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Personnel: Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet); Booker Little (trumpet); Jaki Byard (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Roy Haynes (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21, 1960. Originally released on New Jazz (8270). Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Michael Cuscuna. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1989, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet); Booker Little (trumpet); Jaki Byard (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Roy Haynes (drums). Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21, 1960. Originally released on Prestige (7747). Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Michael Cuscuna. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Eric Dolphy (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Booker Little (trumpet); Jaki Byard (piano); Roy Haynes (drums). Liner Note Author: Morton James. Recording information: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (11/01/1960); New York, NY (11/01/1960); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (12/21/1960); New York, NY (12/21/1960). Charlie Parker's influence permeates this 1960 session. Beyond the obvious acknowledgment on song titles ("Mrs. Parker of K.C. ['Bird's Mother']" and "Ode to Charlie Parker"), his restless spirit is utilized as a guiding light for breaking bebop molds. Far Cry finds multi-reedist Eric Dolphy in a transitional phase, relinquishing Parker's governing universal impact and diving into the next controversial phase that critics began calling "anti-jazz." On this date Booker Little's lyrical trumpet and Jackie Byard's confident grasp of multiple piano styles (though both steeped in hard bop) were sympathetic to the burgeoning "avant-garde" approach that Dolphy displays, albeit sparingly, on this session. Far Cry contains the initial performance of Dolphy's future jazz classic "Miss Ann," along with his first recorded solo alto sax performance on "Tenderly," in which Dolphy bridges the gap between the solo saxophone performances of Coleman Hawkins and Anthony Braxton. ~ Al Campbell
