Outward Bound (album)

Outward Bound
Studio album by Eric Dolphy
Released	1960
Recorded	1 April 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:41
Label	Prestige Records
Eric Dolphy chronology
Outward Bound (1960) 'Here and There' (1960)

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Outward Bound is a jazz album by Eric Dolphy, released in 1960. It was his first album as leader, and is considerably less adventurous and more standardly beboppish than his later recordings, though there are unorthodox elements that point to what was to come. Still the album is a good introduction to Dolphy's versatile talents and to many it is likely a more accessible album than many of Dolphy's later more innovative recordings.

Of the three Dolphy originals on the album, "G.W." is dedicated to the Californian bandleader Gerald Wilson, "Les" is named after the trombonist Lester Robinson, and "245" was the number of Dolphy's house.

Track listing

All songs by Eric Dolphy unless otherwise indicated.

1. "G.W." - 7:57
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:44
3. "Les" - 5:12
4. "245" - 6:49
5. "Glad To Be Unhappy" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:26
6. "Miss Toni" (Charles "Majeed" Greenlee) - 5:40

Personnel

• Eric Dolphy — flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
• Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
• Jaki Byard — piano
• George Tucker — bass
• Roy Haynes — drums