Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Quintet - Like Someone In Love

from "Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot, Vol.2" : Recorded live at the Five Spot, New York; July 16, 1961

Personnel: Eric Dolphy(fl); Booker Little(tp);
Mal Waldron(p); Richard Davis(b); Ed Blackwell(ds)

[bwanna]

Can you imagine what it was like being in that room during this? I think after they closed the doors and everybody was gone, I'd still be sitting there in delicious silence.

[jerryengelbach]

One of the all-time great tracks. Booker's solo is a masterpiece of development. Tragically, he lived only a few more months after this session. Iggy and Joe, owners of the Five Spot, should have been ashamed of that out-of-tune piano. I was never in the club at that location, but after it moved three blocks north in 1962 I visited it often and heard many fine musicians there.

[JC-ipyi]

Fisrt time I heard Eric Dolphy and Booker Little was this song back in 1979. It's been a love affair with their music ever since***

[mbiriviri]

First listened to this in college, 1965 I’d say… it’s like the world changed, expanded… wore the r ecord out… 55 years and it’s still a marvel… the way the song melds and morphs as it moves between soloists is as magic as each solo… oh how I wish there were video of this date-even more photos… —- but isn’t it a marvel that we can listen to this music that happened 60 years ago and we’re there, in The Five Spot. Sometimes when I’m listening I don’t know where I am - I’m there in 1961, I’m here… and although I know each solo like my heartbeat the surprise and astonishment never goes away as the solos unfold. Oh and how they play together!

[wbhrash]

These jams @ the 5 Spot w/Eric, Booker, Mal Waldron, Ed Blackwell & Richard Davis are absolute classics.

[fredressler]

Perfect Taoistic flow lines are always in the highest art, music and pareidolia. When i first heard this masterpiece for the first time i could eerily predict on some level what was coming next. It was not because it was corny but because Eric Dolphy plucked this music out of the fractal cosmos to present a deja vu feeling. The flute, an almost impossible instrument to play jazz of this complexity on. 56 years ago. Only 37 "likes" makes me feel in good company. One of the most humble humans especially considering his genius. The first time i saw him as a sideman with Charles Mingus he stood out in 3D and technicolor as if he were the first authentic person i had ever seen in the outer world. Playing alto sax- left foot out front he had the articulation more like a violinist than a sax play. At the end of a phrase he would jump in the air and land with his right foot out front. This wasn't a showmanship gimmick but an integral part of his body language and musicality. I remember another time after taking fantastic a solo Mr. Mingus said to him " Nice solo but too long." Eric just looked at the ground in silence. A totally humble person. I still remember the first time i brought this record home and listened to it unfold. I know now my consciousness was expanded at the time because i still remember it clearly.

[williehorne]

It's one of my favorite tunes by Eric Dolphy. I had the pleasure of seeing Mal Waldron several times in nyc in the 90s. Great band.

[Matt-kmpo]

This makes me realize how much I don’t know.

[diegosalazar]

Mal solo it´s so simply and beautiful... it made me cry...

[mitchcohn]

All time classic with virtuouso performances

[camillesimone]

MAL WALDRON is 🤯there are no words. 12:03-15:22

[gprosser]

Booker Little Quintet.. Like Someone in Love Thnx, Long So..

[edwardtracey]

Richard Davis was the last surviving musician on this recording (died autumn 2023).

[rondagatts]

I like Eric Dolphy's music playing
with the flute much more than with
the alto saxophone.

[freddym]

how can these fine pianists deal with these out of tune pianos ? Oh well i guess they are used to it ! great performance though !

[pepperwilliams]

How come all these pianos at these clubs were so out of tune?