Rob Walsh

'Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.

Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence during the same era. His use of the bass clarinet helped to establish the unconventional instrument within jazz. Dolphy extended the vocabulary and boundaries of the alto saxophone, and was among the earliest significant jazz flute soloists.'

From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dolphy

Who was Eric Dolphy? Well.. he played with John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, and - in my opinion - his playing was more lyrical, more versatile and more exhilarating than both of them.

This compilation covers the period 1960-1964, when he was really coming into his own, both as a bandleader and as a collaborator.

Whilst touring Europe in 1964 his undiagnosed diabetes cause him to collapse and fall into a coma. Allegedly, the attending hospital physicians did not know Dolphy was a diabetic and assumed, based on a stereotype of jazz musicians, that he had overdosed on drugs.

This is a compilation of my personal Dolphy favourites. I haven't included anything from Out To Lunch, still waiting for my brain to catch up with that.

1 Eric Dolphy - Warm Canto 1961 5.32

The Quest (Dolphy & Waldron) Mal Waldron piano, Joe Benjamin – bass, Ron Carter - cello , Charles Persip – drums

2 Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments 1961 8.42 – The Blues And The Abstract Truth LP. Eric Dolphy - Alto Sax Flute, Oliver Nelson - Alto & Tenor Sax, George Barrow - Baritone Sax, Paul Chambers – Bass, Roy Haynes – Drums, Bill Evans – Piano, Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet

3 Eric Dolphy – God Bless The Child (live) 1961 5.31

Live - solo bass clarinet, from LP Status

4 John Coltrane - Spiritual (live) 1961 12.49 – live at the Village Vanguard

Reggie Workman - Bass, Eric Dolphy - Bass Clarinet, Elvin Jones - Drums, McCoy Tyner - Piano, John Coltrane - Soprano Sax

5 Eric Dolphy - Eclipse - Out There 1960 2.47

Eric Dolphy - Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, George Duvivier - Bass, Ron Carter - Cello, Roy Haynes - Drums

6 Eric Dolphy – Feathers 5.00

As 5

7 Eric Dolphy - Sketch Of Melba - Out There 1960 4.40

As 5

8 Eric Dolphy - Love Me 1963 3.11

Solo saxophone, Musical Prophet 3xCD, 2019 reissue of Alan Douglas sessions. Orginally on Conversations album.

9 Eric Dolphy - You Don't Know What Love Is (live) 1964 11.22

Last Date, Hilversum, Holland. Eric Dolphy - Flute, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Jacques Schols - Bass, Han Bennink – Drums, Misja Mengelberg – Piano

10 Eric Dolphy – Jitterbug Waltz (a Fats Waller tune) 7.16

Flute - Eric Dolphy, Bass – Eddie Kahn, Drums – J.C. Moses, Trumpet – Woody Shaw, Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson

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This week's PLAYLIST

Leo Graham – News Flash – Lee Perry & Friends: Give Me Power CD – Trojan – 1973

Miles Davis – Double Image – Bitches Brew 4xCD – Columbia – 1970

Big Black – Cables (live) – Rich Man’s Eight Track Tape CD – 1986

Freddie McKay & Trinity – In Times Of Trouble – Live & Love 12" – 1982

Errol Brown – Black Forest Rock - Orthodox Dub CD – Dub Store – 1978 / 2016 - https://dubstorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/errol-brown-orthodox-dub

Keith Hudson – Felt We Felt The Strain – Greensleeves 12" – 1979

Eno / Cale – Empty Frame – Wrong Way Up CD – 1990

Eric Dolphy – Jitterbug Waltz – Musical Prophet 2xCD – Resonance – 1963

Burning Spear – Nyah Keith – Social Living CD – Island – 1980

Burning Spear – Irie Niya Keith – Original Living Dub Vol 1 CD – Burning

E.T. Mensah & The Tempos – Daavi Loloto – African Cavalcade: The Glory Days Of African Music CD – RetroAfric

Jerry Butler – Believe In Me – The UK Sue Label Story Vol 3 CD – Sue / Ace

Aphex Twin – Early Morning Clissold – Soundcloud

Some very fine tunes.

59 minutes and 52 seconds.

