Dolphy
Americannoun
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A roll call of local jazz heroes raised here: There are Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy in Watts, coming of age together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Earlier that year, he had toured with arguably his greatest small group, a sextet including multi-reedist Eric Dolphy, whose sensitivity and brilliance were an especially good match for Mingus’s own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Yet the protest poetry of Dolphy, and of John Coltrane — another artist pictured on the cover of “America” — isn’t present here beyond the title of Cooke’s change-promising pop song.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
He settled first in Brooklyn, where his home at 245 Carlton Ave. became a thriving scene of jam sessions that included such jazz stars as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Eric Dolphy.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
Not at Horn Rock, but in the barn at the Dolphy brothers’ house, or in Jenna Trudeau’s basement, or elsewhere.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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