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Out To Lunch by Eric Dolphy
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Hat And Beard (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster) | 8:22 | 213 | ||
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Something Sweet, Something Tender (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 - Remaster) | 6:01 | 153 | ||
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Gazzellioni (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster) | 7:21 | 81 | ||
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Out To Lunch | 12:05 | 25,249 | ||
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Straight Up And Down (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster) | 8:17 | 120 |
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About this album
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.
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Shouts
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Septacle wrote:
reminds me of lunch with coworkers today. eating mexican but for 30 min talking about how much they love silvertron. haha
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piribolygo wrote:
the drums
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Timppa2000 wrote:
all of a sudden, this record has sneaked into my jazz top 3.
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jiveraptor wrote:
Personally I find Ornette easier (in his albums with actual concise pieces). Part of why I've always preferred this.
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I_LOVE_DONUTS wrote:
This album is like an introduction to free jazz. More 'digestible' than ornette coleman's works for instance.
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
This album. This fucking album.
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ZiggyMcjoney wrote:
unique genius. Not something I listen to every day, but when I do, it's a great experience. And yes, the drumming is brilliant here.
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shamatha-x wrote:
I've always been too busy marveling at everything else to notice the drums, but fuck, they are pretty amazing.
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Phyllobius wrote:
Ein Meisterwerk.
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Kirill88 wrote:
о-о-о!!! то, что надо!
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mambajamba wrote:
man i love the vibs
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Bleach00 wrote:
very good.
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Akbar2Blk wrote:
Baddest horn man of all time...
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aidanpogo wrote:
Awesome record.
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g8kusha wrote:
This is one of the best albums of all time.
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rakshasa07 wrote:
Artwork
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DJWait-A-Minute wrote:
This song definitely holds its place on the long list of Blue Note's Best....not to mention the album cover is wicked.....weren't they all wicked though?
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kokirininja wrote:
Fuck yes you are the best post-bop album ever.
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Basses_High wrote:
This album transports me. I'm not sure where exactly to, but it sure as hell isn't somewhere on this shitty little planet.
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parnassusave wrote:
Best album by Eric Dolphy
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