![]() He was also one of the first (after Coleman Hawkins) to record unaccompanied horn solos, preceding Anthony Braxton by five years. Although the alto was his main axe, Dolphy was the first flutist to move beyond bop (influencing James Newton) and he largely introduced the bass clarinet to jazz as a solo instrument. Andrew Hovan, published on March 6, 2015. His improvisations utilized very wide intervals, a variety of nonmusical speechlike sounds, and its own logic. Eric Dolphy: Music Matters and Blue Notes 75th: Eric Dolphys Out to Lunch album review by C. While most of the other "free jazz" players sounded very serious in their playing, Dolphy's solos often came across as ecstatic and exuberant. Eric Dolphy and Jimmy Giuffre chamber jazz with an edge. ![]() Either way, Out to Lunch has made enough of an impression within the critical industrial complex to earn it a ranking of No. mixing lovely originals with tunes by Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. ![]() His music fell into the "avant-garde" category yet he did not discard chordal improvisation altogether (although the relationship of his notes to the chords was often pretty abstract). Counterbalance: Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch. Eric Dolphy was a true original with his own distinctive styles on alto, flute, and bass clarinet. ![]()
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