Out to Lunch
Context
Composition by Eric Dolphy running 12 min 6 s, the longest on the album recorded on February 25, 1964, at Van Gelder, Dolphy's only record as a leader for Blue Note. He plays alto saxophone, with a pulse that is suggested rather than stated; Dolphy spoke of a pulse internal to the piece. The album, released in August 1964, came out after Dolphy's death in West Berlin on June 29, 1964.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.