Eric Dolphy - Naima

[@KarlFerris]

I was at the 'Le Chat Qui Peche' club in Paris on June 11, 1964, and was invited back stage by Eric whom I had met with Charles Mingus earlier in Vancouver...then later in 1967, I introduced Jimi Hendrix to his music in London, while I was photographing his "Are You Experienced" Album cover...Rest In Peace & Love.

[@kebell21]

That’s bullshit you’re bullshitting me

[@TheJoseHLeal]

A masterful musician gone too soon. Love his music since my teen years in the 1960s, RIP forever Mr Dolphy...

[@NasteeJo]

Ladies & gentlemens, this is music.

[@Ewerb7]

Eric was a very unique jazz player. Everything was a little odd, yet all brilliant. He was one of a kind. Where his vision came from I don't know, but his fellow jazz giants recognized that he was special. Coltrane, Mingus, and many others acknowledged his unique musicianship. He was really special.

[@MegaCirse]

No more special than these peers, but it is a point of detail in the history of Jazz

[@Suchapill]

Well said. He died so young because of a mistake. A great jazz musician who did not drink and drug.

[@Tomatohater64]

Dolphy and Monk in a studio together with an enigmatic producer: Heaven or Hell?

[@danjv]

Eric's mother reported that as a youth he was fond of imitating bird sounds with his instrument.

[@danterosenberg7506]

Well said. He was definitely a pioneer within the genre

[@eddiebrown1347]

This song is one of the reasons they say that jazz is the CLASSICAL MUSIC OF AMERICA! AMEN!

[@TohFan-h4b]

Omg I love this so much and as a Bass Clarinet player this is the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard I can’t believe how great of an artist Eric Dolphy was!!!!!

[@luistarantino239]

Eric Dolphy Forever! Thanks

[@plattenkreisel6686]

Bass - Jacques B. Hess Bass Clarinet - Eric Dolphy Congas - Jacky Bambou Drums - Franco Manzecchi Tenor Saxophone - Nathan Davis Trumpet - Donald Byrd

[@shnootch]

recorded in europe?

[@johnwelbornon4835]

Plattenkreisel

[@zdunas23]

album name?

[@allthewoointheworld]

damn thats real right there

[@PatrickManzecchi]

Hi, the son of drummer Franco Manzecchi here. It's Jacky Bambou on congas and not Billy Brooks. The session is called "Last Recordings" and was made at ORTF studios in Paris (F) on june 11, 1964.

[@amd77j]

Eric Dolphy was a visionary.......

[@stavrosk.2868]

2 musicians eternally regretted to have died too young: Hendrix and Dolphy. NO ONE could and can play the bass clarinet like Dolphy.

[@hotgaljolene2401]

and if only he had gotten diagnosed with diabetes he would probably have lived to see the turn of the century.

[@gabeeskridge8291]

John Coltrane , Clifford Brown , Scott Lafaro. They may qualify for your list lol.

[@mr.m4241]

>>NO ONE could and can play the bass clarinet like Dolphy.... Oh yeah? You might wanna check out Bennie Maupin and Marcus Miller.....Not Dolphy, but geniuses in their own right and could DEFINITELY hold a candle to him. And Yusuf Lateef just might be THE most fascinating reed player that ever blew a horn. Dolphy is indeed legendary, but pump your brakes on the qualifier of "NO ONE" man.

[@jozuecoronel10]

​@@mr.m4241 at the end of the day who is "the best" is smth subjective. but i feel some people might have never get that far without people open the doors to this world of new posibilities, under that arguement i could possibly say without dolphy none of those artist you mentioned would existed the same way charlie parker inspired everybody. thats what i think

[@berylgreen1973]

Dolphy stops me in my tracks with his genius. The others are great in this recording but he is just "off the charts" sublime. A true genius.

[@Suchapill]

Out to Lunch

[@Tomatohater64]

This guy performed his music with all 5 senses meshed at once. Sublime is indeed a good word for it.

