The great
Eric Dolphy recorded several albums for the Candid label as a sideman including dates with bassist
Charles Mingus, trumpeter
Booker Little, singer
Abbey Lincoln and the Newport Rebels. This CD features eight alternate takes from these sessions, six of which were previously unissued. "Reincarnation of a Love Bird" and "Stormy Weather" are with
Mingus in a group also featuring trumpeter
Ted Curson, two numbers have vocals by
Abbey Lincoln (
Coleman Hawkins is heard from on "African Lady"),
Dolphy is matched wtih trombonist
Jimmy Knepper and the veteran trumpeter
Roy Eldridge on "Body and Soul," and he proves to be a perfect partner of
Booker Little in a sextet. Even the "complete" box sets that have been issued of these sessions do not include all of this music, which in general is up to the level of the originally-issued versions. ~ Scott Yanow