolphy - Whole Nelson 3:32

CD4

01 Eric Dolphy - You Are Too Beautiful 5:12

02 Eric Dolphy - The Stolen Moment 7:53

03 Eric Dolphy - Walk Away 5:26

04 Eric Dolphy - Jaws 4:37

05 Eric Dolphy - Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother) 8:02

06 Eric Dolphy - Ode to Charlie Parker 8:44

07 Eric Dolphy - Far Cry 3:54

08 Eric Dolphy - Miss Ann 4:18

09 Eric Dolphy - Left Alone 6:42

10 Eric Dolphy - Tenderly 4:20

11 Eric Dolphy - It's Magic 5:41

12 Eric Dolphy - Serene 6:39

13 Eric Dolphy - Images 5:45

CD5

01 Eric Dolphy - Six and Four 7:17

02 Eric Dolphy - Mama Lou 5:04

03 Eric Dolphy - Ralph's New Blues 9:56

04 Eric Dolphy - Straight Ahead 5:35

05 Eric Dolphy - 111-44 3:27

06 Eric Dolphy - Rally 5:42

07 Eric Dolphy - Bass Duet 5:44

08 Eric Dolphy - Softly, as in A Morning Sunrise 7:39

09 Eric Dolphy - Where? 6:01

10 Eric Dolphy - Yes, Indeed 5:51

11 Eric Dolphy - Saucer Eyes 5:09

12 Eric Dolphy - Status Seeking 8:51

CD6

01 Eric Dolphy - Duquility 4:10

02 Eric Dolphy - Thirteen 4:43

03 Eric Dolphy - We Diddit 4:25

04 Eric Dolphy - Warm Canto 5:39

05 Eric Dolphy - Warp and Woof 5:36

06 Eric Dolphy - Fire Waltz 7:58

07 Eric Dolphy - Like Someone in Love 19:42

08 Eric Dolphy - God Bless the Child 5:34

09 Eric Dolphy - Aggression 16:44

CD7

01 Eric Dolphy - Fire Waltz 13:24

02 Eric Dolphy - Bee Vamp 12:21

03 Eric Dolphy - The Prophet 21:15

04 Eric Dolphy - Booker's Waltz 14:36

05 Eric Dolphy - Status Seeking 13:20

CD8

01 Eric Dolphy - Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa) 15:33

02 Eric Dolphy - Bee Vamp (alternate) 10:05

03 Eric Dolphy - Don't Blame Me 11:08

04 Eric Dolphy - When Lights Are Low 12:10

05 Eric Dolphy - Don't Blame Me (alternate) 11:44

06 Eric Dolphy - Les 5:55

07 Eric Dolphy - The Way You Look Tonight 9:08

CD9

01 Eric Dolphy - Woody'N You 10:14

02 Eric Dolphy - Laura 13:12

03 Eric Dolphy - Glad to Be Unhappy 6:20

04 Eric Dolphy - God Bless The Child 7:08

05 Eric Dolphy - In The Blues (takes 1-3) 16:59

06 Eric Dolphy - Hi-Fly 13:27

07 Eric Dolphy - Oleo 7:22

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