The most melodius flute's solo in the Prog. Rock [Archive] - Aural Moon

Toccata

11-04-2007, 11:11 AM

I always was a flute's lover! When a flute's solo begin in a music, I think we can feel a pure and divine presence ! :angel:
I'll give you this examples below, who knows other's or if I forgot to include here, please do it:
Genesis:
-The Knife (Trespass)
-Get "em" out by friday (Foxtrot)
-Supper's Ready (Foxtrot)
-Firth of Fifth (Selling England By The Pound)
Focus:
-Birth (Hamburger Concerto)
Jethro Tull:
-My God (Aqualung)
:-V

mailotron

11-04-2007, 11:30 AM

All flute parts in Camel's Snow Goose
Camel's Aristillus on Moonmadness:p

Toccata

11-04-2007, 11:34 AM

Thanks Mailo, i'll try to search this song, embrace brother.

gr8sho92

11-05-2007, 10:44 AM

Any PFM album from 1972 to 1974. Listen for the magic from Mauro Pagani.

Toccata

11-05-2007, 01:43 PM

Thank you friend !

gr8sho92

11-05-2007, 02:23 PM

You're most welcome. I haven't looked recently, but if you google wisely, you may be able to find some videos of 2 recent concerts that showcase this sort of thing from PFM. One is the 2002 Japan concert which features Lucio Fabbri and a more recent concert that had a reunion with Mauro Pagani in Piazza del Campo in Siena. The boys are a little weathered with age (ain't we all), but the music is phenomenal.

Toccata

11-05-2007, 02:34 PM

Hi friend, thanks, I like very much Premiata and the others Italians, what do you think about Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso ?:angel:

gr8sho92

11-05-2007, 02:42 PM

Also gods. Apparently they've agreed to come to Nearfest next year so I may be attending my first prog festival. Non mi rompete is one of my favorites. pretty ballsy (pardon the pun) for the 1970s.

(Funny thing about Selling is that I was just listening to it in the car past few days. Really classic prog. Also being featured album on prog archives.)

Toccata

11-06-2007, 03:46 PM

gr8sho92

11-06-2007, 07:57 PM

Gooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mossy

11-06-2007, 08:14 PM

For me, all of John Hackett's work on Voyage of the Acolyte, but especially Hands of the Priestess part 2.

1:34 minutes of musical genius.

marquer

11-07-2007, 12:39 PM

A list of good musical flute in prog would not be complete without mentioning Harmonium's "Si on avait besoin d'une cinquieme saison". A look at the list of players shows that there are 2 flute players on that album:

- Pierre Daigneault / flute, piccolo, Soprano saxophone, clarinet
- Serge Fiori / guitar, flute, zither harp, bass drum, vocals

Very melodious!

mossy

11-07-2007, 12:42 PM

very much so, marquer

carlos77

11-08-2007, 03:10 PM

My two Fav:
Firth Of Fifth and Bouree

Rick and Roll

11-08-2007, 03:24 PM

Little known fact - On "Reasons For Waiting", the great tull track from Stand Up, that's Martin Barre and not Ian Anderson on flute. Martin's actually been playing longer than Ian.

I don't like to say "my fav flute solo" etc. or rank things like that.

Gabriel's flute parts are few and far between, and not really that big a part of the music.

I will say that "Birth" is one of my favorite songs...but what starts it for me is the little harpsichord at the beginning of the song.:thumbsup:

Toccata

11-08-2007, 05:04 PM

Hi Rick, I didn't know was Martin Barre the flute player in this song!! Nice!!
Excellent musician Right, complete!!!!:rawk:

Toccata

11-08-2007, 05:06 PM

Si compañero son muy lindas!!:-V

Toccata

11-08-2007, 05:10 PM

Really, Harmonium is celestial. :angel:

eloy1964

11-09-2007, 03:45 AM

My favourite flute solo is from Eloy "Impressions" on their colours album. Pure XTC.

Toccata

11-17-2007, 06:08 AM

Really friend ! The "Impressions"' solo is very melodius.
I ever was an Eloy fan too, I received from Hannover, of the EMI office a Post Card, which are an ELOY photo authographed by them, which I care so well.:iheartyou
Bye.

DEzerov

11-17-2007, 07:58 AM

While both are not particularly complicated, and perhaps not even long enough to be consided as soli, I enjoy Ray Thomas's playing on Isn't Life Strange and Legend of a Mind. His flute was pivotal to the Moodies sound on the seven core albums and even up through The Present. Sadly after that album, it all but disappeared.:hmph:

Toccata

11-17-2007, 08:58 AM

A part of "Song within a Song" and "Air Born" are wonderfuls! :vaxman: Bye!

Toccata

11-17-2007, 12:57 PM

Althought I didn't know, was an unfortune! Right Dez!!:aua:

kirk

11-26-2007, 06:49 PM

We got this far w/o mentioning "Bouree"?
I caught Tull last month in Eugene Or., excellent show!
Martin played the flute on 1 song.

I took up the flute years ago thanks to Ian,
own an Artley.

