What a tone he gets out of a bass clarinet! From honks to squeaks to wails to sweet bliss. And with that groove of rhythmic bop & swing going from top to bottom through all the possible lyrical resonances. He's the wildest cat that ever blew into a reed. He's Bird, Ornette, Albert Ayler & Archie Shepp rolled into one. If only he'd have lived to give us more. And to hear him with bassists like Mingus & Richard Davis. He's the Monk of single note instruments. Give him a manzello stritch.
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
Always thought about what would have happened if Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane had been able to live and move their music into what later became Jazz Fusion. How would they have sound during the 1970s and 1980s? But what these two giants gave us still is incredible to listen to these days.
@sallemjazz1
9 жыл бұрын
Geniuses on all counts. The nearly impossible to describe greatness of Eric Dolphy. The unbelievable timekeeping of Charles Mingus. The beautifully swinging Dannie Richmond. The smile on Clifford Jordan and Johnny Coles' faces. The sheer luck that the Norwegians taped this concert.... Well that gave me a huge smile today. Thanks for posting this most incredible moment in jazz and film.
@Tomatohater64
2 жыл бұрын
Dolphy was f***ing amazing. Love all this guy's work. Gazzeloni from his "Out to Lunch" album is a masterpiece. Anybody know what year this little ditty live performance was done?
@sharonbodea7677
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tomatohater64 April 1964
@Tomatohater64
2 жыл бұрын
@@sharonbodea7677 Wow, he died shortly afterward.
@mananaadamia1657
Жыл бұрын
And Jaki Biard
@bandfreak103
13 жыл бұрын
I am taking up Bass clarinet at my school and my band director told me to look up Eric Dolphy.... wow I didnt even think that a bass clarinet could play like that is amazing wow Dr.Cannon was right
@Modes9
15 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the intervals and rapid jumps in register. He really went where no one had gone before and very few have gone since.
@bassclarinetquartet
17 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Dolphy always puts me in the best mood, great to see this clip. He really is the Godfather of modern bass clarinet: He is to us (creative bass clarinetists) what Sabbath is to Heavy Metal bands. Broke new ground, sent everything soaring to a new level while incorporating all the solid foundational elements of what came before.
@michellesveinson4550
4 жыл бұрын
You know, I play bass clarinet and I love it. Favourite instrument. The other night I was out to dinner with a friend and I noticed that at the table beside us a woman had mentioned Bass Clarinet and I tuned in, SO excited. Only to hear she was complaining about being paired up for one with a tenor saxophonist. Seems about right for the first time I hear one mentioned outside of a music room setting.
@videotra
9 ай бұрын
@@michellesveinson4550 @bassclarinetquartet Is there a whole album of Dolphy playing the bass clarinet? Other full albums of jazz musicians doing it? I really love the sound of the clarinet, and especially the bass clarinet.
@grandpasun
14 жыл бұрын
This dude had the most original sound in the history of music. I could listen to the amazing sounds all day!
@7sshare
13 жыл бұрын
If the caption is correct , this is from the year he died. Just think what this guy could have done...he would be a towering giant of American music, one of the greatest musicians of our time.
@joegargiulo7070
2 жыл бұрын
My fav jazz soloist of all time - "Charlie Parker meets Eddie Van Halen" on bass clarinet, alto or flute. Love all the comments in this thread
@wstr9963
Жыл бұрын
One of the best solo's I've ever heard. What a sound, what a player!
@Helenflute
13 жыл бұрын
I love Dolphy's playing & yey how his playing, Bass Clari - Flute is so different... love the flute playing on Gazzelloni, Out to Lunch Album.. I play Flutes/alto & Bass & Bass Clari & could never tire of listening to Dolphy great video too....
@Modes9
15 жыл бұрын
Those register jumps are totally insane! I guess the reason he isn't more influential is that that stuff is extremely difficult...on any instrument. The only three guys I can think of who attempt this are Woody Shaw, Joe Diorio, and Aydin Esen.
@hazelman
15 жыл бұрын
My FAVORITE jazz instrumentalist!!!
@paulawelsh7805
9 жыл бұрын
What can I say but his greatness was understated! Maurice
@iNerdiCia
14 жыл бұрын
He makes the bass clarinet seem like the most magnificent instrument ever! The sounds that come out of the bc is amazing! I play bass clarinet and I'm not NEARLY and talented as Dolphy.
@051963mf
7 жыл бұрын
This man was a genius, that is the best way to describe Eric Dolphy.