[@ryanphelan6861]

As Oscar says he was the instrument. Whichever might be in his hand

[@ryanphelan6861]

Dolphy is my favorite. Miles my hero for so much influence , but listen dolphy on oliver nelson's the blues and the abstract truth. Stolen moments is chilling one of those songs like so what, that seems so familiar like we were born with a ring of it in our head. Mingus adored him, trane said , which was unheard of, he was his only equal though they were quite different. Eric on alto, bass clarinet, flute. Listen to dolphy solo on clarinet do God bless the child and many music students still find it cutting edge implementation of instrument just that far ahead of his time. 50 years ahead of his tine or just shooting bstar. Marvelous picture!!!!!! The VV recordings with Cotrane naima, spiritual, miles mode, its just incredible and his work with Mingus. Just love his sound thanks for posting!! He is well recorded and photographed thankfully theres a back and white with him and trane with flute in hands two horns hanging from neck...its incredible Clarinet is huge but trane similary multiple instruments.

[@hoveybrock459]

Dolphy, as always, is incandescent.

[@bingochoice]

easily one of the most accomplished musicians thats ever lived, on any instrument..way ahead of his time...pure genius

[@YetundeKarade]

Soooo true!!!👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@gillescoquempot6785]

Dolphy is my favorite, Rest in Peace

[@stanmenshic8993]

Possibly the most beautiful solo sax entrance ever, followed by the most stunning cover of a Coltrane song ever, beyond out there, if this was Eric's last studio session, what truly amazing farewell to the planet earth.

[@insaneevillogan]

I don’t know if I should correct you in the fact that that’s a bass clarinet because maybe it’s what you meant, with it being so similar to sax. It is a bass clarinet though

[@dibblethwaite]

It's a bass clarinet on the intro. Nothing like a saxophone. The next two solos are trumpet and tenor sax. Then Eric's back on bass clarinet.,

[@q12aw50]

“Sax”

[@glynncampbell3930]

Solo was on bass clarinet not saxophone.

[@corneliuscarr9188]

He could play solo instrument like bass clarinet on Naima. One of his albums was Eric playing solo flute. Nothing but him and the flute. Like a bird. From another world.

[@redpunk]

+Cornelius Carr He did flute a damned good flute. And he fluted it pretty goddammed well.

[@Barbeta13]

Cornelius Carr what's the album mate ?

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@Barbeta13 it doesn't exist, I think he made a little mistake: there are two solo tracks in Other Aspects. Not Eric's top in my opinion

[@bluefirth2257]

@@emilianoturazzi Might have meant the album "'Last Date', and the sublime track You Don't Know What Love Is.

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@bluefirth2257 or maybe he is talking about some other album I don't remember... only sure thing is that Dolphy never recorded a solo flute album :)

[@iaincooper6164]

Dolphy's one of those players with such a distinct melodic approach, you always know it's him... what a true original, and what a beautiful version this track is

[@pvmorgan340]

Eric Dolphy was truly a masterful musician! Gone Too Soon RIP 🎷🎷❤🖤💚💛

[@donnaj9964]

Glorious--what a ride!

[@paulmartin199]

What a wonderful tale they weave.

[@wbhrash]

Unique interpretation of a Coltrane classic. My first time hearing it and I've been a fan of Eric's for YEARS.

[@louisef.9137]

Imagine having this gorgeous tune written just for you--"Naima"--then hearing Dolphy's version on bass clarinet, on which he is astounding...would this be humbling? How wonderful...I swear, Dolphy was beyond awe-inspiring when he blew this woody, delightful instrument...musical perfection!

[@murpsman]

Why in God's name are there 71 thumbs down on this masterpiece?

[@spiritandtruth6389]

Cause they were looking for Nelly and found Naima!

[@JavierGarcia-wi9yp]

Innecesarias las congas! La introducción lo mas impresionante..! Wooowww!

[@l.h.507]

This is a beautiful rendition of Naima. I could listen to this on repeat-play all day. And, this photo of Dolphy ... love it!

[@MSYNGWIE12]

I am not versed in jazz, love it but uneducated, but this "cat" seems ahead of his time?! Wow! Perhaps a love letter to his friend John Coltrane- wow! again. To be worthy of such a send off and remembrance...

