 He performed Edgard Varèse's "Density 21.5" for solo flute at the Ojai Music Festival in 1962, and participated in Gunther Schuller's and John Lewis's Third Stream efforts of the 1960s.Dolphy also admired the Italian flute virtuoso Severino Gazzelloni, after whom he named his composition "Gazzelloni".Around 1962–63, one of Dolphy's working bands included the pianist Herbie Hancock, who can be heard on "The Illinois Concert", "Gaslight 1962", and the unissued Town Hall concert with poet Ree Dragonette.