Eric Dolphy - Eric Dolphy
There were a good number of years where I didn’t buy any vinyl because I thought it was too impractical and didn’t sound good. One reason I thought that was because I didn’t have a decent turntable. Nevertheless, I was starting to get interested in jazz a bit and I decided that the only proper way to listen to old jazz is on vinyl. This is what got me to start buying vinyl again, not just jazz but all kinds of music (I actually haven’t purchased too much jazz overall, but I’ll remedy that in the future). Anyway, I knew I wanted to hear some new jazz but really didn’t know what or who to look for. A friend of mine owns a record store and knows a LOT about music, so I asked him to recommend me some good jazz records from his collection for me to buy. This Eric Dolphy record was one of the records he picked out for me and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. This is kind of free jazz or avant-garde jazz. Dolphy likes to play based on the 12 tone scale which makes for some interesting sounds. This was released on Everest Records in 1960. It’s in pretty decent shape, although it was used when I bought it, of course.
Track List:
Side A:
01. Jitterbug Waltz
02. Music Matador
Side B:
01. Juggin’ Around
02. Little Ditty
03. Awful Mean