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PLAYLIST

Jack Bruce – Clearout – Songs For A Tailor CD – Polydor - 1969

Ali Hassan Kuban – Om Schar Asmar Me Daffar

New Order – Temptation – Substance 1987 2xCD

Velvet Underground – Guess I'm Falling In Love (live) - 1967

Eno / Cale – Lay My Love – Wrong Way Up CD - 1990

Jefferson Airplane – In Time – Crown Of Creation CD – RCA – 1968

Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years – Can't Buy A Thrill CD – MCA – 1972

Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil – Get Yer Ya-Yaa's Out! CD – 1969

The Liverpool Scene (feat. Andy Roberts) – Burdock River Run – The Amazing Adventures Of… 2xCD – Esoteric – 1968

The Rootsman – Aghat – 52 Days To Timbuktu CD – Third Eye - 1998

Nightmares On Wax – Les Nuits – Car Boot Soul CD - Warp

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Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin' Stone – Derek Martin – UK Sue Label Story: The World Of Guy Stevens CD – Ace - 1963

Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley - 1955 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xy38IvwaUU

Aretha Franklin – Save Me - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You CD – Rhino - 1967

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix) – Real World 12" - 1990

Dunya Yunis – Abu Zeluf – Music In The World Of Islam -1: The Human Voice LP – Tangent

Mokhtar Al Said feat. Khamis Henkish – Tabla Solo – Raks Sharki CD – Piranha

Nyboma – Double Double – Golden Afrique Vol 2 – Highlights & Rarities From The Golden Era Of African Pop Music (1956-1982) 2xCD – Network

The Revolutionaries – Move Out Of Me Way – Meditation In Dub – Bandcamp download https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/meditation-in-dub

Om Unit – Acid Tempo – Bandcamp download – 2023 https://omunit.bandcamp.com/track/acid-tempo

Moby Grape – Omaha – Moby Grape CD – Sundazed - 1967

Basic Channel – Lyot Remix Edit – Basic Channel CD – Basic Channel / Indigo - 1995

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain – Maggot Brain CD – Westbound / Ace - 1970

Willie Mitchell – That Driving Beat – Hi 7” – 1965

Aphex Twin – Early Morning Clissold – Soundcloud

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THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST

Funkadelic – Can You Get To That – Maggot Brain CD – Westbound - 1970

Burning Spear – Marcus Children Suffer – Social Living (aka Marcus Children) CD – Blood & Fire

Burning Spear – Children Of Today – Original Living Dub Vol 1 CD – Burning Music

Eno – Golden Hours – Another Green World CD – 1975

Brian Eno & David Byrne – The Carrier – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts CD – 1981

Keith Hudson – Be Good Dub – Playing It Cool & Playing It Right CD – Basic Replay – 1981 / reissued 2003

Oumou Sangare – Diaraby Nene – Women Of Wassoulou CD – Sterns Africa – 1994

Toumani Diabate – Aminata Santoro – Djelika CD – Hannibal – 1995

Busty Brown – Don't Look Back – Out Of Many One: Jamaican Music 1962-1975 CD – Trojan

The Ethiopians – Good Ambition – The Ethiopians: Train To Skaville, Anthology 1966-1975 2xCD – Trojan

The Ethiopian – Locust – Studio One Kings CD – Soul Jazz

Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate – Kulanjan – Kulanjan CD – Hannibal / Rykodisc - 1999

Stereolab – French Disko – CD single – Duophonic – 1993

Pop Group – 3.38 – Jazz Satellites: Electrification 2xCD – Virgin - 1979

Soul Syndicate – Riot – Green Door 7”, produced by Keith Hudson

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PLAYLIST

Wire – I Am The Fly – Chairs Missing CD – Harvest - 1978

Ernesto Djedge – Azonade - 1978

Sun Ra – Angels And Demons (1956) + Paris Smith – Pentatonia (1983) - New Thing! 2xCD – Soul Jazz

Echo Machine One – My Mosquito – 2024 https://www.boomplay.com/songs/170972972

Talking Heads – Love Goes To Building On Fire – Sire 7” - 1977

Small Faces – Tin Soldier - 1967

Amina Claudine Myers – Have Mercy Upon Us – Song For Mother E LP - Leo / New Thing! 2xCD – Soul Jazz - 1979

Magazine – I Love You, You Big Dummy – Scree: Rarities 1978-1981 CD – Virgin

Lloyd McNeill – Home Rule - New Thing! 2xCD – Soul Jazz - 1970

Stereolab – Jenny Ondioline – CD single – Duophonic - 1993

Aphex Twin – Early Morning Clissold – Soundcloud

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This week's Blowin PLAYLIST

Burning Spear – Bad To Worse – Burning Spear 7"