Rick and Roll

11-26-2007, 08:30 PM

We got this far w/o mentioning "Bouree"?
I caught Tull last month in Eugene Or., excellent show!
Martin played the flute on 1 song.

I took up the flute years ago thanks to Ian,
own an Artley.

Cool, I'll see them on Monday next week. Missing a football game, bowling, and basketball practice (I could only do two of three anyway).

Wonder if Martin did Reasons for Waiting (he does on the record)....

us old timers!

teermin8r

11-26-2007, 09:03 PM

Barry Hay on Big Tree, Blue Sea from the Moontan record comes to mind. Also check out Si Dira Di Me from Malibran's Oltre L'Ignoto.

Toccata

11-29-2007, 05:28 PM

Friends !! Who knows , please tell me, ok!
Many years ago, I was watching a RockTV Program when appears Focus! They was in a Live Concert into the London Rainbow Theater.
Thijs Van Leer was playing a flute solo, with variations, nice...:notworthy
I never listened a flute solo so melodius like that. But I couldn't to discover what music was that.:angel:

Toccata

11-30-2007, 05:49 PM

I forgot to include two solos fantástics that I particularly love , and are in the the same Focus Hamburger Concerto LP, is Medium I and Early Birth .:surrender :vaxman:

OverHillandDale

11-30-2007, 07:39 PM

What about the opening to Chris Squire's Silently Falling from Fish Out Of Water?

That's a very pretty flute section.

Mike Pinder also had some nice flute solos during his career with The Moody Blues.

Rick and Roll

12-01-2007, 10:15 AM

I just listened to Choas Code and the record "The Tragedy of Leaps and Bounds". My good buddy Cliff Phelps plays some nice flute on that. I'll dedicate it to Mr. Toccatta when I feature it on the show.

"Birth" from Focus is indeed a wonderful song, flute or no flute.

Toccata

12-01-2007, 05:52 PM

Andyyyy

12-02-2007, 07:12 PM

For me it's Firth of Fifth, already mentioned. I do like Steve Hackett's brother, John. Aside from Voyage of the Acolyte, there were some great live moments with the two of them. Chicago had some good flute here and there too, especially on Chicago VII.

Toccata

12-04-2007, 05:11 PM

Andy! There another too, very melodius that is in the nice work of K. Crimson, "In the Court of the Crimson King"!
John Hackett is a good flute player too!
Embrace brother!!:rockband:
Toc.

Toccata

01-19-2008, 06:31 PM

I love the flute's solo on the song, "song within a song" in the Camel's work Moonmadness.
A introduction begin with an apparent superficial theme, like preparing a bed to the flute sleep. When suddenly the flute's solo fall down intensive and deeply on a wonderful and melodius theme, it occurs other times in the song doing with this the angels smiles.:angel:
Another wonderful solo are on the song "Air Born" .... Ohh..Lord....thus my poor heart can't resist :angel: Mercy:surrender

progzealot

01-20-2008, 09:27 AM

QUIDAM---SURREVIVAL CD--beautiful flute work

Toccata

01-21-2008, 05:00 PM

Really Prog!
Jacek Zasada play very well flute and he is a good musician, particularly I like in this CD the The Fifth Season and SUrREvival song!!
Embrace Prog!:winkies:
Toc.:-V

Toccata

06-20-2009, 10:43 AM

Oh my God , I forgot to include de wonderful solo in the list that of the strip "The Knife" of "Trespass" the big Genesis creation!
Pardon! I am a 50 years old man, already!:confused:

eloy1964

06-23-2009, 04:37 AM

I loved the flute work on Atomic Rooster 'Winter' It did become one of my early flute classics, given that I was into heavy metal at that time!

ErikM

06-23-2009, 04:46 AM

Eloy 1964 wrote :
I loved the flute work on Atomic Rooster 'Winter' It did become one of my early flute classics, given that I was into heavy metal at that time!

Too much Tommy Vance would have made you a real metalhead.
Hehe ... I'm joking !
I was a big fan of "The Friday Rock Show" at that time in the early eighties.
And not for the heavy metal but because he also played NEW PROG stuff like The Enid, Pallas, Twelft Night, Magnum, .....
Do you know what happened with that show ? Why it has to stop ??

eloy1964

06-23-2009, 04:58 AM

Hi Erik,
with the advent of Thrash Metal etc Tommy was replaced and the show died. Tommy moved to Virgin fm but never rekindled the flame. He unfortunately passed away in 2005, a very sad day for rock fans. I agree it was aimed at heavy rock, but it was where I mellowed and matured hearing the likes of Eloy, Saga, Van Der Graaf generator, Planet P etc. I have added a dedication to Tommy for the Moon anniversary on Friday. My Friday Nights have never been the same!
Eloy 1964 wrote :

Too much Tommy Vance would have made you a real metalhead.
Hehe ... I'm joking !
I was a big fan of "The Friday Rock Show" at that time in the early eighties.
And not for the heavy metal but because he also played NEW PROG stuff like The Enid, Pallas, Twelft Night, Magnum, .....
Do you know what happened with that show ? Why it has to stop ??