"When you hear music, after it's over, it's gone in the air. You can never capture it again."
— Eric Dolphy

January 1, 1970

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Musicians from the United StatesPeople from Los AngelesJazz musiciansSaxophonistsAfrican Americans
Original Language: English

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Spoken to a concert audience in Hilversum, Netherlands (2 June 1964) and included at the end of the album Last Date, as quoted in John Steinbeck Holiday, Vol. 58 (1977), p. 13