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Last Date
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Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
Misha Mengelberg – piano
Jacques Schols – double bass
Han Bennink – drums
収録
1. "Epistrophy"
2. "South Street Exit"
3. "The madrig speaks, the panther walks"
4. …