So Long, Eric! – Homage to Eric Dolphy is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.
So Long, Eric! | |
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Live album by Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach | |
Recorded | June 19–20, 2014 |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 67:06 |
Label | Intakt |
Free jazz pioneer Eric Dolphy died in Berlin in 1964.[1][2] Pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach organised a Berlin music festival in 2014 to celebrate Dolphy's music.[1]
The album was recorded in concert in Berlin towards the end of the Dolphy festival, on June 19 and 20, 2014.[3] The performances are of Dolphy compositions, arranged by Takase and Schlippenbach.[1] Twelve musicians play on the album,[1] with the number used for each track varying from two to twelve.[4] "Out There" is played by the quartet of Schlippenbach, saxophonist Henrik Walsdorff, bassist Antonio Borghini and drummer Heinrich Köbberling.[2]
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So Long, Eric! was released by Intakt Records.[1] The cover art is influenced by that of Dolphy's Out to Lunch! album.[2] The Daily Telegraph's critic wrote that "Everything is brilliantly re-imagined, and infused with quick-witted humour. Most importantly the music-making keeps touching base with Dolphy and the tradition he sprung from, however wild and free it often becomes."[1] Down Beat concluded that "Music is rarely this richly festooned with brilliance and hyper-real personality."[2]