Eric Dolphy & Booker Litte
Memorial Album Recorded at the Five Spot
Prestige (US) 19xx
PRT-7334 (LP)
sleeve : VG+(WC, TEOC, wear on corner, color-faded.)
media : EX-/EX-(some light noise.)
An album released in 1965 on Prestige by American reed player Eric Dolphy, who was active on the frontline for decades from the late 1940s and is recognized as a pioneer in using the bass clarinet as a lead instrument in jazz. This recording captures a 1961 live performance at New York’s Five Spot, featuring a quintet with Booker Little (trumpet), Mal Waldron (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Eddie Blackwell (drums). Both sides of the album feature extended sessions exceeding 15 minutes, with Dolphy and Little delivering free-spirited performances over a rhythm section that maintains an incredibly steady groove. Waldron’s piano work is particularly outstanding. This is a U.S. reissue from what appears to be the 1970s, with the title on the A-side label mistakenly printed as Posta Losta.
A: Number Eight
B: Booker’s Waltz