Naima (Eric Dolphy album)

Naima
Studio album by
Eric Dolphy
Released1987
RecordedNovember 1960 and June 11, 1964
GenreJazz
LabelJazzway / West Wind

Naima is an album by American musician Eric Dolphy, released in Europe in 1987 by the Jazzway label,[1] and later by the West Wind label.[2] Four of the five tracks were recorded on June 11, 1964 in a Paris studio for radio broadcast, nine days after the Hilversum session that yielded Last Date, and eighteen days before Dolphy's death.[3][4] The remaining track, a duet with bassist Ron Carter, was recorded in New York City in November 1960, during a session which also produced three of the tracks released on Other Aspects.[2]

The tracks recorded that day represent the last of Dolphy's commercially available recordings.[5][2] Music from the same recording session was also issued on Unrealized Tapes, released in 1988,[6] The Complete Last Recordings: In Hilversum & Paris 1964 (2010),[7] and Paris '64 (2018).[8]

  1. ^ "Eric Dolphy: Naima". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Eric Dolphy Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Simosko, Vladimir; Tepperman, Barry (1971). Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography & Discography. Da Capo. p. 126.
  4. ^ Reichardt, Uwe (1986). Like a Human Voice: The Eric Dolphy Discography. Norbert Ruecker. pp. 65–66.
  5. ^ Simosko, Vladimir; Tepperman, Barry (1971). Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography & Discography. Da Capo. p. 95.
  6. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Eric Dolphy: Unrealized Tapes". AllMusic. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Eric Dolphy: The Complete Last Recordings: In Hilversum & Paris 1964". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Eric Dolphy: Paris '64". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2020.