Eric Dolphy Outward Bound (180g Vinyl LP) * * *

Eric Dolphy Outward Bound Reissued for Analogue Productions' Prestige Stereo Reissue Series: Cut from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray and Pressed on 180g LP at QRP

By the time he made Outward Bound, Eric Dolphy had left his native California and come east as part of Chico Hamilton's group, eventually settling in New York as a key co-conspirator of Charles Mingus. This, his first recording as a leader, brought unavoidable comparisons to Ornette Coleman even though the two were really parallel figures in the then emerging avant-garde. Dolphy did not eschew changes as Coleman did, however, but used them in new exciting ways.

Originally released in 1960, the inventive Outward Bound is significant not only for Dolphy's alto saxophone playing, but for his individual approach to the flute, and particularly the bass clarinet, not to mention a fine supporting cast that included Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jaki Byard (piano), George Tucker (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums).

Part of the Prestige stereo reissue series from Analogue Productions and mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray, this 180g LP is pressed at Quality Record Pressings and packaged in a tip-on jacket on thick cardboard stock.

Features:
• Prestige stereo reissue series from Analogue Productions
• Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray
• Cut at 33 1/3 180g vinyl LP
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom
• Tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock