Interview with the Dolphys Part 1 of 3

Complete version of my talk with Eric Sr. and Sadie Dolphy, at their house at 1593 W 36th St in Los Angeles, in 1975. We recorded this on Sony Portapak equipment on 1/2-inch black and white tape. My comrades later overwrote part of the tape, unfortunately. Mike Lastra and others recorded this while I asked the dumb questions. The 1/2-inch tape was transferred to VHS by Obsolete Tape Transfer Service in Philadelphia in the 1980s, and this was digitized from that VHS tape.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Eric Dolphy
• jazz history

[AChozenSunn]

wheres the audio?

[UdaleJat]

@AChozenSunn The audio is on for me, not sure why you couldn't hear it.

Meanwhile, I put the whole thing in one piece at vimeo if you prefer.

[eskapader]

WHO ARE YOU who is interviewing? This is wonderful footage.

[UdaleJat]

Sorry, I guess I take it for granted that I'm easy to find. Or, I'm just too embarrassed hearing myself in 1975.

Alan Saul

[daddysevenpointfiver]

Such a wonderful family and talent, so sad he never found the financial life he deserved -.

[aarfeld]

Some wonderful insights from his parents on the life and personality of this brilliant musician and humble man. Thanks you for sharing this footage with us.

[shibajune]

Alan, thank you so much for putting this up!!

[tbonewalk]

absolutely heart warming...

[kingpleasure]

This is a great document.. Thanks for recording it and for posting it here.

[stanchinsky]

This is invaluable... Thank you!

[JonoLakeside]

Thanks for putting it up!