RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK MINT FREE JAZZ/IMPROV 'RAHSAAN' LIVE @ VILLAGE VANGUARD
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RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK MINT VINYL

FREE JAZZ/IMPROV 'RAHSAAN' LIVE @ THE VILLAGE VANGUARD


Rahsaan Rahsaan 

Review

 

by Thom Jurek

AII Music.com

Roland Kirk and his band -- which, along with his normal companions Howard Johnson on tuba, Dick Griffin on trombone, Ron Burton on piano, and Vernon Martin on bass, added Leroy Jenkins on violin, Alvern Bunn on conga, Sonelius Smith on celeste and piano, and Joe Texidor on various sound objects to the mix -- once more indulge his obsession with creating modern day "black classical music." Recorded on one night -- Christmas Eve 1969, two days before Johnny Hodges died -- this is one of the weirdest records Kirk ever recorded, but it certainly has merit. Beginning with a 17-minute conceptual suite called "The Seeker," this was classical music Kirk style. The fact that his music here careens from vanguard atonalities to deep swinging blues grooves and wide-ranging color orchestrations worthy of Ellington is part of the Kirk paradox: If you hate it, wait a second -- it'll change. Other tracks here include a steamy "Satin Doll," a bluesy, mood-driven "Sweet Fire," and an almost obscene "Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree," all played with a host of horns in Kirk's mouth, all playing either ostinato or soloing at the same time, splitting the lobes as he called it, and all of them directing a very tight, wildly celebratory band. Rahsaan was the king of the riff -- he could use it until it bit you -- and once it did he was off and running someplace else, down on the hard-swinging outer spaceways of his mind and heart.


Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society – Rahsaan Rahsaan

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Label: Atlantic – SD 1575 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz Style: Soul-Jazz, Modal

Tracklist

A1 The Seeker 17:21 A1 (I) Black Classical Rap A1 (II) The Seeker A1 (III) Thank You, Bird A1 (IV) New Orleans A2 Satin Doll 2:16 B1 Introduction 1:40 B2 Medley 4:50 B2 (a) Going Home B2 (b) Sentimental Journey B2 (c) In Monument B2 (d) Lover B3 Sweet Fire 6:02 B4 Introduction 3:17 B5 Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree 4:54

Credits

  • Bass – Vernon Martin
  • Congas – Alvern Bunn
  • Design [Album] – Haig Adishian
  • Drums – James Madison*
  • Engineer – Lewis Hahn*
  • Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Lewis Hahn*
  • Photography – Mark Brian Davis
  • Piano – Ron Burton
  • Producer – Joel Dorn
  • Recorded By [Engineer] – Geoffrey Haslam (tracks: A2 to B5), Lewis Hahn* (tracks: A1 (A1 (I) - A1 (IV))), Phil Iehle (tracks: A2 to B5)
  • Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Roland Kirk
  • Tambourine – Joe Texidor
  • Trombone – Dick Griffin
  • Tuba – Howard Johnson (3)
  • Violin – LeRoy Jenkins


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