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Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, [1] Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence during the same era.
Oct 21, 2021 · Along with Coltrane and Coleman, Eric Dolphy played a significant role in influencing the development of the avant-garde in jazz in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He featured on Coleman’s seminal Free Jazz from 1960, and toured and recorded extensively with both Mingus and Coltrane.
Jun 25, 2024 · Eric Dolphy was an American jazz musician, a virtuoso improviser on woodwinds and a major influence on free jazz. Dolphy began playing clarinet, oboe, and alto saxophone in his youth and attended Los Angeles City College.
Jun 20, 2024 · For a tragically brief period in the early 1960s, Eric Dolphy erupted like lightning across the jazz horizon, playing with a startling, jagged, incandescent fervor that made him...
Jan 25, 2019 · Richard Brody writes about the jazz musician Eric Dolphy, whose work emerged from the bebop revolution of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell then opened it into a new dimension.
Feb 25, 2014 · Eric Dolphy's creativity was exploding early in 1964, and he was finding more players who could keep up. Out to Lunch is free and focused, dissonant and catchy, wide open and swinging all...
Aug 2, 2024 · Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s.
Feb 25, 2024 · Eric Dolphy’s avant-jazz game-changer 'Out to Lunch' is a defining document in jazz history. Here's the story of its making.
Mar 21, 2014 · Tracklist A1 Fire Waltz A2 Bee Vamp B The Prophet Credits Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet -- Eric Dolphy Bass -- Richard Davis (2) Drums -- Ed Blackwell Piano -- Mal Waldron Recorded By -- Rudy...
Aug 1, 2001 · Avant-garde and sometimes controversial, Eric Dolphy was a master of several instruments. He was one of the first musicians to record unaccompanied horn solos, and largely introduced the bass...