S&D: Rashaan Roland Kirk

'Inflated Tear' is prob. the most 'together' rec that Kirk ever made - and there's a gd cheapo twofer CD in the UK that combines 'Rip, Rig and Panic' w/ 'Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith' - great vfm. Plus his playing on 'Oh Yeah' by Mingus is pretty special.

search Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle for the title alone. also for the way the cover art depicts exactly the music it contains: a dark matte painting backdrop of looming clouds with incongruous birds and half-angels. Kirk is a disembodied hovering voice from another place and somehow the LEAST strange thing in the picture.

Typo in question!

Bad J!

His music has great appeal to people interested in Jazz, and people not interested in jazz.

For those Jazz fans out there, you might find that 'We Free Kings' on Emarcy, is the best album for you.

'Inflated Tear', is good, as well as 'Rip Rig and Panic', a classic.

'Blacknuss' is a must for lovers of pop soul, and there are some fantastic live records, the best comes from the soundtrack to the movie that Mark was talking about, it's called 'I, Eye, Aye'.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21421
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21410

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none of it really, tho I guess some of the trad-bop stuff is kinda pedestrian (Domino, Kirk's Work, etc.)

I'm pretty sure Rahsaan is one of the best people you could play for people who are into rock and pop etc, but not fond of the jazz thing. It never sounds like "jazz" in that "Giant Steps" sort of way, but just like some musicians having tons of fun blowing their lungs out. Come to think of it, he often seems to be mentioned by those guys who generally rarely like much other jazz than Eric Dolphy.

Only dud part as I see it is that party-whistle thing he loves so much. He ends a solo and up goes that thing and "Whoiiiiii!"

Search: Mingus' "Oh Yeah." It's a riot.

http://www.thirteen.org/soul/2009/02/06/october-4-1972/

i knew he could play three horns in concert but did not know he could do his eyebrows at the same time. this looks great. some real nice volunteered slavery era bits on youtube if anyone's ever bored.

that poor, poor chair

seriously great, though. the three horns at once thing was never a gimmick, but getting to see it is a little beyond

is that Bobby Womack in the audience at 24:29 ???

wish i could find the live video of him in europe somewhere and at one point he offers coke to the audience out of one of his pouches

So I say search the "One Man Twins: Live at Montreaux Jazz Festival" video. He's draped in robes, scarves and horns, incense burning like crazy on stage. Any to anyone who's seen this video -- is he snorting cocaine about halfway through?!? He pulls out a spoon w/ a powder on it and takes a toot, and then offers some to people in the audience (he's blind so he just kind of holds the spoon in front of himself and feels around -- very weird.)

― Mark, Sunday, August 11, 2002 8:00 PM

^ yeah this

this article tipped me off to some records i didn't know about and reignited a recent rrk fixation for me.

inflated tear and rip rig and panic were the first two i really got into on a friend's recommendation. natural black inventions: root strata was a find that totally blew me away. solo kirk just wailing away and getting down. the first cut always knocks me on my ass.

http://www.blastitude.com/27/#rahsaan

really like the author's take on kirk's catalog. it seems to stem from intimate listens and a real love of kirk's music.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzXZwN7axng

I think this has been posted before, probably by me, but, alongside the playing three horns at once and lung busting circular breathing here we get to see Roland bang a gong, blow a conch and destroy a chair. This is a somewhat exciting performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCyMMViUIQ

https://austintayeshus.blogspot.com/2018/12/what-are-spectral-projections.html

Listening to Roy Haynes 'Out of the Afternoon' for the first time in awhile, incredible album.