[@ああ-y9o7n]

ドルフィーは、いつ誰にとっても音楽のひとつになれる救世主

[@RogerMFox-vw5cm]

...Dolphy Lives...4~Ever...Much Love To The Family, Fox...

[@tomsmith522]

I never heard the Dolphy version...a blessing, very spiritual music 🎶🕉️🎵🎼

[@railcar123]

Dolphy's solo is off the charts on this one...beyond awesome.

[@MegaCirse]

C'est beau comme la rencontre d'abord improbable, puis fortuite d'un parapluie et d'une machine à coudre sur une table de dissection !

[@tedpowers2045]

Eric sound is like outside but still in A good transition to getting your ears hip to avant-garde

[@kevintole7212]

Its just such an open frame that allows, for instance, Don Byrd to play that sensational solo near the beginning, and Eric's playing is, as ever, inventive, lyrical and in tune with Coltrane's composition.

[@daatpendesigns]

MASTERS OF JAZZ - LEGENDS OF JAZZ - ERIC DOLPHY

[@bblackston1]

This version of Naima is on automatic repeat for me!

[@vilmadibella1212]

Wonderful!

[@kikasanchez7264]

Beautiful

[@jomac4612]

SUPERB - GENIUS unique rendition.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

somewhere along the line jazz sounded freer and happier and more soulful and thoughtful

[@Voiletflames_2]

Eric truly talks through his playing. awesome for suspense thriller psychedelic form of playing.

[@bwanna23]

reminds me of Jimi Hendrix

[@jefflanaghan6327]

There have been many fine jazz musicians whose recordings could be played softly in the background and still deliver pleasure to anyone in the room. But, someone as unique and different as Dolphy requires more intense listening and attention to derive the same pleasure. If there is something else demanding my attention I can't listen to someone like Dolphy without feeling somewhat agitated and cheated because I couldn't concentrate on the music. Thank God for headphones and geniuses such as Eric Dolphy!

[@kevinstewart3029]

The beauty of this music for me is only its uniqueness but it's sincerity! You see to be the best at something implies that your number 1 but to be unique is to be the only one...

[@wraitheful]

vintage tube consoles were built for jazz and classical and they’re perfect.

[@BopWalk]

You guys should check out the 2 different versions of Naima on the complete Villiage Vanguard Collection with John Coltrane, beautiful bass clarinet solo featurings.

[@billturley627]

my uncle taught me this on piano and played it on tenor at a concert about a month before he passed. On piano i have found that it fits nicely with some of Ravels short pieces.

[@TheRocknrollmaniac]

Far out

[@pierantoniomicciarelli5563]

Absolutely stunning and sublime. A real hypnotic mantra, with different voices talking about the same thing... Beautiful

[@1022rebelreddog]

this track is off the chain.....good stuff.

[@miriamsears1672]

Beautiful cut! Not sure which one I like better...this or Coltrane. Both are majorly wonderful to me.

[@dondiasco395]

This one is much more eclectic. Coltrane's is soul-based.

[@KSmall109CAB]

Like them both for how they touch your heart and soul. Why make one better when both are beautiful?

[@rillloudmother]

thankfully there is no need to choose, we can have both!

[@rillloudmother]

@@KSmall109CAB agreed!

[@TwoTwoFourSix]

I mean I’d always pick the artist that made it, they understand it fully and express it the best to their comprehension of the emotion

[@bandicoot5412]

Like going to the audio Louvre of the great musical artists, pure creative excellence.

