Quest [Import, Original recording remastered]

Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Mal Waldron | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Prest
• ASIN: B00004RFWA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,178,017 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Status Seeking

2. Duquility

3. Thirteen

4. We Diddit

5. Warm Canto

6. Warp and Woof

7. Fire Waltz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to please fans of adventurous hard bop, August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quest (Audio CD)

Mal Waldron does a great job showcasing his soloists on this outing, and, oh, what a band he has assembled: Booker Ervin , Eric Dolphy, and Ron Carter on cello. Ervin, whose stark yet soulful phrasings recalls Ornette Coleman at times, at others, Sonny Rollins, appears in top form here, as does Ron Carter. Yet Eric Dolphy steals the show (as he does on Andrew Hill's Point of Departure, Oliver Nelson's Blues & the Abstract truth, etc. etc.); his solos are rarely less than thrilling, and his clarinet solo on "Warm Canto" is positively gorgeous. Waldron's polite abstractions benefit tremendously from such stellar company. A great disc.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent set that could benefit from a new remaster, October 26, 2005

By 

J. Matz "music snob" (chi-town, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quest (Audio CD)

being on a recent booker ervin kick, i was thrilled to find this disc featuring the late great eric dolphy too. the themes here are minimal, the earlier reviewer who called them "showcases for soloists" was right on. ervin's got his sixties sound down, if you like his playing on his "book" series you'll dig it here-- melodic, powerful, and just "out" enough to show he knows how to play changes, but he isn't constricted to them. dolphy's a monster here, playing a lot of alto. (still my favorite of his many reeds)his playing is very free and vocal, but not harsh like i feel a lot of ornette's work can be. ron carter's cello is a nice texture, though i prefer his arco playing, especially on "duquility" (his pizzicato solos are interesting, but they lack the "wail" he can achieve with the bow) leader waldron is a modest player, never overextending himself, always the consumate accompanyist. unfortunately, it is in the sound of his piano that the album suffers-- not in his playing-- but in recording quality. the piano is down way too far in the mix, and eq'ed muddily so that his left hand is barely audible during his hushed solos. the horns are panned a bit too hard left and right, which can make for a strange headphone listen (you'll find yourself leaning one way or another)the record lacks some bass response too, and has an overall low output. kind of a shame consideing the beauty of this set-- one can't help but think if this were a blue note release it would have been "rudy van geldered" a long time ago. overall this is a worthwhile release, for fans of any of the group.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars marvellous, October 16, 2005

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freddiefreejazz (Bordeaux, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quest (Audio CD)

From the opening notes of Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet solo after the chorus of horns, you cannot continue any activity. You just sit and listen. Eric Dolphy + Booker Ervin + Mal Waldron + Joe Benjamin + Ron Carter + Charles Persip. What they do is just out of this world. Duquility written by Mal Waldron is a sort of homage to Duke Ellington. Fire Waltz is one of the best tracks you'll never forget. The Quest is a true masterpiece.