Live at the Five Spot 1
If you want to get a taste of Eric Dolphy live then this is the set to get. Certainly theColtrane Village Vanguard sessionsfeaturing Dolphy are masterpieces; however, he has more room to blow in this setting. Dolphy, for all his unique and decidedly individual style, was a remarkably emphatic player. His associations with Coltrane andCharles Mingus, and here withMal Waldron, are truly special instances of jazz players complimenting and enriching each other's playing. Dolphy and Waldron are joined here byBooker Little,Richard Davis, andEd Blackwell. This is a band of masters on a hot night. It's joyous listening.--Michael Monhart