[@idueagilulfi]

'Mi piace quando il destino mi gira intorno. Mi guarda da più angoli e si avvicina.' Ventuno anni dopo torno ad ascoltare la più stupefacente incisione di Naima. Suonata su un tempo tribale, da cerimonia incantata, Naima è una lettera d'amore che Eric Dolphy scrive da Parigi al suo amico fraterno John Coltrane. Ha la sostanza di un omaggio definitivo, la perfezione malinconica di un congedo, il senso dell'imminenza, l'urgenza conclusiva della premonizione. (Collabora all'astuzia estetica dell'interpretazione la tromba di Donald Byrd.) Durante questa permanenza in Europa, dove aveva intenzione di trasferirsi con la sua compagna, uno dei più grandi musicisti di jazz d'avanguardia muore improvvisamente a Berlino, il 29 giugno del 1964, in seguito alle complicanze di un diabete trascurato. Sua madre donerà a John Coltrane il suo flauto e il suo clarinetto basso. All'età di 36 anni Eric Dolphy dorme il sonno dei giusti. (aka On conveying beauty #919)

[@adrianoambrosini9813]

Curioso a me ne son passati quasi 30 di anni da quando l'ascoltai la prima volta.....

[@jimmiesspirit7872]

idueagilulfi r

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@adrianoambrosini9813 io non lo so :) ... non ricordo quando uscì in Italia...

[@mananaadamia1657]

Yes

[@bluetoad2001]

i love it every time i hear it.

[@TaichiStraightlife]

The best most satisfying Naima that I know of...

[@SeerTrulth]

Right now I cry.

[@BigParadox]

I just recently found out about Eric Dolphy, and I am very fascinated by his style

[@bsharpe1000]

What a find. Eric attacked each song as if for the first time. Always experimenting with his new found knowledge of how to create a musical experience. Looking for the unexpected joy of discovery. Beautiful. Few men are willing to lay their lives and Artistic integrity in front of the world.

[@dijonstreak]

an outstanding rendition of a Coltrane Masterpiece..... great Rhythm addition to this wonderful piece...very tasteful...thank you, Mr. D.

[@msirotti]

marvellous, a masterpiece

[@kevincameron7752]

Every time I hear Eric Dolphy I realize that James Joyce was the Eric Dolphy of literature.

[@catador_de_changua]

Nice! What would you recomend me of Joyce?

[@brunoghezzi5957]

As brilliant as his miraculous deconstruction of "God Bless the Child". Tragically for us, another example of having true genius taken away too early to transform our lives to ecstacy.

[@micaofboca]

Eric was as important an innovator as Ornette and Trane. Thankfully he's well recorded. His creativity and drive were astonishing. His proficiency at flute, bass clarinet and alto was sublime. Like Monk, he's a walking musical instrument in and of himself his music is so large. That and his personal warmth and tender character set him aside as a truly great man. His bass clarinet playing here is magnificent. Nice arrangement, too, although some of the solos before Eric plays are weak.. ...

[@astegunbeltzedition7047]

😭😭😭😭😠😉

[@dkschupack]

Session with George Russell with Round Midnight, Ezzthetic and Nardis.

[@emilianoturazzi]

here there is only Dolphy's solo. the arrangement could have been interesting with a more open rhythm section...

[@trombonemunroe]

Frank Zappa was nuts about Eric Dolphy. It's easy to see why.

[@charliewatkins9951]

Such a shame he died so young, and so early in his career (as so many of the greats did). I would have loved to see what he would go on to do.

[@williewilson4633]

Masterfully performed.

[@kimzombik9266]

this is amazing. this rendition is so soulful, fascinating and deeply hip! what a listen.

[@edwinhenry7067]

The magnificent Dolphy! ❤

[@costalina1925]

Just.....amazing!!!!

[@porterhall27]

The other musicians are: Bass Jacques Hess Drums Franco Manzecchi Piano Jacques Deval Trumpet Donald Byrd Percussion Jacky Bambou Tenor Sax Nathan Davis

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Thank you!!

[@msorrent11]

I wish the low end was turned up a little bit more becasuse Jacques is groovin!

[@PatrickManzecchi]

Jack Diéval on the rest of the session. There's no piano on that particular tune.

[@willemritsma41]

In 1964 i was sitting in front of "Le Chat Qui Pêche" and listning of his great sound later with 'Champion Jack Dupree' we got a nice nightly jamsesion with all the great guys that time where in Quartier Latin, happy to hear of Dolphy

[@uwestengel6221]

I was the house-drummer at "Le Chat Qui Peche" in the early 60s and did a couple of nights with Eric Dolphy. Eric played a lot of 'Flute' on that particular gig, which inspired me to seriously study the 'Flute' ... precious memories of Paris ... :)

[@dandowell8501]

He has a funky spiritual essence that spirals in and out of love, joy and science. You really feel his giving soul here. And his playing style here is a fitting tribute to Trane. I know Dolphy did the arrangement for Coltrane's Africa and you hear him doing Coltrane here for a minute at 12:15 .

