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Clark Ashton 
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Giorgio Giorgi from QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA.
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 08:12 |
My favourite bit of flute is on "The Virgin and The Gypsy" by Steve Hackett. I believe it is Steve's brother John.
Also Jimmy Hastings who played some great stuff on "Fish out of Water".
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 08:00 |
Ian Anderson IS the flute player!
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 07:15 |
Jim Lockhart of Horslips is far better than Ian Anderson (or any other flautist in prog for that matter).
Try The Book of Invasions or The Tain and see how good he is (as well as playing pipes, whistles and keyboards!!!)
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:50 |
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I'll take Thijs van Leer over Ian Anderson any day.
Edited by Dragon Phoenix - July 14 2006 at 06:51
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Blog this:
http://artrock2006.blogspot.com
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:37 |
 Andrea Cortese wrote:
BTW, the greatest flutist is prog is Ian Anderson, without any doubt!
HE is the flute in prog! |
It depends on how you look at it, of course. Yes he is the greatest, as in the most profilic. Not the best or most original.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:33 |
BTW, the greatest flutist is prog is Ian Anderson, without any doubt!
HE is the flute in prog!
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:32 |
Kotro wrote:
Setting aside the obvious (Anderson, Thijs, etc...) I'm really into the playing of Andrea Monetti on La Maschera di Cera's albums. |
Yep, just listen to their last big opus LuxAde! Sometimes distorted flute!
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Kotro
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:45 |
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Setting aside the obvious (Anderson, Thijs, etc...) I'm really into the playing of Andrea Monetti on La Maschera di Cera's albums.
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Bigger on the inside.
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:42 |
Oh!
Richard Harvey and Brian Gulland
Gryphon: 1. Gryphon 
2. Midnight Mushrooms 3. Red Queen to Gryphon Three
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:34 |
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Forgot:
Rob Young
Comus: First Utterance
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:32 |
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Not to obvious I think:
Sacha van Geest
Supersister: 1. Present From Nancy, 2. To the Highest Bidder, 3. Pudding en Gisteren. All fantastic.
Teddy Lasry (Claude Engel, Richard Raux also credited flute players)
Magma: Kobaia
Pascal Vandenbulcke
Dün: Eros
Udo Dennenbourg (Christopf Franke also credited)
Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri
I find all these albums and fluteplayers untyphical unique sounding.
Gong and almost all Canterbury bands have been mentioned many times.
Finally Gnidrolog, PFM, Harmonium and some VdGG. Probably not as
original, but always very beautiful .
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S Lang
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:30 |
Mel Collins is the legend.
Never released an album under his name, he plays the best flute I can think off. As a feature musician, he played on hundreds of albums for big names, always playing his own style, never to be "bought".
There may be others, but I couldn't think of anyone better.
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Trickster F.
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 05:15 |
I am looking for inspiration in the ProgRock's flautist circles, as this seems to be the only kind of playing that influences mine. I am vastly disappointed with some of the major names though, as their flute solos seem to be just traditional rock guitar solos played on flute. The lead flute work(non-solo)is great though.
Basically, I ask you all to list the most original, creative flute players of prog, preferrably without mentioning the big names(I've known about Latimer, McDonald, Anderson and others for years, guys). 
Oh, please list the ALBUMS their playing is represented the best too. 
-- Ivan
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