Out to Lunch

Occupation

Out to Lunch (English, actually gone to lunch, is a slang term used for excellent or insane) is a jazz album by Eric Dolphy, which was published in 1964. It involves Dolphy's only album, which he recorded for Blue Note as a leader. The well-established in Englewood Cliffs on February 25, 1964 Album viewed today as one of the best albums in the history of the label and represents jazz of the sixties, a highlight of the avant-garde

Background

At the beginning of 1964 joined Dolphy Prestige to Blue Note Records. For his debut on this label Dolphy wrote five new songs and presented an entirely new sound concept, a "airy scaffolding of colored abstraction " and diverse rhythms; Hans -Jürgen Schaal also presented a modified game attitude that " half of chamber music transparency, semi- free jazz lab ".

The title of the first piece Hat and Beard refers to Thelonious Monk. The theme is based on a 9/4-Ostinato; the piece contains an excellent percussive interlude of Tony Williams and Bobby Hutcherson.

Something Sweet, Something Tender contains a remarkable duet by Richard Davis on bass and Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet.

The third composition, Gazzelloni, introduces the advanced level of flute playing of Dolphy. It is named after classical flautist Severino Gazzelloni, who was particularly known as a performer of new music, but in spite of a very complex 13 -bar theme in construction despite a free and conscious form improvisations ultimately bop - oriented title.

The title track of the album, Straight Up and Down are two pieces for alto saxophone, with the intention of causing a drunken wobble (according to the original liner notes ).

Tony Williams was a few months before the album was recorded, just turned eighteen and was listed as Anthony Williams on the cover.

A few months after the album was recorded, Dolphy Charles Mingus escorted on a tour of Europe and died in a diabetic coma. As such, the plate was his legacy and suggests a transition in the creative jazz at.

Title list

  • " Hat and Beard" - 8:24
  • " Something Sweet, Something Tender" - 6:02
  • " Gazzelloni " - 7:22
  • " Out to Lunch " - 12:06
  • "Straight Up and Down" - 8:19

All compositions are by Eric Dolphy.

Reception

Part of the criticism noted at the time of publication that Dolphy started playing conventional with this album and appeared to be losing the avant-garde claim. "It appears, however, in view of the jointly developed intensity and enormous communicative diversity that inspire the pieces that far-fetched. " What is to Ralf Dombrowski also for Richard Cook and Brian Morton in her The Penguin Guide to Jazz album a masterful classics and part of the essential core of a base - disco with jazz records; they recorded it with a crown of Chris Kelsey counted Out to Lunch in his Allmusic essay Free Jazz: A Subjective History of the twenty most important albums of this genre; Steve Huey has given in his review for All Music the album the maximum rating (five stars). The album was also included in the list Wire The Wire 's " 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening ) ".

The music magazine Jazzwise recorded the album in the list The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World.

Record label Richard Davis (bassist) Alfred Lion Rudy Van Gelder Bandleader Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Bebop Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer)
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