Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch LP (Blue Note Essential Vinyl Series)

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

In February 1964, Eric Dolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass, and Tony Williams on drums, and headed into Rudy Van Gelder’s studio to record what would stand as his masterwork: Out to Lunch! A genius artist of startling originality, Dolphy managed to possess the revolutionary spirit of the avant-garde while keeping a foot firmly planted in the feeling of swing, a rare feat that the five original pieces here perfectly captured from the offbeat swagger of the opening Monk tribute “Hat and Beard” to the careening closer “Straight Up and Down.”

Blue Note Essential titles are mastered from hi-resolution digital masters on 140 gram vinyl.

Tracklist:
A1: Hat And Beard
A2: Something Sweet, Something Tender
A3: Gazzelloni

B1: Out To Lunch
B2: Straight Up And Down

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1964/2026