Other Aspects

Other Aspects is a collection of previously unreleased jazz recordings by Eric Dolphy made in 1960 and 1964, and released first in 1987 by Blue Note Records. The recordings originated with tapes that Dolphy left with composer Hale Smith and his wife Juanita before leaving for Europe in 1964 to tour with Charles Mingus. Years after Dolphy's death, Smith contacted James Newton, who, after reviewing the material, suggested that Smith get in touch with Blue Note. Newton ended up producing the album. In terms of its instrumentation and style, Other Aspects is unique in Dolphy's recorded catalogue. The two "Inner Flight" tracks are solo flute pieces, while "Improvisations and Tukras" reflects Dolphy's interest in the music of India, and features tamboura and tabla. "Dolphy'n" is a duet with bassist Ron Carter, with Dolphy playing alto saxophone. The piece titled "Jim Crow" on the track listing and attributed to Dolphy is actually "A Personal Statement", composed by Bob James, and was recorded while Dolphy was in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 1964 ONCE Festival. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_A...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)