Outward Bound

Eric Dolphy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Y15
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,087 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In Green Dolphin Heaven, May 5, 2000

By 

Pharoah S. Wail (Inner Space) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outward Bound (Audio CD)

Many times people point to the very last Dolphy recordings ashis best ones or as the ones most representative of "hisstyle". While I wouldn't argue that he made fantastic recordings near the end of his life, don't overlook his "early" gems like this one, OUTWARD BOUND. The crown jewel of this cd is ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET. Freddie Hubbard uses the mute and gets great tone from it, and Dolphy is on bass clarinet and he gets his usual great tone from it as well. Many people have done this tune over the years but this is my hands-down favorite version. This version just "walks" differently than all other versions I've heard and after hearing this one I realize that this song and the bass clarinet go together perfectly. Dolphy's DOLPHIN playing (and arrangement) alone is worth the price of the cd. 245 has some of the most blues-drenched playing from Hubbard I've ever heard him do, especially the very opening phrase of his solo. I personally still have trouble getting into the flute on very mellow jazz tunes so GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY doesn't do much for me, but if you like that sort of thing he does play well on it. All in all, this is a cd that is well worth owning and it will only add to the reasons why you wish Dolphy wouldn't have died so young.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars seminal recording, April 28, 2007

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Swing King (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outward Bound (Audio CD)

"Outward Bound" features Dolphy on his first venture as a leader performing some post-bop works, recorded in 1960 at Englewood Cliffs at the famous Rudy Van Gelder studio. This album was a foreshadowing of what lay in store on following albums released by Eric Dolphy. The alto saxophone playing, bass clarinet donning, flute wielding compositional innovator, who peaked on "Out to Lunch", is heard here laying the foundation for his magnum opus.

Dolphy's alto saxophone was so unique and intelligent, belting out those fast notes in ways only he seemed to comprehend. He has influenced the entire genre of free jazz greatly and continues to do so each time some promising young artist stumbles upon his work. This Fantasy Jazz release of such a seminal and imperative album in the Dolphy repertoire belongs on your shelf, not a store shelf.

Personnel:

Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Jackie Byard (piano)
George Tucker (bass)
Roy Haynes (drums)