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Eric Dolphy
Despite his death at a young age, Eric Dolphy was a pioneering free-jazz star
whose wild, expressive reed-playing took be-bop down thrilling new avenues in
the 1950s and '60s and influenced generations that followed.
Born in Los Angeles to immigrants from Panama, he started playing the clarinet
at the age of six and became obsessed with jazz after discovering Fats Waller,
Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins while playing in high school orchestras. He
earned a music scholarship to the University of Southern California when he was
just 13, before studying at the City College unde...
Oh, Lady Be GoodEric Dolphy, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
On Green Dolphin StreetEric Dolphy
Autumn LeavesWayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard
My Favorite ThingsJohn Coltrane and Eric Dolphy
Don't Blame MeEric Dolphy
How High the Moon/OrnithologyWayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard
Oh, Lady Be GoodEric Dolphy, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
George & Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good
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On Green Dolphin StreetEric Dolphy
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
Autumn LeavesWayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard
Portrait in Jazz
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My Favorite ThingsJohn Coltrane and Eric Dolphy
My Favorite Things
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Don't Blame MeEric Dolphy
Here and There
How High the Moon/OrnithologyWayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard
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