Eric Dolphy remains best known for brilliantly angular swansong Out to Lunch, released in 1964—the year he died. Yet the prolific, deeply exploratory musician packed his short life with bold artistic successes. His effortlessly melodic flute playing could bring out affecting nuance on a ballad like Billie Holiday's “Left Alone,” or, alongside cellist Ron Carter, introduces chamber-like introspection as with “Sketch of Melba.” On the breakneck “Status Seeking,” Dolphy's intervallic alto sax leaps set the mind reeling.