Today's edition of Giant Steps features the music of Eric Dolphy, who was born in Los Angeles June 20, 1928 and died in Berlin June 29, 1964, while on a tour of Europe. In his short life, including only 6 years of recordings, he produced many fine works as a leader and as featured instrumentalist with some of the greatest jazz musicians of the time. He was gifted and accomplished on 3 instruments: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. Tonight's program includes examples of his work on all 3 instruments, in a variety of contexts.  Included is the landmark recording Free Jazz, a 37-minute improvisation by the Ornette Coleman double quartet  We also hear a reminiscence by Buddy Collette, himself a talented reed and flute player, who was a friend of Dolphy's in Los Angeles.  The Prestige and New Jazz recordings are all available on the 9-CD collection The Complete Prestige Recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Artist-Title-Album-Label-Date-Featured Instrument (A=Alto Sax; B=Bass Clarinet; F=Flute)

• Eric Dolphy-Miss Toni-Outward Bound-Prestige-4/1/60-B

• Charles Mingus-Bemoanable Lady-Mingus Revisited-Emarcy-5/24/60-A
• Eric Dolphy-Ode to Charlie Parker-Far Cry-Prestige-12/21/60-F
• Andrew Hill-New Monastery (alt take)-Point of Departure-Blue Note (Mosaic)-3/21/64-A

• Chico Hamilton-Close Your Eyes-With Strings Attached-Warner Brothers-10/26/58-A
• Eric Dolphy-Serene-Unreleased Tapes-Westwind-6/11/64-B
• Eric Dolphy-South Street Exit-Last Date-Fontana-6/2/64-F
• Eric Dolphy-Tenderly-Far Cry-Prestige-12/21/60-A (solo)

• Eric Dolphy-17 West-Out There-Prestige-8/15/60-F
• Buddy Collette-"Eric Dolphy" reminiscence-A Jazz Audio Biography-Issues-1993?
• John Coltrane-Naima-Live in Stockholm-Charly-11/23/61-B

• Eric Dolphy-Gazzeloni-Out to Lunch-Blue Note-2/25/64-F
• Eric Dolphy-Love Me-Conversations-Douglas-1963-A (solo)
• Guenther Schuller/John Lewis-4 Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss Cross)-Jazz Abstractions-Atlantic-12/19/60-B,A,F (available on Ornette Coleman 6-CD box set "Beauty Is A Rare Thing")

• Ornette Coleman-Free Jazz-Free Jazz-Atlantic-12/21/60-B

• Eric Dolphy-God Bless the Child-The Illinois Concert-Blue Note-3/10/63-B (solo)
• Ron Carter-Saucer Eyes-Where?-Prestige-6/20/61-F
• Mal Waldron-We Diddit-The Quest-New Jazz-6/27/61-A

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