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Outward Bound (album)

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Released
  
1960

Artist
  
Eric Dolphy Quintet

Label
  
New Jazz Records

Length
  
36:41

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
1 April 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

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Eric dolphy outward bound full lp 1960


Outward Bound is a jazz album by Eric Dolphy, released in 1960. His first album as leader, it is somewhat less adventurous and more oriented towards straight bebop than the majority of his later recordings.

Contents

Of the three Dolphy originals on the album, "G.W." is dedicated to the Californian bandleader Gerald Wilson, "Les" is named after the trombonist Lester Robinson, and "245" was the number of Dolphy's house.

Track listing

All songs by Eric Dolphy unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "G.W." - 7:57
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:44
  3. "Les" - 5:12
  4. "245" - 6:49
  5. "Glad To Be Unhappy" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:26
  6. "Miss Toni" (Charles "Majeed" Greenlee) - 5:40

Personnel

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

    • Songs

    1GW7:59
    2On Green Dolphin Street5:46
    3Les5:14

    References

    Outward Bound (album) Wikipedia
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