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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Dog Years In The Fourth Ring

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 1998

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a man, at least by the technical definition of the word. However, the ranks of men are often left by a chosen few, whose very greatness elevates them to the status of genius, prophet, or legend. Rarely however, is a man considered all three. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, however, was such a man. A musical genius, Kirk's ability to play multiple horns at the same time was not what really made him a legend. It was his ...