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
It is so good that it almost hard to believe. The rythm from the band and the intriguing playing from Eric Dolphy. Can not get any better.
@Helenflute
13 жыл бұрын
I love Dolphy's playing & yey how his playing, Bass Clari - Flute is so different... love the flute playing on Gazzelloni, Out to Lunch Album.. I play Flutes/alto & Bass & Bass Clari & could never tire of listening to Dolphy
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
In this video he is playing with a great band. But what I remember is there are many recordings when Eric Dolphy is playing with jazz club house bands while touring in Europe. The recordings from Copenhagen is what comes first to my mind, and there are a track in which he and the house band band are trying three takes on a song in different rythms. Would a thing like that happen today? Would three takes on a song be recorded and placed on a record? Do people today go to jazz clubs and listen to a soloist meeting a band for the first time? It is a great joy today experiencing the discoveries of music that were made back then.
@free_jazz
Жыл бұрын
Insane groove
@mukmuklabuguen
16 жыл бұрын
When listening to this strata of jazz for the first time, you're right, listening to other material for the underlying structure is helpful; also listening to other, older artists, to hear the progression that jazz has evolved to help the listener anticipate the alternative voicings that would be coming from a Dolphy or Coltrain (or later on, a Cecil Taylor)
@britteach
13 жыл бұрын
Dolphy at his finest.
@jimraw1
14 жыл бұрын
@Julz796 That's typical Dolphy - improvisation using lot of wide intervals (he loved twelve-tone). Dolphy is in the Ornette Coleman school (although I think he's actually more musical in his approach). There is a song there (Mingus' take on Take the A Train perhaps?), but other than fitting in the basic chord structure Dolphy is creating his own flights of fancy on a bass clarinet. As far as finding a bass clarinetist, you're best bet is either a classical orchestra or a sax player who doubles.
@tarantism
12 жыл бұрын
eric dolphy has to be my favorite jazz musician. his playing is wild ... it sounds like strangling a goose.
@MARKLINMAN1
3 жыл бұрын
Who says you need a low C Bass clarinet? Dolphy proves it right here!
@jeanhodgson8623
2 жыл бұрын
His is a slightly unusual model that goes down to its D (C in concert pitch). I heard a solo in which he played the low D.
@realmusic97
12 жыл бұрын
The best concert (next to the Thelonious monk concert) Oslo have ever experienced!!
@kreemdust6685
Жыл бұрын
ONE HELL OF A SOLO, DAMN!!!
@SmeeUncleJoe
15 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this diamond via Coltrane's live at the Village Vanguard. If you want to hear this genius at his best, check out any of the 4 versions of Spiritual on that 2 CD set. I actually admired his playing more than Coltrane's on that recording and that's saying a lot.
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
That box my sister bought me for Christmas almost twenty years ago. A great gift. Can recommend anyone to get the hands on one of the boxes.
@samuelkorg1
3 жыл бұрын
Sensacional.
@LuLibbyLu
12 жыл бұрын
Bass Clarinet Forever!!
@maciek_d
13 жыл бұрын
Mingus keeps it cool. What a groove!
@RonCarterBassist
Жыл бұрын
This is classic.
@BrokenBonesStudios
15 жыл бұрын
such a beautiful instrumet. i wonder why more people don't play it.
@BoredAtHome44
15 жыл бұрын
I didnt know a bass clarinet could do that. lol. this is awesome
@cccustard
15 жыл бұрын
Dolphy. The most underrated sax player of his generation. Had Coltrane not existed, he would have been a god.
@mananaadamia1657
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@doubleredsx3
16 жыл бұрын
oh god, this is amazing! beautiful! so this is what heaven sounds like!
@killingnatalie
16 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is just....amazing. I'm going to get my jazz band director to let me just play my bass instead of sounding bad on tenor sax xD
@ktwheels44
14 жыл бұрын
Dolphy went into diabetic shock on his last gig--sadly Mingus was not there to help his best friend. Dolphy=genius!
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
Think I read somewhere the he got some wrong medication in Germany. Do not know if it is true.
@ktwheels44
2 ай бұрын
@@accordionSWE it's actually way more disturbing and heartbreaking. It was a mystery for years but the truth finally came out. I can't tell the story...too much to handle.
@hazelman
17 жыл бұрын
We "Big Clarinet" players are the heart and soul of the band!!! Alto, Bassett Horn, Bass, Contra Alto, AND Contrabass. WE ROCK!!!!!!
