Far Cry (album)

Far Cry
Studio album by
Eric Dolphy
Released1962 (1962)
RecordedDecember 21, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, avant-garde jazz
Length41:38
LabelNew Jazz
NJ 8270
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Eric Dolphy chronology
Out There
(1961) 		Far Cry
(1962) 		Where?
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat
(Original Lp release)		[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Far Cry is the third album by jazz musician Eric Dolphy, released in 1962 on New Jazz (a subsidiary of the Prestige label.) Featuring a quintet co-led with trumpeter Booker Little, it is one of the few recordings of their partnership. Pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Roy Haynes all return from earlier Dolphy albums. This was a busy time for Dolphy- he took part in Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz session and recorded this album on the same day, and had participated in the Jazz Abstractions ("John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall") project the previous day.

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "Review: Far Cry". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ Down Beat: November 22, 1962 vol. 29, no. 29
  3. ^ Richard Cook and Brian Morton, eds. The Penguin Guide to Jazz, Ninth Edition. 2008, London, The Penguin Group, p. 382. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.