Question about Eric Dolphy DVD
Fatback
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Anybody have this? Is it some of the same footage that was on a Shanachie VHS "Mingus at Town Hall"?Just curious. Well, I'll get it anyway. Dolphy is my dude.
2 rare European appearances by Eric Dolphy -- one featuring him as a leader in 1961, the other as a member of Charles Mingus' famous 1964 tour of the continent! The first 4 tracks on the DVD have Dolphy leading an unusual group that includes Benny Bailey on trumpet, Pepsy Auer on piano, and Buster Smith on drums -- in a TV jazz concert recorded in Berlin in 1961, with titles that include "Blues In The Closet", "Geewee", "Blues Improvisation", and a great unaccompanied sax solo on "God Bless The Child". The remaining 8 tracks feature Dolphy with the Charles Mingus sextet -- a legendary group with Clifford Jordan on tenor, Johnny Coles on trumpet, and Jaki Byard on piano -- all working with firey intensity on tracks that include "So Long Eric", "Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress", and "Take The A Train" -- all done in versions longer than 10 minutes in length!
2 rare European appearances by Eric Dolphy -- one featuring him as a leader in 1961, the other as a member of Charles Mingus' famous 1964 tour of the continent! The first 4 tracks on the DVD have Dolphy leading an unusual group that includes Benny Bailey on trumpet, Pepsy Auer on piano, and Buster Smith on drums -- in a TV jazz concert recorded in Berlin in 1961, with titles that include "Blues In The Closet", "Geewee", "Blues Improvisation", and a great unaccompanied sax solo on "God Bless The Child". The remaining 8 tracks feature Dolphy with the Charles Mingus sextet -- a legendary group with Clifford Jordan on tenor, Johnny Coles on trumpet, and Jaki Byard on piano -- all working with firey intensity on tracks that include "So Long Eric", "Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress", and "Take The A Train" -- all done in versions longer than 10 minutes in length!
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