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By the time he made Outward Bound, Eric Dolphy had left his native California and come east as part of Chico Hamiltons group, settling in New York in 1960 and becoming part of Charles Mingus group. This, his first recording as a leader, brought comparisons to Ornette Coleman even though the two were really parallel figures in the then-emerging avant-garde. Dolphy did not eschew changes, as Coleman did, but used them in new ways. This 1960 LP is significant not only for Dolphys alto saxophone playing, but for his individual approach to the flute and, particularly, bass clarinet