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	'''Eric Dolphy''' (June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]] - June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany).		'''Eric Dolphy''' (June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]] - June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany).

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-[[Image:Ericdolphy.jpg|800px|right|thumb|Eric Dolphy]]
+[[File:Ericdolphy.jpg|500px|right|Eric Dolphy.]]
-[[Eric Dolphy|Eric Allan Dolphy]] (June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]] - June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany).
 '''Eric Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]]. He also played on [[Oliver Nelson]]'s ''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]'' (1961). Dolphy was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
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 Dolphy was mentioned in the title of ''[[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]]'' on ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'' (1969), where Zappa namedrops ''"you're probably out to lunch"'' in the lyrics of ''[[Oh No]]''. [[Cal Schenkel]]'s cover design for ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]'' was originally intended for an album by Dolphy that was never released.
 ==External links==

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-[[Image:Ericdolphy.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Eric Dolphy]]
+[[Image:Ericdolphy.jpg|800px|right|thumb|Eric Dolphy]]
 [[Eric Dolphy|Eric Allan Dolphy]] (June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]] - June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany).
-'''Eric Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]]. He also played on [[Oliver Nelson]]'s ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1960). Dolphy was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
+'''Eric Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]]. He also played on [[Oliver Nelson]]'s ''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]'' (1961). Dolphy was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
 One of his most influential, and highly regarded, albums was ''[[wikipedia:Out to Lunch (album)|Out To Lunch]]'' (1964). Shortly after the album was released Dolphy died from undiagnosed diabetes, while touring in Europe with [[Charles Mingus]].
 ==Frank Zappa and Eric Dolphy==
-Interviewed by David Reitman (Rock Magazine, 25 January 1971), Zappa said that the liked two albums by Dolphy, ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' and ''Iron Man''. <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-01_Rock.htm</ref>
+Interviewed by David Reitman (Rock Magazine, 25 January 1971), Zappa said that the liked two albums by Dolphy, ''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]'' (actually an [[Oliver Nelson]] album on which Dolphy performs along) and ''[[Iron Man]]''. <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-01_Rock.htm</ref>
 ''"I used to listen to Eric Dolphy albums and I really liked 'em. Most of the people I knew didn't. And then he was dead."'' - [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[Frank Zappa Makes A Jazz Noise]]'', [[Down Beat]], July 1991.

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	==Frank Zappa and Eric Dolphy==		==Frank Zappa and Eric Dolphy==
		+	Interviewed by David Reitman (Rock Magazine, 25 January 1971), Zappa said that the liked two albums by Dolphy, ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' and ''Iron Man''. <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-01_Rock.htm</ref>

	''"I used to listen to Eric Dolphy albums and I really liked 'em. Most of the people I knew didn't. And then he was dead."'' - [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[Frank Zappa Makes A Jazz Noise]]'', [[Down Beat]], July 1991.		''"I used to listen to Eric Dolphy albums and I really liked 'em. Most of the people I knew didn't. And then he was dead."'' - [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[Frank Zappa Makes A Jazz Noise]]'', [[Down Beat]], July 1991.

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 [[Category:Clarinetists|Dolphy]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Favorite Musicians|Dolphy]]
+[[Category:Favorite Jazz Composers|Dolphy]]
 [[Category:Jazz Composers|Dolphy]]

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-[[Image:Ericdolphy.jpg|right|frame|Eric Dolphy]]
+[[Image:Ericdolphy.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Eric Dolphy]]
-[[Eric Dolphy|Eric Allan Dolphy]] (Born June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]], CA. Died  June 29, 1964 in Berlin, Germany).
+[[Eric Dolphy|Eric Allan Dolphy]] (June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]] - June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany).
-'''Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]].
+'''Eric Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]]. He also played on [[Oliver Nelson]]'s ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1960). Dolphy was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
-He was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
+One of his most influential, and highly regarded, albums was ''[[wikipedia:Out to Lunch (album)|Out To Lunch]]'' (1964). Shortly after the album was released Dolphy died from undiagnosed diabetes, while touring in Europe with [[Charles Mingus]].
-One of [[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]]'s most influential, and highly regarded, albums was [[wikipedia:Out to Lunch (album)|Out To Lunch]], a phrase [[Biography|Zappa]] used in the lyrics of [[Oh No]], in 1964. Shortly after the album was released '''Dolphy''' died from undiagnosed diabetes, while touring in Europe with [[Charles Mingus|Mingus]].
+==Frank Zappa and Eric Dolphy==
-Dolphy's name, and work, popped up again as a theme [[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]] on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] in 1969, and it is claimed that part of the cover design for [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] was originally intended for an album by [[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]] that was never released.
+''"I used to listen to Eric Dolphy albums and I really liked 'em. Most of the people I knew didn't. And then he was dead."'' - [[Frank Zappa]], ''[[Frank Zappa Makes A Jazz Noise]]'', [[Down Beat]], July 1991.
-[[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]] is included in the [[:Category:Freak Out! (The List)|list of names]] on the [[Freak Out!]] cover.
+Zappa mentioned Eric Dolphy in the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'' (1966), under the heading: ''"These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them"''.
-==See Also==
+Dolphy was mentioned in the title of ''[[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]]'' on ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'' (1969), where Zappa namedrops ''"you're probably out to lunch"'' in the lyrics of ''[[Oh No]]''. [[Cal Schenkel]]'s cover design for ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]'' was originally intended for an album by Dolphy that was never released.
-[[wikipedia:Eric Dolphy|Wikipedia article on Eric Dolphy]]
+==External links==
 [[Category:Influences|Dolphy]]

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 [[Eric Dolphy|Eric Allan Dolphy]] (Born June 20, 1928 [[Los Angeles]], CA. Died  June 29, 1964 in Berlin, Germany).
-'''Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[wikipedia:John Coltrane|John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]].
+'''Dolphy''' was an influential jazz multi-instrumentalist (flute/alto saxophone/bass clarinet) who played with artists such as [[wikipedia:Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Charles Mingus]].
 He was classically trained and admired the works of [[Edgard Varèse]] (he recorded [[wikipedia:Density 21.5|Density 21.5]]) and supported the [[wikipedia:Third Stream|Third Stream movement]].
-One of [[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]]'s most influential, and highly regarded, albums was [[wikipedia:Out to Lunch (album)|Out To Lunch]], a phrase [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] used in the lyrics of [[Oh No]], in 1964. Shortly after the album was released '''Dolphy''' died from undiagnosed diabetes, while touring in Europe with [[Charles Mingus|Mingus]].
+One of [[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]]'s most influential, and highly regarded, albums was [[wikipedia:Out to Lunch (album)|Out To Lunch]], a phrase [[Biography|Zappa]] used in the lyrics of [[Oh No]], in 1964. Shortly after the album was released '''Dolphy''' died from undiagnosed diabetes, while touring in Europe with [[Charles Mingus|Mingus]].
 Dolphy's name, and work, popped up again as a theme [[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]] on [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] in 1969, and it is claimed that part of the cover design for [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] was originally intended for an album by [[Eric Dolphy|Dolphy]] that was never released.
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 [[wikipedia:Eric Dolphy|Wikipedia article on Eric Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Influences|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Influences|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Saxophonists|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Saxophonists|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Clarinetists|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Clarinetists|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Favorite Artists|Dolphy]]
-[[Category:Jazz Composers|Dolphy, Eric]]
+[[Category:Jazz Composers|Dolphy]]