@supineny
15 жыл бұрын
at 3:50? i'd guess he's creating the slurry shake between two notes with his embouchure. he's got most of the pads closed, and he's getting overtones to sound without moving his fingers. Making the clarinet behave a bit like a bugle.
@accordionSWE
2 ай бұрын
What happens there and two seconds later is magnificient. In a few seconds it is like a time machine from New Orleans to the future. The grit, the dist and the pulsating rythm. When Take The A Train once were written who could imagine how it would be played in a way breaking musical conventions?
@TwinkieAndCrazy
16 жыл бұрын
He is absolutely amazing I wish I could play bass clarinet like that. I play Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute but I am no where near 1/4 as amazing like him. The way he goes from high to low without squeaking is amazing.
@OLI-ODDITORIUM
15 жыл бұрын
holy crap!!!!!! this man is soooo cool i wanna sound like him one day on my b.c......im in love
@jazzzak
17 жыл бұрын
Bob Mintzer is probably the best jazz bass clarinetist now
@jeanhodgson8623
2 жыл бұрын
I played Eric playing bass clarinet on the "Last Date" album for my Dad. He said it sounds like a turkey cock being chased around a farmyard. He used to say "Have they caught that turkey yet?".
@gotham61
15 жыл бұрын
Johnny Coles trumpet, Clifford Jordan tenor, Jaki Byard piano, Dannie Richmond drums.
@RyaZila
18 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! simply amazine
@mananaadamia1657
3 жыл бұрын
I love Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy
@jackbanpk
14 жыл бұрын
i've got my music exam tomorrow but i find this more worth my while
@liamwatson5125
4 жыл бұрын
Eric Dolphy sure was a good bass clarinet player.
@ethanw7943
4 жыл бұрын
He is fucking terrible.
@liamwatson5125
4 жыл бұрын
Wild Raved I wouldn’t say he was terrible, but he did play the instrument like nobody else could.
@JohnBrow
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Vertical Chromaticism, enjoy the ride! +1
@Galactu5
15 жыл бұрын
this is killin me it's so good!
@jazzsaxophone
18 жыл бұрын
perfect...bass clarinet as it was meant to beeeee!!!
@7sshare
13 жыл бұрын
@swuzzups I'm glad you feel that way. Most people have never heard of him.
@mananaadamia1657
2 жыл бұрын
Danny is amazing
@jazzsaxophone
17 жыл бұрын
Listen to Stravinsky, Bartok, John Cage, Rollins and Parker.....Dophly has all this in there and more...he an underappreciated genious.
@233kid
13 жыл бұрын
@jbs4em me 2!!! he sounds amazing on sax, bass clarinet and flute. His playing is seamless between the instruments!
@DLuebbert
14 жыл бұрын
Do a Google search using the search term "Dolphy Mingus notice Oslo". Gene Santoro's Mingus biography "Myself When I Am Real: The Life And Music of Charles Mingus" reports "In Oslo on April 13, 1964, Dolphy finalized his leaving. He would stay in Europe after the tour." You can back up now and ask Santoro your question, but presumably one of the other musicians that he interviewed remembered how and when it happened. The answer for a question like this is usually: a book.
@PhiloKingNando
14 жыл бұрын
i felt speechless when dolphy plays that bass clarinet you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@mukmuklabuguen
16 жыл бұрын
I played for 9 years, and yeah, do it quick and you can squeak, not matter how hard you try not to
@jwh88
16 жыл бұрын
Johnny Coles (tpt); Eric Dolphy (as,fl,bcl); Clifford Jordan (ts); Jaki Byard (pno); Charles Mingus (bass,comp,arr); Dannie Richmond (dr).
@TallFastLoud
15 жыл бұрын
Such a cool sound, besides the great playing.
@iiirhd
16 жыл бұрын
amazing mr dolphy
@organatron
Жыл бұрын
Grande Márcio
@DYNODRUM
14 жыл бұрын
If ,you Listen to Joshua Redmen ,I feel He stylizes ,Dolphy alot in His solo's and Playing .Another Immense Player....
@jpapare
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this post. I never knew of Eric Dolphy, and now that he has been gone for 32 years, I am just learning about him. I would think that in the 60's he would not have had a large American audience. I am not a musician (can you tell?). But, I think if I had heard him then I would have liked his work. I am going to seek out more videos of his music.