[@dandowell8501]

@A Publick Domain at the time signature above 12:15 that's more funky than its jazzy. Funk is just attitude and soul on a rythmic beat. I didn't say he was a funk muscian, but you often feel those elements, when you close your eyes and before he exits a solo.

[@eglc100]

Muy rica música y muy chingón Dolphy...

[@Familia-Cerecero-Sanson]

¿Verdad? ¡Totalmente de acuerdo! :)

[@vpod78]

Blessing Music !

[@suefew6832]

Wow.....Thanks again, Craig....those were the days.......

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

Naima est ici transposition génial, fluide planétaire, remembrance. Balade du jazz éternelle en renvoie à un ami avec qui on soutient un dialogue sans faille qui surmonte subtil dunes, vagues, déserts… avec la seule intention de rendre hommage au créateur en surpassant son défi en adieu prémonitoire.

[@No_Govt]

His playing is so much like the human voice sometimes and his flute passages like bird songs. Nobody can cover the full range of the horn in 2 notes (lowest to highest pitches) like Eric dolphy.

[@RinaSherman]

Stunning! Thank you!

[@lucianobonomi5291]

Able to challenge. Great.

[@naymac8723]

Beautiful!! :-)

[@PatentRob]

Excellent recording very clear high fidelity.

[@Delfidash]

Genius !! Unique interpretasion ... Excelente !!!

[@supakitkhongthon1979]

masterpiece.

[@jochanaan58]

Beautiful session! It is interesting to hear the trumpeter and tenor sax player (who were they?) play their solos cool and competent--and then to hear Dolphy come in blazing, pushing way past the edge of the envelope from the opening run...

[@astegunbeltzedition7047]

soi Luna

[@astegunbeltzedition7047]

Eneko Aranburu Barremetxea

[@PatrickManzecchi]

Don Byrd on tp and Nathan Davis on sax

[@michaelellingson9282]

WONDERFUL

[@waynenealis6885]

Dolphy's early death was a great loss to jazz, thankfully we have his recordings.

[@meckel1271]

As a long-time jazz lover (67 years old), I have, sadly, a long list of premature jazz deaths: Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Navarro, Booker Little (on this recording), Clifford Brown, etc., etc. Dammit.

[@juanitabooker3162]

From the 1st notes of the piccolo,sax,or bass clarinet you know Dolphy is behind the instrument.

[@UdaleJat]

Here's the entry: Eric Dolphy/Donald Byrd Le Chat Qui Pêche, Paris, 11 June 1964 Eric Dolphy (as,bcl); Donald Byrd (tr); Nathan Davis (ts); Jack Diéval (pno); Jacques Hess (bass); Franco Manzecchi (dr); Jacky Bambou (congas). Springtime [19:20](bcl), 245 [10:05](as), GW [6:10](as), Serene [7:58](bcl), Ode to Charlie Parker [5:39](fl), Naima [14:31](bcl) "Unrealized Tapes", West Wind 016, CD 2016, and "Naima", a West Wind CD 2063. These recordings were only recently released for the first time, although some of this is on Jazzway Mutt 1502. Springtime is a brooding autumnal composition with lots of space for emotion. There are apparently many hours of recordings with these people from Paris, according to Nathan Davis. Reichardt (p. 66) notes: "Graham Lock in an article on Nathan Davis (The Wire, No. 22, December 1985): 'These tapes still exist and are in the possession of Jacques Diéval, the French pianist who produced these sessions. Nathan told me that Donald Byrd had persuaded firstly Blue Note, then Columbia, to try and obtain the tapes, but on each occasion Diéval had apparently refused to release the Dolphy tapes unless the record company agreed to issue several of his own tapes too. What a stinker!'"

