Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff – Kirk’s Work (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:18 minutes | 404 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prestige
Roland Kirk, the amazing one-man saxophone section and sublime soloist, had yet to add “Rahsaan” to his name when he recorded his first album for Prestige in 1961. It wasn’t yet quite clear to many, even people at the center of the jazz community, that Kirk’s gifts went considerably beyond the ability to play three horns at once.
Gradually, it began to dawn on one and all that the man’s almost superhuman energy and dedication were matched by musicianship based as firmly in tradition as in innovation. Eventually, it became possible to accept as parts of Kirk’s kaleidoscopic expression those odd instruments the manzello and the strich, not to mention the nose flute and kirkbam that he added later. And what a tenor saxophonist. Kirk’s Work is a milestone in the brief, brilliant career of a major artist.
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Roland Kirk – We Free Kings (1962/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:13 minutes | 371 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
We Free Kings is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, released on Mercury Records in January 1962. His group works through a set of bluesy post-bop numbers, including a highly regarded version of Charlie Parker’s “Blues for Alice”. The title track, a Kirk composition, is a variation on the Christmas carol “We Three Kings”.
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Roland Kirk – Introducing Roland Kirk (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:21 minutes | 350 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Introducing Roland Kirk is the second album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Argo label in 1960. It features performances by Kirk with Ira Sullivan, William Burton, Donald Garrett and Sonny Brown. The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer states: “Although Kirk’s performances are exceedingly reserved on this album, there is little doubt of his technical proficiencies. The three sides penned by Kirk are among the most interesting as they allow for a certain degree of openness that is essential when spotlighting his unique talents… Although some free jazz and avant-garde purists may find Introducing Roland Kirk not challenging enough, it provides a solid basis for his increasingly bombastic post-bop experiments throughout the remainder of the ’60s and ’70s”.
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Roland Kirk – Domino (1962/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:08 minutes | 353 MB | Genre: Be Bop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Domino is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roland Kirk, released on Mercury Records in November 1962. It was reissued in 2000 on Verve with bonus tracks featuring sessions with Herbie Hancock. It includes Kirk’s tribute to Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, “Where Monk and Mingus Live”, in a medley with the former’s “Let’s Call This”.
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Roland Kirk – Left And Right (1968/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:55 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
“Left & Right” is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist ‘Rahsaan’ Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Atlantic label in 1968 and features performances by Kirk with Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Frank Wess, Ron Burton, Vernon Martin and Roy Haynes with Warren Smith, Richard Williams, Dick Griffith, Benny Powell, Daniel Jones, Pepper Adams, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Hopps and Gerald “Sonny” Brown featuring on an extended track and arrangements by Gil Fuller.
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