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I think if Dolphy had lived longer, he would have eventually been viewed at the same level as Coltrane or Mingus. His sound was sometimes like Monk playing bra
by zeruch 3y ago
I think if Dolphy had lived longer, he would have eventually been viewed at the same level as Coltrane or Mingus. His sound was sometimes like Monk playing brass.
- inopinatus 3y agoHe sure left the stage early and for all the wrong reasons, but to this saxophonist-flautist at least, Dolphy already is on that level. At the Five Spot changed everything.
- zeruch 3y agoFor me it was "Out To Lunch" and the live concert in I think 64, with Mingus. He just shone. A few years back I did an exhibition of jazz portraits at the now defunct Cafe Stritch where he was one of the bigger prominent works: https://www.deviantart.com/zeruch/art/eric-dolphy-v5-19366488 https://www.deviantart.com/zeruch/art/eric-dolphy-v5-1936648... I think its the phrasing that just does it for me.