Roland Kirk Kirks Work(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

ROLAND KIRK KIRK’S WORK
Label: Prestige
Recorded: July 11, 1961
Fotmat: [email protected]

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977) was a blind American jazz saxophonist, perhaps best known for his ability to play more than one saxophone at once.

Kirk was born Ronald Kirk on 7th August 1936, in Columbus, Ohio, but felt compelled by a dream to transpose two letters in his first name to make Roland. After another dream in about 1970 he added Rahsaan to his name.

His playing was generally rooted in soul jazz or hard bop, but Kirk’s encyclopedic knowledge of jazz history allowed him to draw convincingly on any element of the music’s history, from ragtime to swing and free jazz. Kirk also regularly explored classical and pop music.

Tracklist:
01 "Three For Dizzy" 5:11
02 "Makin' Whoopee" 5:07
03 "Funk Underneath" 6:15
04 "Kirk's Work" 3:54
05 "Doin' The Sixty-Eight" 4:20
06 "Too Late Now" 3:52
07 "Skater's Waltz" 4:23

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 11, 1961.
Originally released on Prestige (7210)



Personnel:
Roland Kirk (tenor sax, manzello, strich, flute, siren);
Jack McDuff (Hammond organ);
Joe Benjamin (bass);
Arthur Taylor (drums).