Best flute player?
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Topic: Best flute player?
Posted By: Borealis
Subject: Best flute player?
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 16:44
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I guess everyone understand the question... I know I forgot a lot, but well, tell them if you got some others you think deserve your vote... ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 16:48
anderson. 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 17:01
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Didier Malherbe of Gong and Mother Gong. Example given: The excellent
flute solo in the episode "Magic Land" on the track "The Pied Piper" on
Mother Gong's album "Fairy Tales". He plays excellent saxes too, but I
prefer him on flute.
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Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 18:18
Ian Anderson for me  ------------- [IMG]http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Sacred-Travel/Machu-Picchu-350.jpg"> [IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/panchopc1/machupicchu-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 20:25
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Anderson ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 20:29
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Herbie Mann, and Ian Anderson ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: July 02 2005 at 12:27
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Andy Latimer and Ian Anderson!!! ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: July 02 2005 at 12:37
| Ian. |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: July 02 2005 at 15:53
| None of these - Jim Lockhart of Horslips by miles. He does things noone else attempts and is technically excellent (my partner is a professional flautist in an orchestra so I asked her opinion). Anderson and van Leer are also very good and Latimer and Gabriel are very sound and melodic players. But Lockhart is the daddy! |
Posted By: Tenorsaxman89
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 13:49
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Definately Ian, but Chris Wood of Traffic was awesome. Listen to John Barleycorn Must Die. Don't forget Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues too. ------------- Jethro Tull kicks ass! But don't forget the Moody Blues :) |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 15:18
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I support Jean. Didier Malherbe is the best. Even if one is of a different opinion he definitely HAS to be on the list. And that flute solo in "Magic Land" is simply out of this world. What I love best about his flute is that it seems to dance gnomically. And he uses an amazing variety of techniques. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 15:34
| Andy Latimer. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 16:18
The 2 Ian's are my favorites McDonald and Anderson! my vote goes to McDonald for hes beautifull playing on ITCOTKC!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Gluonio
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 16:38
Ian Anderson flute playing is out of this world!He is simply MAGNIFICENT!!!!!! ------------- ...But my dreams are for dreaming and best left that way-and my zero to your power of ten equals nothing at all... |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 17:24
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Another one that has not been mentioned in here: Jimmy Hastings. (Trouserpress, have you been sleeping????)
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 23:48
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Gabriel has no business amongst these other greats. but arguments could be made for anyone here (except Gabriel) ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 00:52
His third album, 'Zeff', was released in October 1992, for the Tangram in France. The title of the album is derived from Zephyr, and is also the name he gave to a plastic, circular bass flute which he played for Vangelis on the soundtrack of Ridley Scott's movie '1492 Conquest of Paradise', as well as on the daily jingles for France Television 3. The album was a huge hit in France. 
1994 saw the release of his fourth solo album 'Fluvius', which featured Loy Ehrlich on keyboards and ethnic string instruments like hajouj and bolong, Henri Agnel on guitar, mandolin and sarod, Shamal MaÏtra on tablas and percussions, Didier played sopranino and soprano saxophones, classical, piccolo and bamboo flutes. 
1995's solo album, http://www.planetgong.co.uk/octave/cd/hadouk.shtml - 'Hadouk' , is really a duet with Loy Ehrlich from the Fluvius band. Didier plays Armenian doudouk, Ukrainian double-flute, bamboo-clarinet, ocarinas, while Loy accompanies on hajouj, kora, boolong, sanza, djembe, and others. The result is yet another adventurous musical journey, quietly couched in beautiful melodies and structures. 
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 01:54
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^ thanks BaldJean also a worthy candidate -------------
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 02:21
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come on, who did you expect
IAN ANDERSON!!!! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 05:31
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Mel Collins deserves to be listed too. (But speaking of "best flutists" in general, what about 'classical' names like Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway. Maybe the real question behind this poll is, in which prog bands you enjoy the flute most, and Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull is a clear winner to me too - technically he's hardly the best flutist in the world.) |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 07:12
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Ian.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 09:34
Ian who??? there are 2 of em, Andrerson i gues... -------------
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Posted By: mmike
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 11:16
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John Hackett and Mel Collins |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 12:31
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Andrew Latimer for me on this one... (Of course Gabriel deserves a special mention...)
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 12:59
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My favourite flute player at the moment: Geoff Richardson. Take for instance his beautiful flute solo on Caravan's Watcha Gonna Tell Me. |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:30
| As much as I like Andy Latimer, Peter Gabriel and Angela Goldthorpe (Mostly Autumn) my vote goes to Ian Anderson. |
Posted By: wiggum
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:55
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Andy Latimer ... by a long way! Substitute the word 'flute' in the title for 'guitar' and Andy still comes out on top! Just listen and listen and enjoy and listen again! ------------- I hate people who never finish their |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:06
I don't think he's nearly as good a flutist as the other's mentioned - many of Genesis's flute sounds were Mellotron (Banks) anyway. -------------
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:07
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IDK, Ian Anderson is a very good acoustic guitarist -------------
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Posted By: steelyhead
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 22:33
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I love the melodic sound of Latimer, but my vote goes to Anderson, impressive work.
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Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 08:43
I agree! I saw Caravan perform at the Isle Of Wight Festival a couple of weeks ago and they were excellent and IMO blew every other band off the stage. Geoff's flute playing was outstanding (and so was his spoon playing ------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
)Posted By: Johnny-The-Fox
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:11
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My vote goes to.. Ian Anderson. Only for his playing on Uriah Heep - Acoustically Driven. I have to say that I really don´t like Jethro Tull (sorry, too much folk for me) but what he was able to add to some songs of the aforementioned album...impressive. Van leer and Latimer are also very good but you can hear that the flute isn´t their main instrument. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 18:16
I definitely respect your point of view. Still for me, Andy Latimer. Land
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: nousommedusolei
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 02:56
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Oohh that's a tough one. Anderson, I'd say, followed by McDonald.
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Posted By: Sollak
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 02:18
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Florian Schnneider (Kraftwerk). Oh, don't shoot me... try to listen the first albums - 'Ruckzuck' and 'Tongebirge' are real classics... and don't tell me it's not prog!!
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 02:32
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hard to go past the man from JT ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 11:56
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ian anderson is for all the people in general the best but i prefer thijs van leer
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Posted By: CRIMSONFROST
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 09:13
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THIS AINT IN ANY DOUBT SURELY IT HAS TO BE MR ANDERSON NO CONTEST THIS ONE ------------- Scott c Wills |