Stockholm Sessions (1961)

About this title: The music on this CD (the original LP program plus a second version of "Sorino") is taken from a radio aircheck and a TV special, both originating from Stockholm. The remarkable Eric Dolphy (switching between alto, bass clarinet and flute) performed two of his originals plus "Don't Blame Me" with a sympathetic quartet on the aircheck while the television show (does this film still exist?) features him in a quintet with trumpeter Idrees Sulieman playing three more originals, Mal Waldron's "Alone" and his unaccompanied bass clarinet feature "God Bless the Child." This innovative music can serve ... read more

Tracks:

1. Loss [Dolphy]
2. Sorino [Dolphy]
3. Miss Ann [Dolphy]
4. God Bless the Child [Herzog/Holiday]
5. Alone Together [Dietz/Schwartz]
6. Geewee [Dolphy]
7. Don't Blame Me [Fields/McHugh]
8. Sorino [Alternate Take] [Dolphy]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.