Eric Dolphy

Description

Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions is a rerelease of the Conversations of the Iron Man recordings, and eighty-five minutes of previously unissued takes, including Sir Roland Hanna’s “The Muses of Richard Davis,” a phenomenal duet with Eric Dolphy and Richard Davis.

These recordings and the placement of Eric Dolphy’s scores and letters at the Library of Congress marks the end of a long journey for my wife and me of placing materials given to me by my friend Juanita Smith. We worked with the Dolphy Foundation, the financial beneficiary of these recordings, who agreed with us to donate Dolphy’s letters to the Library of Congress. My wife Jo Ann and I had sincerely hoped that scholars and performers would access these ground-breaking scores to inspire performances, new books and scholarship on the art of Eric Dolphy. Hopefully, the update of the mono sound to current high audio sound will bring rich rewards to Dolphy connoisseurs.