Eric Dolphy

alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, woodwind, reeds, hmông flute, clarinet, conductor, orchestrator, instrument arranger, alto flute, basset clarinet

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus bass Body and Soul
Chico Hamilton
Freddie Hubbard trumpet 245, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Gazzelloni, Hat and Beard, Les, Miss Toni, On Green Dolphin Street, Out to Lunch, Something Sweet, Something Tender, Straight Up and Down
Oliver Nelson
Booker Little trumpet African Lady, Far Cry, It's Magic, Left Alone, Miss Ann, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, Serene, Status Seeking, Tenderly

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus bass Body and Soul
Freddie Hubbard trumpet 245, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Gazzelloni, Hat and Beard, Les, Miss Toni, On Green Dolphin Street, Out to Lunch, Something Sweet, Something Tender, Straight Up and Down
Booker Little trumpet African Lady, Far Cry, It's Magic, Left Alone, Miss Ann, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, Serene, Status Seeking, Tenderly
Jaki Byard piano 245, April Fool, Far Cry, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Glad to Be Unhappy, It's Magic, Left Alone, Les, Miss Ann, Miss Toni, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, On Green Dolphin Street, Serene, Tenderly
Roy Haynes drums 245, April Fool, Far Cry, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Glad to Be Unhappy, It's Magic, Left Alone, Les, Miss Ann, Miss Toni, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, On Green Dolphin Street, Serene, Tenderly
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) bass 245, Burning Spear, Come Sunday, G.W., Gazzelloni, Hat and Beard, Iron Man, Left Alone, Mandrake, Miss Ann, Ode to C.P., Out to Lunch, Something Sweet, Something Tender, Status Seeking, Straight Up and Down
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) bass Dolphy'n, Far Cry, Hazy Hues, Improvisations and Tukras, Inner Flight I, Inner Flight II, It's Magic, Jim Crow, Left Alone, Miss Ann, Moods in Free Time, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, Serene, Tenderly
Bobby Hutcherson vibraphone Burning Spear, Come Sunday, Gazzelloni, Hat and Beard, Iron Man, Mandrake, Ode to C.P., Out to Lunch, Something Sweet, Something Tender, Straight Up and Down
Mal Waldron piano African Lady, Status Seeking
George Tucker bass 245, April Fool, G.W., G.W. (take 1), Glad to Be Unhappy, Les, Miss Toni, On Green Dolphin Street
Rudy van Gelder recording Far Cry, It's Magic, Left Alone, Miss Ann, Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother), Ode to Charlie Parker, Serene, Tenderly
Sture Kallin drums Alone, Ann (a.k.a. Miss Ann), Don't Blame Me, GeeWee (a.k.a. G.W.), Loss (a.k.a. Les), Serene (alternate take), Sorino (a.k.a. Serene)
Jimmy Woode bass Alone, Ann (a.k.a. Miss Ann), Don't Blame Me, GeeWee (a.k.a. G.W.), Loss (a.k.a. Les), Sorino (a.k.a. Serene)
Misha Mengelberg piano Epistrophy, Hypochristmutreefuzz, Miss Ann, South Street Exit, The Madrig Speaks, the Panther Walks, You Don't Know What Love Is
Han Bennink drums Epistrophy, Hypochristmutreefuzz, Miss Ann, South Street Exit, The Madrig Speaks, the Panther Walks, You Don't Know What Love Is
Jacques Schols bass Epistrophy, Hypochristmutreefuzz, Miss Ann, South Street Exit, The Madrig Speaks, the Panther Walks, You Don't Know What Love Is
Woody Shaw trumpet Burning Spear, Come Sunday, Iron Man, Mandrake, Ode to C.P.
Prince Lasha flute Burning Spear, Come Sunday, Iron Man, Mandrake, Ode to C.P.
Tony Williams (American jazz drummer) drums Gazzelloni, Hat and Beard, Out to Lunch, Something Sweet, Something Tender, Straight Up and Down
Clifford Jordan soprano saxophone Burning Spear, Come Sunday, Iron Man, Mandrake, Ode to C.P.
Reggie Workman bass Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, The Way You Look Tonight
Eddie Armour trumpet 245, G.W., Left Alone, Miss Ann
Edgar Bateman drums 245, G.W., Left Alone, Miss Ann
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) piano 245, G.W., Left Alone, Miss Ann
Ted Curson trumpet Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Stormy Weather
Rune Öfwerman piano Alone, Ann (a.k.a. Miss Ann), GeeWee (a.k.a. G.W.), Serene (alternate take)
Julian Priester trombone African Lady, Hazy Hues, Moods in Free Time, Quiet, Please
Max Roach drums, timpani African Lady, Hazy Hues, Moods in Free Time, Quiet, Please
McCoy Tyner bass clarinet Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, The Way You Look Tonight
Mel Lewis drums Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, The Way You Look Tonight
Don Friedman piano Hazy Hues, Moods in Free Time, Quiet, Please
Olle Helander producer Don't Blame Me, Loss (a.k.a. Les), Sorino (a.k.a. Serene)
Idrees Sulieman trumpet Ann (a.k.a. Miss Ann), GeeWee (a.k.a. G.W.), Serene (alternate take)
Knud Jørgensen piano Don't Blame Me, Loss (a.k.a. Les), Sorino (a.k.a. Serene)
Nico Bunick piano Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Stormy Weather
Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) trumpet Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Stormy Weather
Charles McPherson alto saxophone Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Stormy Weather
Jo Jones drums Body and Soul, T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do
Abbey Lincoln vocal African Lady, T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do
Dannie Richmond drums Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Stormy Weather
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) bass African Lady, Quiet, Please
