ERIC DOLPHY / OUT TO LUNCH. Out to Lunch 05. Straight up and Down. Publicado por. Out to Lunch! Is a 1964 album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. His only recording for Blue Note as a leader, it was originally issued as BLP 4163 and BST 84163. Today it is generally considered one of the finest albums in the label's history, as well as one of the high points in 1960s avant-garde jazz and in Dolphy's discography.
Out to Lunch stands as Eric Dolphy's magnum opus, an absolute pinnacle of avant-garde jazz in any form or era. Its rhythmic complexity was perhaps unrivaled since Dave Brubeck's Time Out, and its five Dolphy originals -- the jarring Monk tribute 'Hat and Beard,' the aptly titled 'Something Sweet, Something Tender,' the weirdly jaunty flute showcase 'Gazzelloni,' the militaristic title track, the drunken lurch of 'Straight Up and Down' -- were a perfect balance of structured frameworks, carefully calibrated timbres, and generous individual freedom. Much has been written about Dolphy's odd time signatures, wide-interval leaps, and flirtations with atonality. And those preoccupations reach their peak on Out to Lunch, which is less rooted in bop tradition than anything Dolphy had ever done. But that sort of analytical description simply doesn't do justice to the utterly alien effect of the album's jagged soundscapes. Dolphy uses those pet devices for their evocative power and unnerving hints of dementia, not some abstract intellectual exercise. His solos and themes aren't just angular and dissonant -- they're hugely so, with a definite playfulness that becomes more apparent with every listen. The whole ensemble -- trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, vibist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tony Williams -- takes full advantage of the freedom Dolphy offers, but special mention has to be made of Hutcherson, who has fully perfected his pianoless accompaniment technique. His creepy, floating chords and quick stabs of dissonance anchor the album's texture, and he punctuates the soloists' lines at the least expected times, suggesting completely different pulses. Meanwhile, Dolphy's stuttering vocal-like effects and oddly placed pauses often make his bass clarinet lines sound like they're tripping over themselves. Just as the title Out to Lunch suggests, this is music that sounds like nothing so much as a mad gleam in its creator's eyes.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time |
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1 | Hat and Beard | 8:27 |
2 | 6:05 | |
3 | 7:23 | |
4 | 12:09 | |
5 | 8:20 |
Out to Lunch! | ||||
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Released | 1964[1] | |||
Recorded | February 25, 1964 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, Third Stream | |||
Length | 42:31 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Out to Lunch! is a 1964 album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. His only recording for Blue Note as a leader, it was originally issued as BLP 4163 and BST 84163. Today it is generally considered one of the finest albums in the label's history, as well as one of the high points in 1960s avant-garde jazz and in Dolphy's discography.[2] Krishna serial by ramanand sagar.
Tony Williams had turned 18 a few months before this recording, and is listed as 'Anthony Williams' on the album cover.
A few months after recording the album, Dolphy completed a European tour with Charles Mingus. He died shortly thereafter of diabetic shock.
The title of the album's first track, 'Hat and Beard', refers to Thelonious Monk; the song contains a percussive interlude featuring Tony Williams and Bobby Hutcherson. 'Something Sweet, Something Tender' includes a duet between Richard Davis on bass and Dolphy on bass clarinet. The third composition, 'Gazzelloni', was named after classical flautist Severino Gazzelloni, but is actually the album's most conventional, bop-based theme. The second side features two long pieces for alto saxophone: the title track, and 'Straight Up and Down', intended, according to the original liner notes, to evoke a drunken stagger.In late 2013, two previously unissued performances were released on Toshiba EMI TYCJ-81013 in Japan. These are alternate takes of the two bass clarinet tunes 'Hat and Beard', and 'Something Sweet, Something Tender'.
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested 'Core Collection' and awarded it a 'crown', stating, 'If it is a masterpiece, then it is not so much a flawed as a slightly tentative masterpiece.'[5] The album was identified by Chris Kelsey in his AllMusic essay 'Free Jazz: A Subjective History' as one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums.[6]
All compositions by Eric Dolphy.
Bonus tracks on 2013 Japanese limited SHM-CD: