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    Flute in Prog & Jazz

    Not sure why flute was always my favorite instruments to distinguish between Prog & Rock.
    If they use a flute it's more symphonic, more structured... that was the conception I guess when i was young.

    Today i still find the flute one of my favorite instruments, i guess for its diversity: it can be gentle, harmonic or the best or singing in it and wild.

    Two playlists i did for the flute: progressive rock & jazz, enjoy flute lovers:

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0N...a958491c2f4816

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10...18da35b0be4e7d

    If i missed a flute album please shout.... will add it.

    Thanks,

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    Did I not see The Moody Blues? I would add Donovan and Horslips albums
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    I don't see Van Der Graaf on there -plenty on various tracks - Childlike Faith in Childhoods End and Wondering spring to mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Piskie View Post
    Did I not see The Moody Blues? I would add Donovan and Horslips albums
    added. thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alanterrill View Post
    I don't see Van Der Graaf on there -plenty on various tracks - Childlike Faith in Childhoods End and Wondering spring to mind.
    added

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    Big Big Train, Quidam and Anglagard all come to mind. Also, Jimmy Hastings played flute on various Cantebury band albums like Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Soft Machine. There are a handful of Zappa songs where Napoleon Murphy Brock plays flute instead of sax including Approximate and maybe 1 or 2 others on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 2, and maybe on Roxy and Elsewhere.

    Not prog but Ann Wilson of Heart played flute now and then. Best example is Dreamboat Annie (reprise) to end their first album. Also, Love Alive.

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    Without losing what precious years I have left reading these lists did they mention:

    Gong - Both versions
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    One of my favorite records of any genre
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    Anything on the more dissonant side? Flute with piano accompaniment.
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    How about Chris Hinze?

    Novalis had flute on some albums as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by headcrash View Post
    One of my favorite records of any genre
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    That cover looks like a funny take on the covers of Marillion's first two albums! Just sayin'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by headcrash View Post
    One of my favorite records of any genre
    71oJf6t4hpL._SL1050_.jpg
    Bought this LP sole for the cover! I knew the work of the cover-artist from the famous Album Cover Albums. The Marillion-covers are more likely inspired by them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MIO Records View Post
    Not sure why flute was always my favorite instruments to distinguish between Prog & Rock.
    If they use a flute it's more symphonic, more structured... that was the conception I guess when i was young.

    Today i still find the flute one of my favorite instruments, i guess for its diversity: it can be gentle, harmonic or the best or singing in it and wild.

    Two playlists i did for the flute: progressive rock & jazz, enjoy flute lovers:

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0N...a958491c2f4816

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10...18da35b0be4e7d

    If i missed a flute album please shout.... will add it.

    Thanks,

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    Like your previous thread on spotify-lists one should first visit those lists, but they're too large for me to spent time on, so here's one suggestion in jazzrock:

    Wilding & Bonus: Pleasure Signals: https://www.discogs.com/release/1241...easure-Signals

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    For the jazz list:
    Lloyd McNeill (Quartet)
    Bob Downes
    Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
    John Betsch Society

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    Nobody mentioned Jethro Tull? Odd.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Czyszy View Post
    Nobody mentioned Jethro Tull? Odd.
    I would imagine Tull is already in the OP's playlist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    That cover looks like a funny take on the covers of Marillion's first two albums! Just sayin'.
    Complete with Surgeon General's warning!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post
    I would imagine Tull is already in the OP's playlist.
    There is a a lot of Tull in that playlist. I may have missed some others, but Tull defenitly not.

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    Japanese jazzrockband QUI has a prominent role for the flute: https://soundcloud.com/hayashi-qui and https://quisounds.wixsite.com/quisounds

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    (There's also a DVD from this band: Super Live! Live at Welcome Back, Tokyo 21-April-2009, released in the Poseidon Concert DVD Series (not listed on Discogs)

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    Check out this local musical gem with excellent, I'd even say virtuosic, flute playing! An exceptional blend of psych and jazz.
    Czesław Niemen - Sprzedaj Mnie Wiatrowi. Featuring Zbigniew Namysłowski on flute.
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    This one is a bit on the obscure side but I was playing it recently (the whole album) so it's still fresh in my mind:




    Also, good call on Pavlov's Dog although I'm pretty sure their second album At the Sound of the Bell has more flute on it.

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    I don't use Spotify, so I can't verify what's on your playlist and what's not. But Estonian In Spe should be included (especially their first album when Erkki-Sven Tüür was the bandleader):



    and there is lots of flute also on the Kaseke album:


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