''Tears for Dolphy'' is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Ted Curson. The album's title track, an elegy for

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(who died at the end of June that year), has been used in many films.

Reception

Brian Morton and Richard Cook, writing for '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'', give ''Tears for Dolphy'' a favorable review, noting "a raw sorrow in the title tune," a robust

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, and the leader's "high, slightly old-fashioned sound." Earlier editions of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' give the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars. Chuck Berg, writing for '' Down Beat'', said Curson and saxophonist

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's "tough, but highly melodic lines above the steady and crisp rhythmic substructure ably provided by bassist Herb Bushler and drummer Dick Berk."

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of AllMusic asserts that most tracks "manage to be both explorative and surprisingly accessible."

Track listing

All tracks recorded on August 1, 1964. # "Kassim" (Ted Curson) – 7:41 # "East 6th Street" (Bill Barron) – 5:38 # "7/4 Funny Time" (Barron) – 5:28 # "Tears for Dolphy" (Curson) – 8:32 # "Quicksand" (Curson) – 6:39 # "Reava's Waltz" (Curson) – 7:10 The Black Lion CD (1993) appends three tracks from the same recording session, but that originally appeared on the album '' Flip Top'': :7. "Searching for the Blues" (Curson) – 7:47 :8. "Desolation" (Barron) – 8:45 :9. "Light Blue" (Barron) - 3:43

Personnel

* Ted Curson – trumpet,

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– tenor saxophone,

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* Herb Bushler – double bass * Dick Berk –

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s * Unidentified – percussion *

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, liner notes

References

{{Authority control Ted Curson albums 1964 albums Black Lion Records albums Fontana Records albums