love that record with him as leader and dolphy... forget the name. top of the line musician. he will be very much missed.
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Ooh, don't know that record, I don't think (what's Dolphy playing on it?).
read a statistic for lifespan of artists, shortest are jazz musicians - average 42 or something like that. (painters - 64, symphony conductors - 86 - longest.)
Percussion Bitter Sweet. A monster.
Dolphy plays alto, bass clarinet and flute (wonderfully).
There's a bunch of those, I think, I don't know any titles offhand, but Mingus/Roach were especially fine on Money Jungle with Duke Ellington, Jazz at Massey Hall and several Bud Powell trio albums.maybe a Mingus record with Roach as guest...
Just 36!i don't think the man was capable of playing any other way. he passed at the age of 42, no?
I admit I only know the work he did with my compatriots Polwechsel, Wrapped Islands and such but I'll certainly look out for more.Such superb musicianship and political clear-sightedness - I wonder who makes records like these nowadays? :slanted:
John Butcher?
my compatriots Polwechsel