Dedicated to Dolphy is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake, recorded in 1994 for the Italian Black Saint label.Black Saint Records discography accessed July 7, 2011 The album is Lake's second tribute to multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, following Prophet (1984).
Reception The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden described the album as "an excellent salute to Dolphy with a couple of strong Lake originals thrown in for good measure".Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed July 7, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Eric Dolphy, except as indicated "Fire Waltz" (Mal Waldron) - 7:04 "Hat and Beard" - 4:10 "Feather" (Hale Smith) - 5:49 "245" - 8:19 "Miss Ann" - 6:21 "Something Sweet, Something Tender" - 5:39 "November '80" (Oliver Lake) - 2:18 "Page Four" (Lake) - 6:34 "G.W." - 8:30 Recorded at East Side Sound in New York City on November 1, 2 and 8, 1994
Personnel Oliver Lake - alto saxophone Russel Gunn - trumpet Charles Eubanks - piano Belden Bullock - bass Cecil Brooks III- drums
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