Keith Hudson – Michael Talbot Affair – Pick A Dub CD – Blood & Fire

Revolutionaries – Joy Within Your Heart – Wailing Souls At Channel One: 7s, 12s & Versions CD – Pressure Sounds

Uncle Dave Macon – Way Down The Old Plank Road – Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music 6xCD – Smithsonians Folkways

RL Burnside – Let My Baby Ride – Come On In CD – Fat Possum / Epitaph

Sanjukta Sen – Vaishnava Jan Tou tene Khaiye – Dancing With The Dead CD – Ellipsis Arts

Miles Davis – Milestones – Milestones CD – Columbia

Miles Davis – Duran (take 4) – Complete Jack Johnson Sessions 5xCD – Columbia

Can – Don't Say No – live in Nottingham March 1977

(Saw Delight) - Nottingham concert - www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Av7UbE-uQ

Moby Grape – Omaha – Moby Grape CD – Sundazed

Pixies – Where Is My Mind – Best Of CD – 4AD

Soul Syndicate – Riot – Green Door 7"

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PLAYLIST

Bob Dylan – Main Title Theme – Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Soundtrack CD – Columbia

Grateful Dead – Dark Star (excerpt) – live 15 May 1970, Fillmore East, New York

Michael Rother – Katzenmusik 5 – Katzenmusik LP – Sky

Sons Of Negus – Give Love – Rastafari In Dub LP – Top Ranking

Brian Eno – This – Another Day On Earth CD – Opal

Popol Vuh – Morgengruss

Shinichi Atobe – Lake 2 – Yes download, from Boomkat - DDS

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King Tubby - Dub Fi Gwan – Dub Gone Crazy CD – Blood & Fire

Mal Waldron & Eric Dolphy – Warm Canto – The Quest LP

Neu! – Hallogallo – Neu! CD

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Dr John (with Meters & Toussaint) – Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away – Desitively Bonnaroo CD – 1974 / reissued 2001

Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa 12" – 1972

Burning Spear – Jah No Dead – Social Living CD – Blood & Fire – 1980

Burning Spear – Jah Boto – Original Living Dub Vol 1 CD – Burning Music – 1979

Bill Frisell – Sitting On Top Of The World – The Willies CD – Nonesuch – 2002

Bill Frisell – Wildwood Flower – Ghost Town CD – Nonesuch 2000

Junior Byles – Ain't Too Proud To Beg + Last Of The Love Songs – Micron Music: Every Mouth Must Be Fed 1973-1976 CD – Pressure Sounds

https://pressuresounds.bandcamp.com/album/every-mouth-must-be-fed

Lee Perry & The Upsetters (w. Full Experience) - Underground Root - Scratch The Super Ape CD – 1976

Sun Ra – El Is A Sound Of Joy – Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets The OVC – CD – Strut – 1986 / reissued 2024

Yusef Lateef – Nubian Lady – The Gentle Giant CD – Atlantic – 1972

Bill Frisell (with Ry Cooder) – Shenandoah – Good Dog, Happy Man CD – Nonesuch 1999

Soul Syndicate – Riot – Green Door 7”, produced by Keith Hudson

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Roland Kirk – The Inflated Tear – Here Comes The Whistleman CD – Atlantic - 1968

Papa Wemba – Jamais Kolonga – Le Voyageur CD – Real World – 1991

Baaba Maal (with Mansour Seck) – Baayo – Baayo CD – Mango – 1991

Singers & Players, with Bim Sherman – Reaching The Badman - War Of Words LP – 99 Records/On-U Sound – 1982

Echo Machine One – My Mosquito - 2024

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Richard Marriott / The Borrowers – Papa's At Sea Again – Under The Same Sky CD

Micron Music: Every Mouth Must Be Fed 1976-1976 CD – Pressure Sounds

• Junior Byles – Lorna Banana

• Pete Weston & The Flames – Revolution Is For The Chinaman

• Straight To Scratch Head

https://pressuresounds.bandcamp.com/album/every-mouth-must-be-fed

Duke Ellington – The Mooche – 1952

Sun Ra – Lanquidity – Lanquidity LP – Philly Jazz – 1978

Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards – The Correct Use Of Soap CD – Virgin - 1980

Aphex Twin – Early Morning Clissold – Soundcloud