The Francis Wolff Collection, Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve, 180-gram Pure Virgin Vinyl LP In Gatefold Packaging, Images By Iconic Jazz Photographer Francis Wolf, 5 Downbeat Magazine, Includes 2 Bonus Tracks

Presented here is the complete original LP Outward Bound, Eric Dolphy’s first album as a leader. He had been recording since 1948, when he was a member of the Roy Porter orchestra. In the twelve years that separate those early sides from Outward Bound he would gain renown as a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, just before joining Charles Mingus in 1960, for the first of their various collaborative phases.

The album features Dolphy in a quintet format with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, George Tucker on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. This was the first of various collaborations between Dolphy and Hubbard, and one of the very best.

Dolphy’s untimely death took place in Berlin, Germany, on June 29, 1964 (he was just 36), when after suffering from diabetic shock, the doctors left him unattended. They incorrectly assumed he was on drugs, and deprived him of the attention he needed which could have saved his life.

PERSONNEL:

ERIC DOLPHY, alto sax, bass clarinet & flute
FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet
JAKI BYARD, piano
GEORGE TUCKER, bass
ROY HAYNES, drums
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, April 1, 1960.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Same personnel except Freddie Hubbard out.
RON CARTER (bass) replaces Tucker.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, December 21, 1960.

SIDE A:

01. G.W.
02. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
03. LES
04. LEFT ALONE (*)

SIDE B:

01. 245
02. GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY
03. MISS TONI
04. IT’S MAGIC (*)