alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Eric Dolphy art direction Phil Carroll tracks a1, a2 bass George Tucker tracks b1 bass Richard Davis tracks b2 bass Ron Carter tracks b1 drums Ed Blackwell tracks a1, a2, b2 drums Roy Haynes engineer Rudy Van Gelder lacquer cut by Gary Hobish liner notes Phil Schaap photography by Jim Marshall tracks a1, a2, b2 piano Jaki Byard tracks b1 piano Mal Waldron producer [original sessions] Esmond Edwards producer [produced for release] Bob Porter producer [produced for release] Ralph Kaffel remastered by Gary Hobish tracks b1, b2 trumpet Booker Little tracks a1, a2 trumpet Freddie Hubbard Phonographic Copyright (p) Prestige Records (2) Recorded By Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Remastered At Fantasy Studios Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Previously unreleased Eric Dolphy recordings from 1960-1961, remastered and first released in 1982 by Fantasy Records (except B2, Serene, was first released on [m=789869] [1974]).
A1 and A2 are first takes of titles released on [m=200850] recorded on April 1, 1960. B1, recorded on July 16, 1961, is the first studio take of a title released on the live recording [m172690] B2 is an outtake from sessions for Far Cry recorded on December 21, 1960, the same day Dolphy had recorded [m=28578] with Ornette Coleman in New York. Matrix / Runout: MPP-2517-A (A-side label) Matrix / Runout: MPP-2517-B (B-side label) Matrix / Runout: MPP-2517-A-1- T1 D2S GH (A-side runout, etched) Matrix / Runout: MPP-2517-B-1- 1T A4 GH (B-side runout, etched)