Eric Dolphy "Out There" Prestige/New Jazz 8252 HiFi LP

$ 35

$ 35 Sold For

Jan 22, 2012 Sold Date

Jan 15, 2012 Start Date

$ 3 Start price

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Description

Prestige New Jazz NJLP 8252
Eric Dolphy-flute, alto sax and Bb and bass clarinets; Ron Carter-'cello; George Duvivier-bass and Roy Haynes-drums.
Recorded on August 15, 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder. Extensive liner notes by Joe Goldberg.

This album was definitely "New Jazz" when it came out in 1961. Adventurous, exploratory and experimental. The instrumentation indicates that it's not your usual jazz quartet. The music still sounds fresh, vibrant and transcendental 50 years after it was recorded. There are 7 compositions on this LP, four composed by Eric Dolphy: "Out There" (Dolphy's skewed version of "rhythm" changes); "Serene" (a slow augmented/diminished blues); "The Baron" (dedicated to Charles Mingus) and "17 West" (a fast flute feature). The other 3 compositions are the cosmically transcendental "Eclipse" by Charles Mingus (amazing textures with clarinet and cello with bowed bass and sensitive drum and cymbal work by Roy Haynes); "Sketch of Melba" by Randy Weston; and "Feathers" by Hale Smith. There is some swinging here--but this album is not always about swing and it creates moods that change. The songs are well-sequenced.

This is the original issue of this LP, the LPs label is deep purple printed in silver with NEW JAZZ, the song titles and credits, LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE arching around the bottom edge of the label. The runout area is stamped RVG and the vinyl is rather thick & heavy. It plays through with no skips or severe scratches, but the surface noise is fairly constant, as one might expect from a well-loved album that is 50 years old. Most of the time, the music overcomes this surface noise--except for the cello/bass duet on "Serene" where the surface noise is near the same volume level as the music...
Alas, the cover was taped together with the two kinds of tape one should never use to mend album covers: masking tape and duct tape. It obscures the surrealist painting by "the Prophet" somewhat. The ink on this cover is quite worn. Because of these issues, I'm starting the bidding low.
This LP has been kept indoors and has no mildew odor.

Please view my other listings--I usually have a few jazz LPs up. Save on shipping! I charge $3.75 shipping for the first LP (usually, it's $3.50, but this disk is thicker & heavier) each additional LP in the same shipment will cost only an additional .25. Notify me if you intend to bid on other LPs and I will hold your shipment until the other auctions end. International bidders welcome, but bear in mind your shipping charges will be higher--and I don't allow returns. Combined international shipments will be calculated by weight.