Live recording of Out To Lunch Release on CD and iTunes

Eric Dolphy's music revisited

Press Release by: Don Berryman

PRESS RELEASE
Artist: The Out to Lunch Quintet
Title: The Out to Lunch Quintet: Live at the Artists’ Quarter
Label: Artists’ Quarter Records
Format: Jazz, Modern Jazz, Avant-garde

THE OUT TO LUNCH QUINTET RECORD THE MUSIC FROM ERIC DOLPHY'S OUT TO LUNCH LIVE, AVAILABLE IN CD OR DOWNLOAD FROM ITUNES

(Minneapolis, MN) Jazz Police and the Artists’ Quarter are proud to announce the release The Out To Lunch Quintet: Live at the Artists’ Quarter, available in CD or digital download from iTunes. Recorded live on June 2nd and 3rd, 2006, this CD captures the excitement of live jazz that explores the beauty of of the compositions from Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch (1964), a seminal album that influenced generations of jazz musicians and remains a cornerstone in the modern jazz movement. This is the first recording since the original to use Dolphy’s arrangements and instrumentation and the first live recording of the compete album.

The Out To Lunch Quintet features top musicians: Dave Milne, an accomplished and versatile performer and composer, plays alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. Free jazz trumpeter Kelly Rossum penned the only song on the CD not written by Dolphy. Vibraphone virtuoso Dave Hagedorn, an Artist in Residence at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, has toured and recorded with George Russell. Bassist Tom Lewis is known for his lyrical solos and musical versatility. Drummer Phil Hey studied with Ed Blackwell and toured with Dewey Redman for over 20 years.

The CD begins with all the compositions from Dolphy’s Out To Lunch in their original order: “Hat and Beard,” “Something Sweet, Something Tender,” “Gazzelloni,” “Out to Lunch,” and “Straight Up and Down.” Following are two additional Dolphy compositions, “Far Cry” and “The Prophet.” The final track is Kelly Rossum’s “Rush Hour,” a perfect complement to Dolphy’s music.

Press Quotes:

“This eight-song collection (including one original by Kelly Rossum) appeals to Dolphy's would-be masses with a wistful and elegant set anchored by David Milne's reed work and Dave Hagedorn's ear-candy vibes.” -Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“There are exceptional musicians in our midst who can at once capture the spirit of Out to Lunch while bringing fresh and personal interpretations to the material. And the OTLQ brings together five Minnesota-based masters who individually and collectively give this project life, liberty, and the pursuit of 21st century hipness.” - Andrea Canter, JazzInk.com

“On The Out to Lunch Quintet: Live at the Artists' Quarter, Dave Milne does yeoman service trying to fill all three of Dolphy's Herculean shoes on alto sax, bass clarinet, and flute. Bassist Tom Lewis is a revelation..the best I've heard him on record - especially on the first two tracks that really stamped Dolphy's OTL as a masterpiece. Phil Hey admirably splits the difference between his own nuanced Ed Blackwell-oriented style and the torrid attack of Tony Williams on drums. Kelly Rossum is a worthy trumpet player in the Freddie Hubbard mold and contributes the lone non-Dolphy track at the end of the disc. And Dave Hagedorn, like Lewis, seems particularly inspired, putting forth the sort of percussive gusto that Bobby Hutcherson brought to the original.” -Britt Robson, City Pages

The Out to Lunch Quintet: Live at the Artists' Quarter CD can be purchased nationwide, or the web at www.otlq.com.

Hear excerpts at www.myspace.com/otlq

For more information: www.otlq.com

Photo by: © Andrea Canter

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