John "Peck" Morrison (Jazz bass player from the 60s) bass T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do
Jorn Elniff drums Dont Blame Me (take 2)
Coleman Hawkins tenor saxophone African Lady
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) piano Jim Crow
Bent Axen piano Dont Blame Me (take 2)
Robert Whitley congas African Lady
Roger “Montego Joe” Sanders congas African Lady
Roy Eldridge trumpet Body and Soul
Erik Moseholm bass Dont Blame Me (take 2)
Jimmy Knepper trombone Body and Soul
Benny Bailey trumpet T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do
Tommy Flanagan piano Body and Soul
Ed Blackwell drums Status Seeking
Walter Benton tenor saxophone African Lady
Kenny Dorham piano T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, flute All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother, Bemoanable Lady, Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul, Body and Soul, Body and Soul (alternate take), Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Eclipse, Folk Forms No. 1, Folk Forms, No. 1, Half-Mast Inhibition, Hora Decubitus, II B.S., II B.S. (a.k.a. Haitian Fight Song), Inspiration, Lock ’em Up, MDM, Mingus Fingus No. 2, Mood Indigo, Original Faubus Fables, Prayer for Passive Resistance, R & R, Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1st version, take 4), Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2, Stormy Weather, Take the "A" Train, The Story of Love, Theme For Lester Young, Theme for Lester Young, Vassarlean, Weird Nightmare, What Love, What Love?
Chico Hamilton alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, woodwind Azure, Cawn Pawn, Champs-Elysées, Day Dream, Everything but You, Fat Mouth, Frou Frou, I'm Beginning to See the Light, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, In a Mellotone, In a Sentimental Mood, It Don't Mean a Thing, Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Lady "E", Little Lost Bear, Lost in the Night, Lullaby for Dreamers, Opening, Pretty Little Theme, Theme for a Starlet, Truth
Freddie Hubbard alto saxophone, hmông flute Aries, Body and Soul, Carnival (Manha de carnaval), Chocolate Shake, Clarence's Place, Dedicated to You, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), Skylark, Thermo
Oliver Nelson alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, woodwind 111-44, Alto-itis, Butch and Butch, Cascades, Hoe-Down, Images, Mama Lou, March on, March On, Ralph's New Blues, Screamin' the Blues, Six and Four, Stolen Moments, Straight Ahead, Teenie's Blues, The Drive, The Meetin', Three Seconds, Yearnin'
Booker Little woodwind A New Day, Hazy Hues, Man of Words, Moods in Free Time, Quiet Please, Strength and Sanity, Strength and Sanity (alternate take), We Speak
John Coltrane alto saxophone, bass clarinet, basset clarinet, flute Blue Train, Brasilia, Chasin' Another Trane, Chasin' the Trane, Impressions, India, Miles' Mode, My Favorite Things, Naima, Spiritual, To Her Ladyship, Untitled Original (Brazilia)
Mal Waldron alto saxophone, clarinet, reeds Duquility, Fire Waltz, Status Seeking, Thirteen, Warm Canto, Warp And Woof, Warp and Woof, We Diddit
John Lewis alto flute, flute, woodwind Another Encounter, Donnies Theme, General Enconter, Milano, Milesign, Natural Affection, The Star Spangled Banner, Tillamook Two, Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III
The Latin Jazz Quintet alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute A Night in Tunisia, April Rain, Danse Macabre (a.k.a. Cha Cha King), I Got Rhythm, I Wish I Were in Love Again, Lover, Mangolina, Speak Low, You're the Cutest One
Andrew Hill alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Dedication, Dedication (alternate take), Flight 19, Flight 19 (alternate take), New Monastery, New Monastery (alternate take), Refuge, Spectrum
The Latin Jazz Quintet alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Blues in 6/8, Caribé, First Bass Line, Mambo Ricci, Spring Is Here, Sunday Go Meetin'
George Russell alto saxophone, bass clarinet 'Round Midnight, Ezz-thetic, Honesty, Lydiot, Nardis, Thoughts
Arawak alto saxophone, bass clarinet Curtsy, Dianna, Geo's Tune, Head Shakin', Lautir, They All Laughed
Rad Pitt alto saxophone Crazeology, Deception, Fine and Dandy, Old Folks, Unknown Original Tune
Ted Curson flute Bali Ha'i, The Things We Did Last Summer
Sammy Davis Jr. reeds Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Mess Around, There Is No Greater Love, This Little Girl of Mine
Stanislaw Witta instrument arranger, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Africa, Blues Minor, Greensleeves
Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers alto saxophone Gassin' the Wig, Little Wig, Sippin' With Cisco
Die Clique alto saxophone, flute Miles' Mode, Mr. P.C., My Favourite Things
김솔이 bass clarinet Borodin Bossa Nova, Love for Three Oranges March, Sheherazade Blue
The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet bass clarinet First Take, Free Jazz, Part 1, Free Jazz, Part 2
John Coltrane Quartet conductor, orchestrator, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, woodwind Africa, Blues Minor, Greensleeves
Sextet of Orchestra U.S.A. alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Alabama Song, As You Make Your Bed, Havana Song
Itone flute Bali Hai, The Things We Did Last Summer
Embassy 516 alto saxophone 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, Mysterious Blues
Ornette Coleman alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I / Variant II / Variant III / Variant IV
The French Girls alto saxophone Round Midnight