The story
American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist
Born June 20, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA, died June 29, 1964 in West Berlin, Germany
His earliest recordings at the end of the 1940s were with on the west coast, but it took almost a decade before Dolphy's albums with brought him to wider attention. From 1958, he was based in New York City and shared an apartment with for a time. Some of his recordings were made in the company of John Coltrane (particularly during a residency at New York's Village Vanguard), Charles Mingus and (especially) trumpeter Booker Little in jointly-led sessions recorded at the NYC Five Spot jazz club in July 1961 which were intended to conclude his contract for .
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