[@PierreVeniot]

***** Nathan Davis.

[@Jiv_Ing57819]

I don't care, have them issue his tapes too (Dieval) they'll probably make back the money from the have to be stellar Dolphy recordings, at least I and many would buy and I think his importance can still grow in leaps and bounds with a little more attention, so it should be a good enough deal for them. They should do it or do any deal with Dieval, it will pay off, Dolphy wasn't recorded enough in his last 2 years so any recordings is a must, he wanted to be heard, recorded, his own music and this is his own music, very worthy of attention.

[@Jiv_Ing57819]

They are holding back important history too, he was great in this time and surely wanted to have out more than out to lunch, this and last date out of the last six months of his life, and yet still barely a few more out of the last 2 years.

[@PatrickManzecchi]

Hi, the son of drummer Franco Manzecchi here. False information here, widely spread on internet: it was NOT a recording at the Chat, it was a radio broadcast at Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Francaise (ORTF).

[@valeriacenerelli6120]

Polistrumentista, è stato grande sia al sax alto che al flauto. Ma al clarinetto basso è stato un autentico pioniere se si pensa che a quell'epoca questo strumento non era considerato ancora perfetto sia dal punto di vista della meccanica che dell'intonazione. È stato l'apripista di altri jazzisti che dopo di lui si sono cimentati con questo strumento. (da Wiki) e grazie dell'omaggio

[@emilianoturazzi]

in realtà lo strumento era normalmente usato in orchestra (e le parti erano tutt'altro che semplici, basta guardare quelle della Sagra della primavera), secondo me i clarinetti bassi dell'epoca erano assolutamente al livello degli altri strumenti dell'epoca. diversi da quelli di oggi, con una meccanica meno sciolta e un'intonazione meno precisa (ma nulla di paragonabile ai saxofoni soprani come quelli che usavano Coltrane e Lacy, decisamente non all'altezza dei loro fratelli maggiori).

[@JUlia-kv4gz]

Sublime.

[@ustwoalberts]

trumpet sounds like Frederick Hubbard to me .lovely drummer,too,just keeping it all afloat. And i do like the tenorist - closer to the tune ...A brilliant piece .Thankyou for this,iduagilulfi

[@Mr223P]

Scientific soul... bit pretentious I know but it does sum up Mr Dolphy’s playing for me. Just breathtaking..

[@JohnHighSax]

Real Nice version!!!

[@Theflowoflove]

Thank you for uploading, this is a whole new perspective of Naima for me.What a captivating artist, why oh why has it taken me so long to find this mans music.I am constantly learning & what a pleasure it is. Am so grateful for KZbin & most of all the great artists that give timelessly from the heart of creation.

[@klausadalbertgernoth539]

I don't know of any other musician in whatever category who played so exubarently cheerful as did Eric Dolphy. In my opinion only Richard Strauss comes anyhwere close to it.

[@Abyss60]

J adore!!

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

Naima es aquí trasposición genial, fluido cósmico, remembranza. Balada del jazz imperecedero reenviada a un amigo con quien sostuvo un diálogo sin falla que supera dunas, ondas, desiertos… con la única intención de rendir homenaje al creador sobrepasando su desafío como adiós premonitorio.

[@Pedraga]

Damn, thats a nice trumpet solo

[@rpkrauss1]

That great trumpet is Donald Byrd....

[@carlosandresloaiza8656]

Excelente, Música poco explorada. de un gran músico que lastimosamente nos dejo tempranamente, pero con un virtuosismo enorme

[@jalebjaba1487]

I actually liked just Eric playing with the rhythm section,than the orchestral part with the horns . Great person/musician,one of Trane’s favorites.❤

[@rpkrauss1]

Amazing Dolphy..!!

[@MadsaxFrance]

Mais quelle belle Belle version !!

[@matteobelot6553]

I know first hand playing with that incredible range on a bass clarinet is very difficult. Respect.

[@lift2live1]

superb ...

[@mananaadamia1657]

Love ❣️ Eric Dolpy

[@mcknih1020]

From Beginning to the end what a wonder