biography
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Dolphy, Eric (Allan)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1928-64)
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| biography:
| Musician and composer, born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He played the flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet, from 1958 working with Chico Hamilton, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and other leading musicians of the period, as well as with his own quintet. Despite his early death (related to diabetes), he proved to be one of the most influential musicians of the 1960s. |
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