Russ Johnson: Out to Lunch February 29, 2008

"Out to Lunch" is considered Eric Dolphy's masterpiece, a work of brilliant complexity, that pulls the listener into its ceaseless flow, famously described as "too out to be in" too, in to be out. Fundamental to the foundation of free jazz, Dolphy was hailed by Chales Mingus as the most perceptive interpreter of his music, and Coltrane thought him his only musical equal.