"[On the question "Is bird imitation valid in jazz?"] I don’t know if it's valid in jazz, [...] but I enjoy it. It somehow comes in as part of the development of what I'm doing. Sometimes I can't do it. At home [in California] I used to play, and the birds always used to whistle with me. I would stop what I was working on and play with the birds."
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Dolphy had worked with Coltrane in live performances and recordings over the previous year.
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet.
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