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Music Appreciation

eppur_se_muova

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5. Here's what is probably his best-known recording ... Green Dolphin Street. He really used the upper range on that bass!

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:25 PM

13 hrs ago

He was so closely associated with this tune that some people -- including me -- thought that he had written it ! Actually, Bronislaw Kaper, a Polish-born movie soundtrack composer, did. But a quick check w/Google shows that some people still think Dolphy was the composer !

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"Take The A Train" by Charles Mingus Sextet w/ Eric Dolphy (live) [View all] JohnnyRingo 23 hrs ago OP

Eric Dolphy was one of the very few people in the world who ever got famous for playing the **BASS CLARINET** eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #1

I thought at 1st it was Dolphy on the clarinet.... JohnnyRingo 17 hrs ago #2

Dolphy was a huge influence to players, but made very few recordings (partly by choice) -- he said only live jazz was eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #3

I confess I never heard of him. JohnnyRingo 14 hrs ago #4

Here's what is probably his best-known recording ... Green Dolphin Street. He really used the upper range on that bass! eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #5