• Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI
• Presented in Tip-On jacket with obi

Jazz pianist Mal Waldron’s 1962 album The Quest features Eric Dolphy (clarinet, alto sax) and Booker Ervin (tenor sax). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey the album contains seven cuts that fall somewhere between hard-bop and avant-garde. This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and presented in a Tip-On Jacket.

PERSONNEL:

Eric Dolphy - (alto sax, clarinet)
Booker Ervin - (tenor sax)
Joe Benjamin - (bass)
Ron Carter - (cello)
Charles Persip - (drums)
Mal Waldron - (piano)

Recorded June 27, 1961

TRACKS:

A1. Status Seeking
A2. Duquility
A3. Thirteen
A4. We Diddit

B1. Warm Canto
B2. Warp And Woof
B3. Fire Waltz