Eric Dolphy • Caribe

 

Review by
Richard S. Ginell
This record is the equivalent of throwing a stick of dynamite into a sedate, well-ordered dinner party, having the dynamite go off with a bang, and somehow leaving everything in its place. Such is the volatile Eric Dolphy, a serious wailer on the alto sax and even more idiosyncratic and radical on the bass clarinet, who barges into the lair of Juan Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet and doesn't perturb them in the least. The title track is sheer schizophrenia, the LJQ ambling along in a conga-accented blues walk while Dolphy fires all over the place on alto sax. Even the more animated "Mambo Ricci" has the same kind of group dynamic; Dolphy on fire, Gene Casey calm and deliberate on piano. Only on "Spring Is Here," where Dolphy switches to a contemplative-toned flute, do we find a balanced meeting ground, though his flute solo on "Sunday Go Meetin'" goes back out on a limb. Not an ideal match, then, but fascinating without a doubt.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/carib%C3%A9-mw0000121703

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Reseña por
Richard S. Ginell
Este disco es el equivalente a lanzar un cartucho de dinamita en una cena tranquila y ordenada, hacer que la dinamita explote y, de alguna manera, dejar todo en su sitio. Así es el volátil Eric Dolphy, un serio aullador con el saxo alto y aún más idiosincrásico y radical con el clarinete bajo, que irrumpe en la guarida del Latin Jazz Quintet de Juan Amalbert y no les perturba lo más mínimo. El tema que da título al disco es pura esquizofrenia, el LJQ deambula en un blues con acento de conga mientras Dolphy dispara por todas partes con el saxo alto. Incluso el más animado "Mambo Ricci" tiene el mismo tipo de dinámica de grupo; Dolphy en llamas, Gene Casey tranquilo y deliberado al piano. Sólo en "Spring Is Here", donde Dolphy cambia a una flauta de tono contemplativo, encontramos un punto de encuentro equilibrado, aunque su solo de flauta en "Sunday Go Meetin'" vuelve a la carga. No es pues la pareja ideal, pero sin duda fascinante.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/carib%C3%A9-mw0000121703

Tracks:
1 - Caribé
Written-By – Gene Casey
2 - Blues In 6/8
Written-By – Ricci*, Amalbert*
3 - First Bass Line
Written-By – Casey*
4 - Mambo Ricci
Written-By – Ricci*, Amalbert*
5 - Spring Is Here
Written-By – Rodgers - Hart*
6 - Sunday Go Meetin'
Written-By – Casey*


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy
    Bass – Bill Ellington
    Congas – Juan Amalbert
    Drums, Timbales – Manny Ramos*
    Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
    Piano – Gene Casey
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
    Supervised By, Design [Original Cover] – Esmond Edwards
    Vibraphone – Charlie Simons*

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 19, 1960

Label:    Original Jazz Classics – OJCCD-819-2, Prestige – NJ-8251
Country:    US
Released:    1994
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Latin Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/9360028-The-Latin-Jazz-Quintet-Eric-Dolphy-Carib%C3%A9

 

 

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