AT THE FIVE SPOT - COMPLETE EDITION

2-CD SET

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A SINGLE SET !!

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

One of the 101 best jazz albums: Len LyLyons’ A History of Jazz on Records
 

This release presents, for the first time ever on a single set, all of the music recorded by the Eric Dolphy Quartet in Denmark on September 6 & 8, 1961, which originally appeared on three separate LPs: Eric Dolphy in Europe Vols. 1 to 3 (Prestige PR7304, PR7350 and PR7366). Further versions of “Laura” (unaccompanied) and “When Lights Are Low” as well as a short take on Thelonious Monk’s “52nd Street Theme”, recorded a few days earlier in Sweden, have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

ERIC DOLPHY, alto sax, bass clarinet & flute
BENT AXEN, piano
ERIK MOSEHOLM, bass
JØRN ELNIFF, drums
CHUCK ISRAELS, plays bass replacing Moseholm on “Hi Fly”, which is a flute/bass duet.

CD 1 [1-4] Live at Berlingske Has, Copenhagen, denmark, September 6, 1961.
CD 1 [5-7] & CD 2 [1-5] Live at Studentenforeningens Foredragssal, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 8, 1961.
Dolphy plays unaccompanied bass clarinet on “God Bless the Child”.

*Bonus tracks CD 2 [6-8] :
Eric Dolphy (as, b-cl),
Ronny Johansson (p)
Kurt Lindgren (b)
Rune Carlsson (d).
Omit piano, bass and drums on “Laura”.
Live at Vastmanland-Dala Nation, Uppsala, Sweden, September 4, 1961.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1. Total Time: 72:40
01. Don’t Blame Me - 11:08
02. When Lights Are Low - 12:08
03. Don’t Blame Me ####2 - 11:45
04. Les - 5:58
05. The Way You Look Tonight - 9:06
06. Woody’n You - 10:22
07. Laura - 12:11

CD 2. Total Time: 75:38
01. Glad To Be Unhappy - 6:16
02. God Bless The Child - 7:08
03. In The Blues [Takes 1-3] - 16:55
04. Hi-Fly - 13:27
05. Oleo - 7:22
06. When Lights Are Low ####2 - 15:52*
07. Laura ####2 - 6:51*
08. 52nd Street Theme - 1:44*