 | Out There by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £8.68 / Used from: £7.43 Ron Carter on cello gives this a distinctive feel.
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 | Mingus at Antibes by Charles Mingus
Buy new: £4.68 Great live jazz, with wonderful solos from Dolphy (and the others, including Booker Ervin on tenor).
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 | Far Cry by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £9.28 With Booker Little again. Among the best studio albums in Dolphy's name.
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 | Screamin' The Blues by Oliver Nelson
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.96 Oliver Nelson made some great stuff with Dolphy. 'The Blues and the Abstract Truth' (below) is the best known (and probably the Best), but the other 2 are very good as well.
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 | Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.98 An important experimental album. Not an easy listen. Dolphy adds great colour.
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 | Looking Ahead by Ken McIntyre and Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £8.69 Two of the great multi-instrumentalists together.
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 | At The Five Spots, Vol. 1 by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £7.18 / Used from: £4.76 Brilliant live music, with Booker Little (trumpet), Mal Waldron (piano), Richard Davis (bass) & Ed Blackwell (drums).
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 | At The Five Spot, Vol. 2 by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £6.87 These Five Spot albums are among my favourite live jazz. Absolutely superb.
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 | Memorial Album by Eric Dolphy Quintet with Booker Little
Buy new: £8.79 More from that Five Spot gig. The whole group are inspired.
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 | Ezz-thetics by George Russell
Buy new: £12.59 / Used from: £6.03 A great George Russell album. Dolphy's solo on 'Round Midnight' is a highlight.
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 | The Complete Africa / Brass Sessions by John Coltrane Quartet
Buy new: £19.38 / Used from: £7.49 Coltrane and Dolphy made some great music together in 1961.
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 | Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
Buy new: £7.08 Coltrane, Dolphy, Hubbard, Tyner - some decent musicians!
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![The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings [LIVE] [BOX SET]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21RjvVsSarL._SL75_.jpg) | The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings [LIVE] [BOX SET] by John Coltrane
Buy new: £37.98 / Used from: £25.95 Great live music. Repetition of tunes is because they only taped the music they were considering releasing, and wanted to choose the best takes. This is the only slight downside - the music is superb.
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 | The Quest by Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £9.28 Mal Waldron was wonderful (check out the music he recorded with Steve Lacy).
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 | The Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
Buy new: £21.99 / Used from: £6.25 Wonderful stuff, and difficult to imagine a better line-up.
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 | Straight Ahead by Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £11.29 / Used from: £10.93 The last of the Oliver Nelson albums with Dolphy, and it's another good one.
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 | Where? by Ron Carter With Eric Dolphy and Mal Waldron
Buy new: £11.29 / Used from: £4.85 Ron Carter's debut as a leader.
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 | Complete Memorial Album Sessions by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £7.98 This seems to be the best current issue of two important Dolphy albums - 'Iron Man' and 'Conversations'. Lots of great music here, including a solo performance of 'Love Me' that is spellbinding.
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 | The Illinois Concert by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £8.30 This recording of a Dolphy performance at the University of Illinois was discovered in 1999. Magnificent solo performance of 'God Bless the Child' on bass clarinet.
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 | Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy
Buy used from: £5.35 Frequently cited as Dolphy's masterpiece, it is a wonderful album. There is perhaps less spectacular soloing from Eric than on other albums, but a great overall effect.
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 | Point of Departure by Andrew Hill
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.50 One of the greatest recordings of the 1960s. A great line-up and vibrant, brilliant music. Dolphy was on great form.
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 | Cornell 1964 by Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £10.38 / Used from: £8.99 There are a few of Mingus' 1964 concerts available, but this is my favourite. This includes Johnny Coles (who missed much of the tour with illness) and is the better for it.
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 | Last Date by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.66 Not the last music that Dolphy recorded, but the last great offering, with an excellent European band (including Misha Mengelberg on piano).
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