Eric Dolphy Archives - JAZZIZ Magazine

Eric Dolphy – “Out to Lunch”

Eric Dolphy, an early figure in jazz’s avant-garde who played a major role in introducing…

Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1964

Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…

Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1961

Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…

Andrew Hill – “Refuge”

Pianist Andrew Hill, whose cerebral, loosely hinged brand of jazz was an essential link between…

Stranger in a Strange Land: Eric Dolphy’s Legacy Revisited

Time has been kind to Dolphy’s legacy, an important segment of which is explored on the new set Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance).

Eric Dolphy – “Hat and Beard”

“Hat and Beard,” a tribute to pianist Thelonious Monk that employs dissonant harmonies, scattershot rhythms, and a wobbly, elastic melody in the service of good old-fashioned swing.