Changes in jazz mindset - learning to love new things

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I loved the flute in classical chamber music settings but it always sounded thin and diluted in the jazz milieu.

After years of being turned off to jazz sides/sets/albums with the flute or electric piano, I found new enjoyment hearing these things.  


Of course it helps when on the flute you hear the great flautists - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, Lloyd McNeill, Sam Rivers or Yusef Lateef.   

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  1. jazzcatflykJuly 24, 2024 at 1:46 AM

    As a minor flute bamboo player, i love hearing jazz flautists and outside these mentioned especially Jeremy Steig and Hozan Yamamoto , there is also a great polish flautist called Krzysztof Zgraja , find out Laokoon a must hear

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    1. fishmanj98July 24, 2024 at 9:37 AM

      Will look for Zgraja. Poland is one of those excellent hotbeds of jazz and edgy jazz

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  2. Guitarradeplastico,scraping odditiesAugust 28, 2024 at 10:28 AM

    Others:
    Jiří Stivín,Chris Hinze,Simeon Shterev,Bobbi Humphrey,Hermeto Pascoal ( I love with the flute ),Johnny Pacheco ( Tito Puente,Tico All-Stars ),Buddy Collette,Moe Koffman,Dave Valentin,Herbie Mann,Harold Alexander,Mauricio Smith,Hubert Laws,Harold McNair,Nicole Mitchell...

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