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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
George & Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good
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Autumn LeavesWayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard
Portrait in Jazz
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Come SundayEric Dolphy
Iron Man
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On Green Dolphin StreetEric Dolphy
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
You Don't Know What Love IsEric Dolphy
Latin Soul
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Don't Blame MeEric Dolphy
Here and There
