Eric Dolphy - At the Five Spot, Vol.2 (1961/2014) [TR24][OF]

This is the second of three sets that document the Eric Dolphy/Booker Little quintet's playing at the Five Spot (the third volume is titled Memorial Album). It features a group made up of pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Ed Blackwell really stretching out during long versions of Little's "Aggression" and the standard "Like Someone in Love." Dolphy's playing – whether on alto, bass clarinet or flute – always defied categorization, while Little (who passed away less than three months later) was the first new voice on the trumpet to emerge after Clifford Brown's death in 1956. An excellent set that records what may have been Dolphy's finest group ever, as well as one of that era's best working bands. Review by Scott Yanow

TRACKLIST
1. Aggression 17:23
2. Like Someone In Love 19:59
3. Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa) 15:33
4. Booker’s Waltz 14:38

PERSONNEL
Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Booker Little, trumpet
Mal Waldron, piano
Richard Davis, double bass
Ed Blackwell, drums

Recorded: July 16, 1961 at the Five Spot in New York, NY
Remastered: 2009, Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.