ERIC DOLPHY, Come Sunday (Duke Ellington)

For me this is the most artful (in the context of Coltrane’s improvisational revolution) performance of Ellington’s masterpiece.

Davis’s slow hand bass sounds like a violin, and lends a brooding, pensive stature to sublimely melodic harmonies that meld in a painterly fusion of bluesy tonal bliss.  

3rd track from Dolphy's "Iron Man" Album. Recorded 1 and 4 Jul 1963 NYC.
Eric Dolphy - bass clarinet; J.C. Moses - drums; Eddie Khan - bass; Huey Simmons - alto saxophone;
Richard Davis - bass; Bobby Hutcherson - vibes; Woody Shaw - trumpet; Clifford Jordan - soprano saxophone; Prince Lasha - flute.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqt-qPrP7yo