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I put it off for decades, but finally got around to hearing this record :https://www.discogs.com/Severino-Gazzelloni-Aloys-Kontarsky-Music-For-Solo-Flute-Music-For-Flute-And-Piano/release/1127326

If you really like Dolphy's flute playing, this is a really rewarding listen, a kindred spirit on the instrument, perhaps, and somebody of whom Dolphy was definitely aware.

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As acerbic as Dolphy's tone was on alto and bass clarinet (and I don't mean that negatively)...

...I think it's astounding how pure his tone and technique were on flute -- arguably as good as anyone outside of a handful of upper echelon classical players.  Three wonderful flute tracks on the less-well-known (posthumous) Other Aspects (Blue Note, 1987).  Here's the first one:

 

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2 hours ago, JSngry said:

I put it off for decades, but finally got around to hearing this record :https://www.discogs.com/Severino-Gazzelloni-Aloys-Kontarsky-Music-For-Solo-Flute-Music-For-Flute-And-Piano/release/1127326

If you really like Dolphy's flute playing, this is a really rewarding listen, a kindred spirit on the instrument, perhaps, and somebody of whom Dolphy was definitely aware.

yeah, that Time LP is great. Bought it years ago for precisely this reason.

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while looking at the Dolphy site, I stumbled upon this really nice report on Dolphy's Dutch tour

http://adale.org/Discographies/KartingHolland.html

there's also a letter by Dolphy, written three weeks after the above recording (and probably delivered more or less on his final day...)  "can [you] let me know what Han Bennink is doing the rest of the summer and how I can get in touch with him"

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