@mambojazz1
2 жыл бұрын
Not quite true. Dolphy was touring musician constantly on the road and he even joined John Coltrane's quartet which in the early 60's was the absolute most famous group in all of jazz. As far as avant garde playing it isn't any more popular now than it was in the 60's
@ZeldafanRai
14 жыл бұрын
I never thought jazz bass clarinet was a possibility. I have now been proven wrong.
@donnscottshetler
12 жыл бұрын
He is so young I figured it out later and that is Danny Richmond on drums I believe the rmor on him is he was a sax player originally
@HupFlupper
12 жыл бұрын
that bassist's name is Charles Mingus
@luckymeaaa
15 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@DYNODRUM
13 жыл бұрын
"How Great Thou Art" !! --"Dolphy Trailblazed His Own Path ", and even though J. Redman Is Great [.He plays alot like This at Times].. Its, been done . Mr. Funn Mingus, plays Bass Drum on Floor ,count In.. "These Masters are a Painting in Progress" .Danny Richmond, Jakie Byard, etc. Unreal,, 64' ON THE FLOOR...
@fiddlercrab3
15 жыл бұрын
Right on. He finished, and then they gave him.... another four bar intro? Yep.
@angelservin20
15 жыл бұрын
he is the best
@warsd4
12 жыл бұрын
@donnscottshetler It's Charles Mingus. This was actually his band.
@robert101455
13 жыл бұрын
@jesusisaklingon "The bassist" is Charles Mingus.
@vedicardi
4 жыл бұрын
the greatest
@Carus0e
15 жыл бұрын
Similar , but there are more cross fingerings at the bottom of the registers
@frubafreak17
16 жыл бұрын
YAY! BASS CLARINET!!
@theCount1968
11 жыл бұрын
genius, and thanks for the post!
@extremesushirolling
15 жыл бұрын
eric dolphy is my 2nd favorite jazz musician (coltrane is 1st) this video is awesome too bad the tenor solo was cut short
@brandonborn9540
4 жыл бұрын
extremesushirolling full video is posted
@benjamineastwood5616
5 жыл бұрын
4:35 when you’re solo goes on to long so the bass player has to intervene
@kaspafischer
5 жыл бұрын
hahahaha
@LunaMilkyWay29
14 жыл бұрын
@Everlast237 Nopie. You just have to adjust your embouchure, since it requires a bigger mouthpiece. You'd have to take a bigger 'bite.' Yes, the reed is bigger, and you're maybe better off with a 2 and a half, or a 3. New fingering chart, yes, but it's not very different from the clarinet, honestly. You don't have to relearn everything. It's very similar, yet different.
@kefirmsk
14 жыл бұрын
@William864 I'm pretty shure that there is the Charles Mingus Sixtet on this video.
@donnscottshetler
12 жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@talhavai
14 жыл бұрын
i can park a truck in between his intervals. what grace...
@ezeroh1
14 жыл бұрын
haacho hacho hacho hachoo etc. dolphys the man
@startygwint
12 жыл бұрын
I bet he was practicing 24/7
@alansouzacruz970
5 жыл бұрын
Great
@shakuhachi
16 жыл бұрын
dolphy is on fire, here!!!!
@limosince2007
14 жыл бұрын
played bass clarinet for a while. god damn, thats a fun instrument to play
@jimboro67
15 жыл бұрын
Mingus had issues with Dolphy because of his really long solos. He was freaking brilliant! Awesome clip.
@Carus0e
15 жыл бұрын
You are supposed to use a peg, like on a bass violin. Look at the bottom of the bend in the bell, there is a receptacle for the peg. Now go get one.
@sound2fury
15 жыл бұрын
it's common for other players to step away from their instruments while one of them is soloing. It doesn't imply anything.
@mexicotaco0913
11 жыл бұрын
he actually did.
@peekabookity
16 жыл бұрын
that's true, but they do sound different and you can't really compare the sound of the two
@raulagarcia4744
2 жыл бұрын
Shaman!
@millymille1
14 жыл бұрын
Amzing
@jude4312
15 жыл бұрын
think he is. he was in downbeat jazz hall of fame before coltrane.
@jude4312
15 жыл бұрын
take A train by billy strayhorn. p398 in realbook :)
@PabloJuncosaLopez
14 жыл бұрын
3:02 Rhythm section enters on the 3rd beat of the bar? Eric Dolphy is a little piss off moving the head and his hand. Am I right? Did you guys count when I plays alone?
@jonnyfrog
15 жыл бұрын
I love eric dolphy's playing. he treats his instrument as if it were a woman.
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