Vintage Dolphy
1986 live album by Eric Dolphy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vintage Dolphy is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. Side A was recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on April 18, 1963, and features Dolphy in a quartet format with trumpeter Edward Armour, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer J. C. Moses.[1] Side B contains three pieces by Gunther Schuller, with varying instrumentation, one of which ("Night Music") was recorded at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York with the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music on March 10, 1962,[2] the other two of which ("Densities" and "Abstraction") were recorded at Carnegie Hall on March 14, 1963.[3][nb 1] The remaining track is a rendition of Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" by an all-star ensemble recorded at Carnegie Hall on April 18, 1963.[1]
Vintage Dolphy | |
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Live album by | |
Released | 1986 |
Recorded | March 10, 1962; March 14, 1963; April 18, 1963 |
Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | GM Recordings GM 3005D |
Producer | Gunther Schuller |
The album was released on LP in 1986 by Schuller's GM Recordings, and on CD in 1987 by GM and Enja Records.[5][6] In 1996, GM reissued the album in remastered and expanded format, adding a recording of a five-part Schuller composition titled "Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk".[7] This composition, along with "Abstraction", had previously appeared on the album Jazz Abstractions, in versions that featured Ornette Coleman.[8]