Out There - CD

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<br><h3>Product Description</h3><div>Dolphy's 1960 sophomore album continued to defy expectations with powerful flute solos and delicate tenors.<br><br></div>By the time of this 1960 recording, only his second as a leader, Dolphy has already dispensed with the "traditional" jazz instrumentation. With bassist George Duvivier and drummer Roy Haynes holding down the rhythm, Ron Carter moves to the frontline armed with a cello, joining Dolphy as he switches from alto to bass clarinet to regular clarinet to flute.&nbsp;<i>Out There</i><span>&nbsp;catches Dolphy at a significant crossroads: The music is more ambitious and more jagged than on its predecessor&nbsp;</span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000Y15/$%7B0%7D" target="" rel="">Outward Bound</a></i><span>, but more cohesive and less aurally challenging than on his 1964 master work,&nbsp;</span><i>Out to Lunch</i><span>. Dolphy's improvisations---on each instrument--are bursting with creative, far-reaching ideas, expressive wails, and frenetic flurries while Carter's eerie arco (bowed) cello ambles quietly, sometimes melancholy, sometimes menacing. Dolphy's four originals show his absorption of Mingus---especially on the blues distortion of "Serene"---and provide perfect blueprints for his bizarre constructions. The quartet also handles one tune from Mingus himself (the ruminating "Eclipse") plus Randy Weston's fragile "Sketch of Melba."&nbsp;</span><i>--Marc Greilsamer</i>