January 2010

Roland Kirk Quintet – Three For Festival / Volunteered Slavery@ Bologna 1973 pt2

Live @ Bologna 1973
Duration : 0:9:59

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Jazz Icons 3: Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Live In ‘63 & ‘67

Jazz Icons: Rahsaan Roland Kirk presents three astounding concerts by this musical superhero playing his entire instrumental arsenal of saxophone, flute, manzello, stritch, clarinet, siren and whistles—oftentimes
simultaneously!
Kirk Is backed by extraordinary side musicians including legendary bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, drummers Alex Riel and Daniel Humair, and long-time pianist Ron Burton who keep the fire and [...]

Roland Kirk Montreux 1975 (4/4): Bright Moments, part 2

Rahsaan Roland Kirk with Hilton Ruiz (p), Henry Pete Pearson (b), Sonny Brown (d), Todd Barkan (perc). playing “Bright Moments”
‘Montreux Jazz Festival’, “Casino De Montreux”, Switzerland, July 18, 1975.
Duration : 0:3:25

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk clip on Nightmusic

Uses almost every orifice in his head.
Duration : 0:2:31

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk – newport jazz festival 62

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (7 agosto 1936 — 5 dicembre 1977) è stato un flautista, sassofonista e polistrumentista jazz statunitense. Di origini africane, era cieco e noto fra l’altro per la sua capacità di suonare fino a tre sassofoni per volta. È considerato (assieme ad Herbie Mann) il fondatore del flauto jazz moderno. La sua personalissima [...]