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Eric Dolphy

Love love love Dolphy!

It's been said already but his work with Mingus was wonderful! I always come back to Out There with his solo works but I like everything he does to varying degrees.

It's funny that he never seems to smile or enjoy himself on any video I've seen of him playing live yet every musician I have ever seen interviewed goes on and on about what a personable and gentle man he was.
 
Like Miles Davis or not, there is no doubt in history that he went too far in his bashing of Eric Dolphy during Down Beat magazine blind fold tests. Leonard Feather hated avant garde and always found that willing ally in the more conservative Davis. The comments cut Dolphy's career right down. It was unnecessary and almost cruel. No one in authority disagrees with how just a couple of public slams by Davis took Dolphy down at the knees. Shame.
 
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