included the Five Spot tracks in his list of "five essential albums" by Dolphy, and wrote: "Eric Dolphy liked plenty of solo space to express himself, and this live date at New York's Five Spot... gave him precisely that. His fiercely vocalised alto solo on 'Fire Waltz' is the stuff of legend, for many his most memorable, diverging from the linear logic and techniques of variation employed by most post-war jazz musicians." Dolphy biographers Vladimir Simosko and Barry Tepperman observed that the Five Spot recordings "present the rare opportunity to study a night's work in the club," and stated: "despite any unevenness in strength of solos or tightness of the performances, a very well-balanced and brilliant group is in evidence... the unity and wide dimensions revealed by the preservation of one night's work remain to testify to the quintet's worth and vitality." Setlist "Status Seeking" "God Bless the Child" "Aggression" "Like Someone in Love" "Fire Waltz" "Bee Vamp" (two takes) "The Prophet" "Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa)" "Booker's Waltz" Track listing Volume one "Fire Waltz" (Waldron) – 13:44 "Bee Vamp" (Little) – 12:30 "The Prophet" (Dolphy) – 21:22 "Bee Vamp" (Alternate Take) – 9:27 (Track 4 not on original LP.) Volume two "Aggression" (Little) – 17:21 "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen) – 19:58 "Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa)" (Dolphy) – 15:33 "Booker's Waltz" (Little) – 14:39 (Tracks 3-4 not on original LP.) Memorial Album "Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa)" (Dolphy) - 15:33 "Booker's Waltz" (Little) - 14:39 Personnel Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute Booker Little — trumpet Mal Waldron — piano Richard Davis — double bass Ed Blackwell — drums Sources Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. References 1961 live albums 1964 live albums Eric Dolphy live albums New Jazz Records live albums Live post-bop albums Live avant-garde jazz albums Original Jazz Classics live albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Albums recorded at the Five Spot Café