POTSA LOTSA – THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ERIC DOLPHY

Silke Eberhard (as), Patrick Braun (ts), Nikolaus Neuser (t), Gerhard Gschlößl (tb). The complete works of Eric Dolphy newly arranged, freshly interpreted, expanded by means of improvisation, and brought up to date for performance by Silke Eberhard and a quartet especially formed for the purpose - Dolphy for today. His music has a mildly provocative character that presents a creative challenge. Through painstaking research Eberhard was able to track down every single one of Eric Dolphy s compositions that he played himself not only the classics that can be found on recordings, but also such rarities as Strength with Unity in a radio recording by an ensemble of eight French horns. The slightly mysterious title of the piece Potsa Lotsa, which may have no deeper meaning than a play with rhyming words, is the perfect title for this album, which is simultaneously the rediscovery and the new discovery of Eric Dolphy.