Ed Blackwell
Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot To Iron Man (Revisited)
"Eric Dolphy’s legacy is well represented by these performances from The Five Spot
and the sessions supervised by Alan Douglas. They confirm him to be an artist who
straddled the divide then so deep in jazz, drawing sustenance from the music’s past
as he cleared a path to its future. Dolphy’s was a sensibility that could celebrate
Fats Waller and honor Jomo Kenyatta, its inclusiveness rare in the polarized early
1960s. Fortunately, his example has not simply endured, but has become more
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El Corazon
The trumpeter sketches a succession of melodies and moods around and over the rich textural detail and earthy solidity of Mr Blackwell’s drumming,” noted Robert Palmer in The New York Times. “The melodies come from Spain, Africa, Jamaica and the modern jazz compositions of Thelonious Monk, but Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell transform them into a personal music that is as urbane and international as they are. Together, they make El Corazón one of the most impressive duet albums of recent years.” Thi…