Eric Dolphy - Hat and Beard

Hat and Beard

Album:
Out to Lunch! (1964)

Written by:
Eric Dolphy

Personnel:
Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson — vibraphone
Richard Davis — bass
Tony Williams — drums

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  Music

[vulvatronic]

This album is certainly one of the greatest jazz recordings ever. The sound is something completely new and unique and how well it works! Dolphy was in my opinion one of the great jazz composers of all time. Like Mingus!!! What he could have done, if he just hadn´t died young!! Other Aspects album with masterpiece "Jim Crow" gives a nice picture of what he was searching: a unique form of "III stream".

[mustachio10]

This is nothing but genius

[Ben W Smith]

The intro to this number is incredible.

[Bboyer Simon]

I guess performing for a jazz band over time made me appreciate jazz much more.

[treeandthegopher7]

pretty sure dolphy hopped in a time machine to the year 2732, listened to some modern jazz, and came back to 1964

[tarantism]

his solo sounds so random when i first heard it, but now I have each note memorized. It's so fun to dance to it

[WesJazz88]

it does not show in the least...

[whitedwarf13]

I agree...but why is your comment flagged as spam?

[Tipoconsuguitarra]

the use of bird calls that Dolphy is Making here is just awesome. It sounds like some kind of angry ostrich! check out 'feathers' from his album 'Out There', just beautiful!

[JimmyPage97]

its always ahead of time... even though it Was. Don't you see the clock in the window?

[JimmyPage97]

When music becomes human, and a human becomes music. When all rules of reality are ignored.

[Ahndeigh105]

this is so ahead of it's time...sounds like experimental hip-hop