So Long, Eric!

So Long, Eric! – Homage to Eric Dolphy is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.

So Long, Eric!
Live album by
Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach
RecordedJune 19–20, 2014
GenreJazz
Length67:06
LabelIntakt

Background

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]

Recording and music

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]

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
The Daily Telegraph[1]

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]

Track listing
  1. "Les"
  2. "Hat and Beard"
  3. "The Prophet"
  4. "17 West"
  5. "Serene"
  6. "Miss Ann"
  7. "Something Sweet, Something Tender"
  8. "Out There"
  9. "Out to Lunch"

Personnel

References
  1. Hewett, Ivan (17 October 2014) "Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach, So Long, Eric!, Review: 'Joyous'". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. Jackson, Michael (February 2015) "Aki Takase/Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Long, Eric! – Homage to Eric Dolphy". Down Beat. p. 73.
  3. "Alexander von Schlippenbach Aki Takase – So Long, Eric! – Homage to Eric Dolphy". Intakt Records. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. Harris, George W. (2015) "CD Review". Cadence. Volume 41, No. 2.
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