Eric Dolphy's Parents Interview-1975
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025
- From the Terminal Time-Warp Hour cable access show.
Produced by Dr. Id & Dr. Odd
This version upgraded in 2009. Thanks to Allan Saul who did the
interview & contacted the Dolphy's. Thanks to the copyright holders for the use of the music and visual segments.
Eric Sr. came to the US from Jamaica with my grandparents. They remained friends throughout their lives. The Dolphys would stay at my grandparents house when they came to NY. We knew Sadie very well too, but I'm not sure if she and Eric Sr. met in the US or Jamaica. Eric Jr. and I had a symbiotic relationship. I was 4 1/2 when he died, but he loved that I wanted to be an artist, and he called me almost weekly until he made his last trip to Europe. He was engaged to my Aunt Joyce, and they were supposed to get married in Europe. Eric had bequeathed his piano to me (he composed on it), but after Eric died, Sadie asked if she could have it and put it in Eric's studio in L.A. My parents said yes, and I guess that's where it ended up.
Thank you, for sharing such a intimate memory with us. It will now live forever.
Phenomenal...what a cosmic Maestro...Supreme Gift...him Eric Come to Earth. I go many times to his grave site...since the 70's,
....Enuff Respect As Eh' I visit him last yr. His Mom Dad & Eric buried side by side... I'd practice flute there; On Eric's Head-Stone is the motif score written (from top down..🎶A# F C /D. G# )...This Eric Motif I play in all keys....very *Spirit Moving..if in LA Folks ..Eric loves visits located at Washington Blvd right at Budlong st. Right there at stop light...jump fence & play music & eat lunch with Eric Dolphy...GHASEM & I'd go there *Many times Kamau Daa'ood also.... We'll Always Cherish & Love You Eric..... Eric's Mom Ms Sadie we visit at his home on 39th St off western not far from USC....WHAT MEMORIES...RIP..
MY DOLPHY FAMILY.....Rejoice Paradise_ with I n I Ancestors....We Got You Baby.....huh still ain't caught you..Man....Maestro You layed It 🎶 out_for We All *Reedmen🎷ain't nobody caught you yet...
Soar in Peace Saint Eric Dolphy.
True Love.....mystik Shams Ray We Ever Love You !!!
HARI !!!
the background recording during his parents interview is his recording of come sunday with richard davis. beautiful beautiful recording, i wish more people knew about it.
eric was absolutely incredible, its too bad most people have never heard of him..Let alone recognize his phenomenal talent.He was easily one of the greatest musicians ever to have walked on this earth..A great and beautiful soul..
Amen👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💗💗💗
@@jenisereedusI heard a story about eric, that he would go into the woods with his flute and listen to the birds and then talk to them, answering their calls..Truly a great spirit
He was exceptional and unique! I love him on the extraordinary recording- Out To Lunch with Freddy Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis, and Tony Williams!!! Wonderful parents!
Out to Lunch....indeed.... a beautiful pieces of music
I have to be honest - Out to Lunch is a masterpiece, but... listening the way he played in those months with Mingus I think it could even had been better - what could it have been if THAT group became a true performing and continuosuly working one? what if this man would had not just lived longer but even in his short life with the proper recognition he deserved?
stolen moments off Oliver nelsons blues and abstract truth is majestic too I think , eric, oliver, freddie, roy haynes, paul chambers, bill evans incredible:) The VV recordings with Trane too aside from his own work. God Bless the Child the video of him live 63 I think I must have watched 400 times....100 repeats being the first time can't find video anymore just audio he's introduced in video just marvelous!!
Heavy.. what a visionary...
Out to lunch 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💯
Such a magnificent talent lives on. ❤
Dolphy changed my life at 18 when I first heard him. Still does 25 years later.
I'm 17, descovered him a year ago and I'm still so amazed, he is so inspiring
@@ScrapMechanic-jg4ko I discovered his music at age 15-16, too, in '73-74. And love that at age 66, I am still discovering and enjoying other recordings, after having about 30 records with him on it for decades.
Yay for YT and all the fine posters of great music and content, like these clips and this interview with his parents.
Man, wow, this is so great. Eric is most definitely one of my favorite musical artist of all-time. Just wonderful, his supportive parents, thank you so very much for your film…
i love the outfit dolphy is wearing at 6:45. he looks like the rock star he was considered 25 or now almost 60 years after his death. wonderful parents for certain who should have gotten a chance to see him play major festivals at the end of the 60's and spend money on them. thanks for the video.
One of my all time favorites..
My most extraordinary experience with Eric Dolphy is the piece: You Don’t Know Love Is! Eric is playing Flute, but the Spirit of Our people is ALL up in the Mix! We are Blessed to have his recordings Experience! Nothing But Love
His recordings to Experience! NBL
Any time seeing a video of Eric playing makes me so happy. Jazz is such a visual experience, not just for the ears for sure.
Wonderful. Thanks to those who put this together. Pure joy in Eric’s music and soul
Great parents
The greatest! So freeking good!
Makes me mad that I only practice 2 hours a day. I should be doing way more.
I'm still listening. This video started with alto sax, virtuoso performance. I concentrated on his flute and bass clarinet(hands down the best). Now I'm gonna go check out that sax work.
For me there were three modern altos. Bird. Lee Konitz. Eric. And of course Eric was a multi-instrumentalist. Absolutely love the work of all three.
you seem confused then...
For me there was only great jazz Bass Clarinetist... that would be Eric. (Later came David Murray). :)
@@Tyrell_Corp2019 John Surman and Louis Sclavis. I have Murray’s Ballads album. That’s beautiful.
I know that concert very well, but the opening of ths video just in the middle of Eric's solo in double time... I didn't expect this and it's something that actually blew my mind away... his music has this quality of maintaining its surprising quality even when you know it by heart...
Thank you so much for this. Great mother.
Gone too soon ❤ He has a legacy to be PROUD of.
this is beautiful, thank you! i appreciate that this happened...
Truly a gift from God. The good ones simply don't last long on this planet. Sometimes I wonder if the lord takes his special ones home early bc we don't appreciate while there among the livings. A young man with so much talent. He has to struggle bc Evil sees his greatness but refuses to support his abilities. Eric Dolphy was simply brilliant. I introduce Jazz to my son and he introduce Eric Dolphy to me. My son plays all the wind instruments and his favorite is the alto-sax. I have an Eric Dolphy tee-shirt that I got from my son on Xmas a couple years ago. I love wearing it from time to time. Especial when close friends would ask me, "who's that guy you're wearing". I would proudly say, "Eric Dolphy". Then I get right into it. His life story... How I wished America would really embrace our Jazz musician heritage and make this a main stream EDUCATION in every single classroom across this land. This is an American history! ps.. We are all God's children. No fear... Just Love for all mankind...
I heard after he died his mom gave Coltrane his axes
Eric's parents are what are missing in today's (post-1970s) America: a father and mother who are modest, realistic, and supporting -- and who also don't live beyond their means and who don't speak their mind. Based on these clips, they were good for Eric Jr. and his music-based ambitions.
Where and when was the Mingus group recorded?
His mom had a good sense of humor.
But so did Ornette’s playing.
1964. That group went to Paris that year but also toured US college and arts centres.
Does anyone know how long his parents lived?
The entire interview I did with Eric and Sadie is at vimeo.com/12369541