Favorite flute

[hippypants]

In jazz or prog.

I'm sure Jethro Tull, Genesis, maybe even Traffic might come to mind. I also like Paul Horn, Deuter, Herbie Mann, Eric Dolphy, etc. Who do you like?

[markwoll]

Jean-Pierre Rampal, his work with Claude Bolling
Andrew Latimer - The Snow Goose and other Camel stuff

for two

[Progbear]

Hubert Laws is probably the ultimate, followed by Herbie Mann.

In the world of prog, Thijs van Leer must be mentioned, as well as a more obscure choice, Peter Weekers of Flairck (who also blows a mean pan pipe).

Also, whoever does the flute solo on this. No idea if it’s Klaus Nagel or Gerd Köthe, but it’s always amazed me:

[walt]

Jimmy Hastings(Soft Machine,Caravan,Hatfield and the North,National Health,Chris Squire,et al)

For North Indian(Hindustani music,the) great Hariprasad Chaurasia.

[GuitarGeek]

Also, the first few minutes of this:


and there's the middle section of this:

[markwoll]

Didier Malherbe in Gong

[GuitarGeek]

A track from Robert Dick's album Our Cells Know, featuring him on solo contrabass flute:

[Mister Triscuits]

My favorite flute is the Pearl Elegante Coda.

[helicase]

Lloyd McNeill

[hippypants]

Pearl Elegante Coda--ha. Okay. Wished I'd learned a wind instrument in high school. Though I have my dad's French horn and trumpet.

[Mister Triscuits]

Though I have my dad's French horn and trumpet.

Brass instruments are HARD. I fooled around with a cornet for a while, but it was painful. The one time I tried a French horn, I couldn't even get a note out of it.

[moecurlythanu]

Definitely Jimmy's golden flute on H.R. Pufnstuf.

[GuitarGeek]

Brass instruments are HARD. I fooled around with a cornet for a while, but it was painful. The one time I tried a French horn, I couldn't even get a note out of it.

I remember John Entwistle talking in an interview about playing the French horn, commenting on how part of the problem is the size of the mouthpiece.

[progcd54]

Tim Weisberg - Listen To The City

[grego]

I Talk To The Wind - Ian McDonald
Cadence and Cascade - Mel Collins
Thick As A Brick, Bouree, Serenade to a Cuckoo, Black Satin Dancer, My God, A Passion Play, Songs From The Wood, etc..- Ian Anderson
Dear Diary - Ray Thomas
Supertwister, Air Born - Andy Latimer
A Huchen - Remiguis Drechsler
Hidden Treasure - Chris Wood

[Tangram]

Walt Parazaider of Chicago - VII tracks Prelude to Aire / Aire

[walt]

George Adams at the 7 minute mark.

[walt]

James Newton

[StarThrower]

Roland Kirk - I Talk To The Spirits
James Newton's work with Andrew Cyrille
Robert Aitken's recordings of Takemitsu's chamber works
Joe Farrell
Dolphy
Lew Tabackin
Hubert Laws - In The Beginning on CTI

[Rick L.]

I prefer the blue one.

[Progbear]

Shame on me for failing to mention Kenji Imai, one of my favorite contemporary practitioners of the instrument:



Shem-Tov Levy is another obscure choice I feel compelled to mention.

[Bake 2]

Wow Density 21.5... I guess 21.5 or 21.45 per cubic centimetres is the density of platinum (heavy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKI...Suha%C3%96nder

[Garden Dreamer]

Walt Parazaider of Chicago - VII tracks Prelude to Aire / Aire

Also "It Better End Soon" and "Color My World"...

[The Dark Elf]

An old song revised with the LSO, David "Dee" Palmer conducting...

[Trane]

25 post and no mention of Jeremy Steiger.