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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Left Hook, Right Cross
by Jim Santella
This set of two reissued Atlantic recordings offers a clear picture of what Rahsaan Roland Kirk was all about. Whether playing rough-house tenor, three saxophones at once, his searing brand of flute with vocalized thoughts, or the high-pitched ocarina-like nose flute, Kirk was a distinctive and highly unique professional. And he could connect with an audience. ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Yusef Lateef: Separate But Equal
by Robert Spencer
Back in the days when Joel Dorn, the 32 Jazz majordomo, walked the hallowed hall of Atlantic Records, he nourished the hope someday to bring two of the most luminous exponents of Great Black Music, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef, together in the studio. Alas, Kirk took ill and ultimately died before Dorn's vision could ...
Dog Years In The Fourth Ring
Label: 32 Records
Released: 1998
Track listing:
Disc 1Box Tops And Whistlin' Rings; Domino; Blues For Alice; I Remember Clifford; Freddie Freeloader; Lester Leaps In; Sister Sadie; One Mind/Seasons; I Say A Little Prayer
Disc 2Jammin' With A Wolf; Three For The Festival; Untitled Blues; Passion Dance; Petite Fleur; Giant Steps; Misterioso/Blue Monk; Rahsaantalk; Mutli-Horn Medley: Satin Doll/Lover; Blacknuss
Disc 3Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said; Island Cry; Runnin' From The Trash; Day Dream; The Ragman and The Junkman They Ray From The Businessman They Laughed And He Cried; Breath-A-Thon; Rahsaanica; Raped Voices; Haunted Feelings; Prelude Back Home; Dance Of The Lobes; Harder & Harder Spiritual; Black Root.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: A Standing Eight
by Robert Spencer
These two CD's include the last three albums recorded by this most extraordinary of extraordinary musicians: The Return of the 5000 lb. Man, Kirkatron, and Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real. They're particularly poignant because of the circumstances in which they appeared: 5000 lb. Man landed in the can only a short time before Kirk's debilitating stroke; ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Aces Back to Back
by Robert Spencer
Step right up. Enclosed are four strong Kirk entries, too long unavailable: Left & Right (1969), Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970), Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (1973), and Other Folks' Music (1976). Any admirer of the raw-boned adventurousness, raucous joy and staggering virtuosity that were Kirk trademarks will find them all in abundance here, although these ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Dog Years In The Fourth Ring
by AAJ Staff
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. ...
Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology
Label: Rhino Records (2)
Released: 1993
Track listing: Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am; Conversation; Bye Bye Blackbird; Horses (Monogram/Republic); If I Loved You; Old Rugged Cross; Ain't No Sunshine; Volunteered Slavery; Seasons; Introduction; Medley; The Black And Crazy Blues; I Say A Little Prayer; Medley; The Inflated Tear; Blacknuss; I Love You Yes I Do; Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies; Water For Robeson And Williams; A Laugh For Rory; The Entertainer (Done In The Style Of The Blues); Black Root; Carney And Begard Place; Anysha; Making Love After Hours; Freaks For The Festival; sesroH; Bye Bye Blackbird; Conversation; Three For The Festival; Bright Moments (Excerpt);
Black Classical Music
Label: Jazz Hour
Released: 1991
Track listing: Petite Fleur / When The Saints Go Marching In; Roller Coaster / Sweet Fire; Love For Sale / Bags Groove / My Cherie Amour; Three For The Festival; Boogie Man Song;
