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'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.'

I saw Stackridge live back in the day (mid 70's) - they certainly put on a good show... as soon as I saw the topic 'flute' they were the second name to spring to mind after JT... then Focus third.

'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.'

Gong. But the flute is not the main instrument.

Caravan had a very prominent role of the flute in the band provided by Jimmy Hastings (RIP).

“On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.”
— Ernest Vong

GuruCan wrote:

'Celestial Ocean' is an album by Swiss krautrock trio Brainticket that was released in 1973 but still sounds totally fresh! Flute here is awesome.

Is this the same band that released CottonWoodHill ? I listened to two albums by them [I think they had two proper only] and found some of their tracks quite trippy.

'Eros' is a 1981 masterpiece created by the extraordinary French instrumental sextet Dün, obviously enthralled by Frank Herbert's iconic 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune. The sound on their sole album is rich and captivating, blending vibraphone, bass, drums, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, synth, and flute into a Zeuhl fantasy that really stands out.

I seem to enjoy Solaris periodically. In a sense it can be interpreted as to travel back in time and hear Jethro Tull instrumentally ...however regarding Solaris' composition there are sections of it which do not feature flute and so therefore to sum them up...a person hearing Solaris might acknowledge the style of Jethro Tull and not so much the expansion of Jethro Tull.

Jon Field and his work with Jade Warrior. Many examples of his instrumental passages and jazzy but ambient/hypnotic soloing. He was very original and creatjve...however the letdown for me at times was the consistency of sounding like early Jethro Tull. I still love Jade Warrior though....and those influences began to fade during the Island period. Surprisingly some of his flute work became really interesting on some of the later releases.

Didier Malherbe from Gong possessed this amazing ability to fuse a exotic style of improvisation with Jazz. Though there were many musicians/composers already doing this ..Didier Malherbe injected it into a band and it became a distinctive sound within Gong. They were definitely easily recognizable when he played. So based on a style of playing not totally distant from Martin Denny ..Malherbe was doing something else with it. There are so many examples of his playing over decades of various recordings.

Edited by Jacob Schoolcraft - November 27 2024 at 07:14

Mr. Sirius is a musical project of Kazuhiro Miyatake, a very skilled Japanese multi-instrumentalist. On the 'Barren Dream' album from 1987, he plays mellotron, Hammond organ, synthesizer, accordion, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, and flute. In addition, Hiroko Nagai has assumed the stage name Lisa Ohki for this creation as both a vocalist and keyboardist; her voice combines clarity and strength nicely within this wonderful take on symphonic rock. Miyatake's playing of the classical guitar contributes an incredibly beautiful layer to their sound, while his enchanting flute melodies weave throughout this dreamy music.