Caribé


Caribé is an album by the Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy that was recorded in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in February 1961.

Reception

reviewer Richard S. Ginell stated: "This record is the equivalent of throwing a stick of dynamite into a sedate, well-ordered dinner party, having the dynamite go off with a bang, and somehow leaving everything in its place. Such is the volatile Eric Dolphy, a serious wailer on the alto sax and even more idiosyncratic and radical on the bass clarinet, who barges into the lair of Juan Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet and doesn't perturb them in the least... Not an ideal match, then, but fascinating without a doubt".

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Casey except where noted
  1. "Caribé" – 10:05
  2. "Blues in 6/8" – 5:46
  3. "First Bass Line" – 4:04
  4. "Mambo Ricci" – 6:54
  5. "Spring Is Here" – 5:00
  6. "Sunday Go Meetin'" – 5:48

    Personnel

Performance