Artist.......: Eric Dolphy
Album........: The complete Latin Jazz Sides
Label........: Gambit Records
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: 69315
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jul-29-2010
str.date.....: Mar-17-2009
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Caribe 10:08
02. Blues In 6/8 05:48
03. First Bass Line 04:07
04. Mambo Ricci 06:58
05. Spring Is Here 05:09
06. Sunday Go Meetin 05:50
07. You re The Cutest One 03:42
08. Speak Low 04:55
09. I Got Rhythm 02:38
10. A Night In Tunisia 03:51
11. Cha Cha King Listen 02:34
12. I Wish I Were In Love Again 03:04
13. You Don t Know What Love Is 04:05
14. Lover 02:47
15. Mangolina 02:09
16. April Rain 06:28
17. Man From South Africa 05:13
Runtime 79:26 min
Size 110,3 MB
Release Notes:
Eric Dolphy's The Complete Latin Jazz Sides, issued
as a compilation on Gambit, places two different
1960 sessions for different labels together as well
as a bonus track taken from Max Roach's album
Percussion Bitter Sweet to close the disc out.
Despite the billing of the Latin Jazz Quintet, the
only common point in these lineups was Dolphy
playing alto, flute, and bass clarinet. The first
session was entitled CaribΘ by the Latin Jazz
Quintet + Eric Dolphy. It was recorded by Rudy Van
Gelder in 1960 for Prestige under their New Jazz
imprint (catalog number 8251). The lineup consisted
of Juan Amalbert on congas; Gene Casey on piano;
bassist Bill Ellington; vibraphonist Charlie
Simons; and Manny Ramos on drums and timbales. The
entire set has a laid-back feel, more Afro-Cuban
than anything else, and its high point is certainly
the title track, written by Casey. The band does
not drive Dolphy into using his considerable
abilities, but itÆs hardly lazy. Instead, this is
the lyrical side of the great musician, who is
interested in wooing listeners rather than blowing
them away. Simons' vibes work is a beautiful
counterpart to Dolphy's on all three instruments,
but particularly on the flute. The second session
included here was billed simply as The Latin Jazz
Quintet and was released on United Artists as UAL
4071. It was recorded later in the year with a
lineup that features Dolphy under the leadership of
vibraphonist Felipe Diaz with pianist Arthur
Jenkins, Bobby Rodriguez on bass, Tommy Lopez on
congas, and Louis Ramirez on timbales. The music
mainly consists of Latin takes on jazz standards
such as ôSpeak Low,ö ôA Night in Tunisia,ö ôYou
DonÆt Know What Love Is,ö etc. Diaz is on the
front line with Dolphy head to head on the lovely
-- and slightly humorous -- Cha Cha King, as well
as I Wish I Were in Love Again, where Dolphy uses
his alto to move outside just a tad. The final cut,
The Man from South Africa, from a 1961 session
with Roach, features Dolphy in the company of
Booker Little, Julian Priester, Clifford Jordan,
Mal Waldron, and Art Davis. Needless to say, it
cooks hotter than anything else here. This set,
while a beautiful and lyrical listen, is likely to
appeal mostly to Dolphy completists because of its
uncharacteristic exotic setting -- but that said,
it doesn't make it any less compelling than
anything else he recorded during the period. The
Gambit compilation comes with a 12-page booklet
containing photos of the original cover art,
complete sessionography, and elementary liner
notes.