Eric Dolphy Outward Bound

180g Vinyl LP Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Mastered by Kevin Gray & Cut from the Original Stereo 100% Analog Master Tapes!
Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD.
All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds' state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings, plated by Gary Salstrom.
Tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.
Eric Dolphy has sometimes been described as an iconoclast, but in Outward Bound, he was not overturning his idol, Charlie Parker; he was building on Bird's legacy. So deep was Dolphy's musicianship, so free his imagination, that he enchanted trailblazers like John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. Partnering in this collection with the brilliant trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and a stunning rhythm section, Dolphy is at a peak of energy and creativity on alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. He and Hubbard work with empathy reminiscent of the young Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Pianist Jaki Byard, bassist George Tucker, and drummer Roy Haynes were ideal accompanists and co-conspirators in this widely influential work.
Multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, one of the pioneers of the jazz upheaval of the 60s, plays on his debut album "Outward Bound" in a quartet with several great musicians: trumpeter (and former roommate Dolphy) Freddie Hubbard, pianist Jaki Byard, bassist George Tucker and drummer Roy Haynes. Haynes, who has played with many first-class artists such as Charlie Parker, impresses throughout the session with his imaginative, intense playing.
Musically, the energetic album moves in a transitional phase between the hard bop of the late 50s and the free jazz of the 60s and is considered an influential work that inspired greats such as John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. The album is part of Analogue Productions' prestige stereo re-releases, which includes 25 rare and collectible recordings by sound engineering legend Rudy Van Gelder.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, remastered by Kevin Gray.

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray
• Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Tip-On Jacket on Thick Cardboard Stock

Musicians:

• Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
• Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
• Jaki Byard, piano
• George Tucker, bass
• Roy Haynes, drums

Selections:

Side A
1. G.W.
2. Green Dolphin Street
3. Les
Side B
1. "245"
2. Glad to Be Unhappy
3. Miss Toni