Editing Eric Dolphy (section)

==Awards, honors, and tributes==
Dolphy was posthumously inducted into the ''DownBeat'' magazine Hall of Fame in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://downbeat.com/archives/detail/downbeat-hall-of-fame |title=DownBeat Hall of Fame |last=Downbeat |website=Downbeat.com |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127123628/http://downbeat.com/archives/detail/downbeat-hall-of-fame |url-status=live }}</ref> [[John Coltrane]] paid tribute to Dolphy in an interview: "Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I've ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician."<ref>{{cite book| title= Coltrane On Coltrane| year= 2010| publisher= Chicago Review Press| first= John |last= Coltrane| editor= Chris DeVito | isbn= 9781569762875}}</ref> After Dolphy died, his mother gave Coltrane his flute and bass clarinet, and Coltrane, who traveled with Dolphy's photograph, hanging it on his hotel room walls,<ref name="Ratliff 2007 68"/> proceeded to play the instruments on several subsequent recordings.<ref>{{cite book | last = Porter | first = Lewis | author-link = Lewis Porter | title = John Coltrane: His Life and Music | publisher = The University of Michigan Press | year = 1999 | pages=273 }}</ref>

[[Frank Zappa]] acknowledged Dolphy as a musical influence in the liner notes to the 1966 album ''[[Freak Out!]]''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Freak Out! |author=[[The Mothers of Invention]] |type=liner notes |year=1966 |publisher=[[Verve Records]] }}</ref> and included a Dolphy tribute entitled "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" on his 1970 album ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]''.

Pianist [[Geri Allen]] analyzed Dolphy's music for her master's thesis at the [[University of Pittsburgh]],<ref>{{cite thesis |type=MA |last=Allen |first=Geri |date=1983 |title=A Musical Analysis of Three Pieces with a Brief Biography |publisher=University of Pittsburgh}}</ref> and paid tribute to Dolphy in tunes like "Dolphy's Dance," recorded and released on her 1992 album ''[[Maroons (album)|Maroons]]''.<ref name="Lutz">{{cite web |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/eric-dolphy-the-prophet-of-freedom/P2 |title=Eric Dolphy: The 'Prophet' of Freedom |last=Lutz |first=Phillip |website=Downbeat.com |date=December 17, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

In 1989, [[Po Torch]] Records released an album titled "The Ericle of Dolphi," featuring [[Evan Parker]], [[Paul Rutherford (trombonist)|Paul Rutherford]], [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]], and [[Paul Lovens]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/potorch/ptrjwd13.html |title=Po Torch Records PTR/JWD 13/14 The ericle of Dolphi |website=Po Torch discography |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607084753/http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/potorch/ptrjwd13.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1997, the [[Vienna Art Orchestra]] released ''Powerful Ways: Nine Immortal Non-evergreens for Eric Dolphy'' as part of its 20th anniversary box-set.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/poweful-ways-nine-immortal-evergreens-for-eric-dolphy-mw0001246070 |title=Vienna Art Orchestra: Powerful Ways: Nine Immortal Evergreens for Eric Dolphy |last=Olewnick |first=Brian |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629070134/https://www.allmusic.com/album/poweful-ways-nine-immortal-evergreens-for-eric-dolphy-mw0001246070 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2003, to mark what would have been Dolphy's 75th birthday, a performance was made in his honor of an original composition by [[Phil Ranelin]] at the [[William Grant Still|William Grant Still Arts Center]] in Dolphy's hometown Los Angeles.<ref name= imagining>{{cite news| url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-27-et-heckman27-story.html| work= [[Los Angeles Times]]| title= Imagining the melodies that might have been| first= Don| last= Heckman| date= 27 June 2003| access-date= 3 March 2020| archive-date= 4 March 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200304011857/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-27-et-heckman27-story.html| url-status= live}}</ref> Additionally, the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] designated June 20 as Eric Dolphy Day.<ref name= imagining />

In 2014, marking 50 years since Dolphy's death, Berlin-based pianists [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] and [[Aki Takase]] led a project called ''[[So Long, Eric!]]'', celebrating Dolphy's music and featuring musicians such as [[Han Bennink]], [[Karl Berger]], [[Tobias Delius]], [[Axel Dörner]], and [[Rudi Mahall]]. That year also saw a Dolphy tribute by a Berlin-based group led by [[Gebhard Ullmann]], who had previously founded a quartet named ''Out to Lunch'' in 1983.<ref name="Lutz"/> In the United States, the arts group ''Seed Artists'' presented a two-day festival entitled ''Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound'' in [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]], New Jersey, that year.<ref name="Ratliff" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seedartists.org/events |title=Seed Artists: Past Events |website=SeedArtists.org |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629230652/https://www.seedartists.org/events |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dolphy's compositions are the inspiration for many tribute albums, including [[Oliver Lake]]'s ''[[Prophet (Oliver Lake album)|Prophet]]'' and ''[[Dedicated to Dolphy]]'', [[Jerome Harris]]' ''Hidden In Plain View'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hidden-in-plain-view-mw0000175508 |title=Jerome Harris: Hidden in Plain View |last=Nastos |first=Michael |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227083833/http://www.allmusic.com/album/hidden-in-plain-view-mw0000175508 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Otomo Yoshihide]]'s re-imagining of ''Out to Lunch!'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/out-to-lunch-mw0001444979 |title=Otomo Yoshihide: Out to Lunch |last=Lynch |first=Dave |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126150942/https://www.allmusic.com/album/out-to-lunch-mw0001444979 |url-status=live }}</ref> Silke Eberhard's ''Potsa Lotsa: The Complete Works of Eric Dolphy'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-works-of-eric-dolphy-mw0002096044 |title=Silke Eberhard / Potsa Lotsa: The Complete Works of Eric Dolphy |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> and [[Aki Takase]] and [[Rudi Mahall]]'s duo album ''Duet For Eric Dolphy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/duet-for-eric-dolphy-mw0000517071|title=Aki Takase: Duet for Eric Dolphy |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

The ballad "Poor Eric", composed by pianist [[Larry Willis]] and appearing on [[Jackie McLean]]'s 1966  [[Right Now!&nbsp;(Jackie McLean album)|Right Now!]] album, is dedicated to Dolphy.

Dolphy was the subject of a 1991 documentary titled ''Last Date'', directed by Hans Hylkema, written by Hylkema and Thierry Bruneau, and produced by Akka Volta.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/eric-dolphy-last-date-eric-dolphy-by-andrey-henkin.php |title=Eric Dolphy: Last Date |last=Henkin |first=Andrey |date=December 11, 2005 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031124131/https://www.allaboutjazz.com/eric-dolphy-last-date-eric-dolphy-by-andrey-henkin.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 =Simosko | first1 =Vladimir | last2=Tepperman |first2=Barry | title =Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography & Discography | publisher =Da Capo | year =1971 | page=x }}</ref> The film includes video clips from Dolphy's television appearances, along with interviews with the members of the [[Misha Mengelberg]] trio, with whom Dolphy recorded in June 1964, as well as commentary from [[Buddy Collette]], [[Ted Curson]], [[Jaki Byard]], [[Gunther Schuller]], and [[Richard Davis (bassist)|Richard Davis]].