The next day, the 2nd of June, the Misha Mengelberg trio and Eric Dolphy gathered for a radio program at the VARA studios in Hilversum and this concert, which was reissued on Eric Dolphy – Last Date ( Emarcy 510 124) was give an exhaustive treatment in the documentary Eric Dolphy - De Laatste Sessie - Last Date.
At the first of June, Dolphy performed with the Misha Mengelberg Trio in café De Kroon in Eindhoven and one tune from that concert, Epistrophy, was released on an ICP record ( ICP 015).
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It would be great to learn that this concert was saved and could be reissued in the great Jazz at the Congresgebouw series by the Muziekcentrum Nederland ( Dutch Jazz Archive), which features previous concerts by Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. The concert started at midnight and featured Dolphy with the Misha Mengelberg trio and Boy’s Bi g Band. At midnight of the 30th of May 1964 they performed at the Concertgebouw, five weeks after his concert with Mingus. Misha wanted to take revenge on Eric and hand him his composition Hypochristmutreefuzz, but even this “ killer diller” was no problem for Eric. Įnjoy a lenghtly interpretation of the standard Take The A Train with the Charles Mingus Sextet: Charles Mingus double bass - Eric Dolphy bass clarinet - Dannie Richmond - drum - Clifford Jordan tenor sax - Jackie Byard piano and Johnny Coles trumpet.Įric hoped to find some more gigs in Europe then he found in the States, as his avant garde style of playing made it hard to find work and, on the other hand, he wanted to be close to his fiancée Joyce Mordecai, who lived in Paris. Read all about this in one of my previous blogs titled Charles Mingus: Europe 1964. Mingus refered to this in his composition So Long Eric. This series of concerts became remarkable as Eric Dolphy decided to stay in Europe. The tour started in Amsterdam on the 10th of April with a night concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and ended on the 28th of April in Stuttgart ( Germany), now 45 years ago. In the spring of 1964 Eric toured with Charles Mingus and left definitive the States for a two-and-a-half week tour along European venues. Eric Dolphy, leader of this Quintet played the alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet.Įnjoy Eric Dolphy and his Quintet in a German concert 1961.
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Two recordings became landmarks in modern jazz, like the Free Jazz album by Ornette Coleman and his Double Quartet ( indeed: eight members Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFarro, Billy Higgings, Eric Dolphy ( on bass clarinet), Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell) and the February 1964 Out To Lunch album with Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams on drums. He became a member of the John Coltrane band.
In the early 1960s some live recordings were made at the Five Spot Café with Booker Little, Mal Waldron, Richard Davis and Ed Blackwell, which belong to the best in Jazz. He made records under his own name for Prestige like Out There and Outward Bound ( New Jazz 8236). He started to play the bass clarinet and became part of the Charles Mingus Quartet. When he passed away in Berlin unexpectedly, on the 29th of June 1964, 36 years old, he had left some great recordings - an impressive musical heritage.īorn at the west coast of the States he started his career in the Roy Porter Band and Chico Hamilton’s Quintet. One of the most fascinating musicians from the early 1960s must have been saxophonist, flute player and master on the bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy. Eric Dolphy - Last Date (English) Eric Dolphy - De Laatste Sessie (Nederlands)Īn Eric Dolphy collection - an almost complete discography
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