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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (07 Aug 1935 - 05 Dec 1977)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (3)

Releases (62)

Official

Album

  1. Triple Threat 1957 (as Roland Kirk) aka Third Dimension; Early Roots
  2. Introducing Roland Kirk 1960 (as Roland Kirk)
  3. We Free Kings 1961 (as Roland Kirk)
  4. Domino 1962 (as Roland Kirk)
  5. Reeds & Deeds 1963 (as Roland Kirk)
  6. Gifts & Messages 1964 (as Roland Kirk)
  7. I Talk With the Spirits 1965 (as Roland Kirk)
  8. Slightly Latin 16 Nov 1966 (as Roland Kirk)
  9. Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith Apr 1967 (as Roland Kirk)
  10. The Inflated Tear 14 Jun 1968 (as Roland Kirk)
  11. Left & Right 1969 (as Roland Kirk)
  12. Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata 1971
  13. Blacknuss 1972
  14. Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle 1973
  15. The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color 1975
  16. The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man 1975
  17. Other Folks’ Music 1976
  18. Kirkatron 1977
  19. Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real 1978
  20. The Man Who Cried Fire 1990
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Album - Live

  1. Kirk in Copenhagen Jan 1964 (as Roland Kirk)
  2. Here Comes the Whistleman 1967 (as Roland Kirk)
  3. Volunteered Slavery 08 Nov 1969 (as Roland Kirk)
  4. Bright Moments 1973
  5. Live in Paris, 1970, Vol. 2 1988 (as Roland Kirk)
  6. Live in Paris Vol. 1 1988 (as Roland Kirk)
  7. Sweet Fire 1991 (as Roland Kirk) Black Classical Music / Roller Coaster
  8. Gifts and Messages 1996
  9. (I, Eye, Aye) 1996
  10. Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom 2003
  11. Brotherman in the Fatherland 04 Apr 2006
  12. In Europe 1962-1967 2006 (as ‘Rahsaan’ Roland Kirk)
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Art of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Atlantic Years 1973
  2. The Vibration Continues… A Retrospective of the Years 1968–1976 1978
  3. “Rahsaan”: The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk 1990 (as Roland Kirk)
  4. Does Your House Have Lions 1993
  5. Verve Jazz Masters 27 18 Oct 1994 (as Roland Kirk)
  6. Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve: The Warner Bros. Recordings 25 Apr 1995
  7. Talkin’ Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz 22 Nov 1996 (as Roland Kirk)
  8. Dog Years in the Fourth Ring 1997
  9. A Standing Eight 15 Sep 1998
  10. Aces Back to Back 1998
  11. Left Hook, Right Cross 1999
  12. Roland Kirk’s Finest Hour 14 May 2001 (as Roland Kirk)
  13. The Inflated Tear / Nature Black Inventions: Roots Strata 2004
  14. Kirkatron / Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real 2005
  15. Introducing Rahsaan Roland Kirk 31 Jul 2006
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Promotion

Album - Live

  1. Les Génies du Jazz (Tome 6, No. 2): Roland Kirk (Black Classical Music) 1991
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 1972-04-02: Village Vanguard, New York City, NY (USA) 14 Jan 2010
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Album - Compilation

  1. Third Dimension and Beyond 2005
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Relationships (5)

Supporting Artists

  1. Doug Richardson

Member Of

  1. The Roland Kirk Quartet original, eponymous
  2. Roland Kirk Sextet original, eponymous, harmonica, kazoo, percussion, saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society original, eponymous
  4. Tubby Hayes and The All Stars

Recordings by (473)

  1. Roland’s Theme 2:51 (1957)
  2. Slow Groove 6:52 (1957)
  3. Stormy Weather 4:38 (1957)
  4. The Nearness of You 5:33 (1957)
  5. A La Carte 2:22 (1957)
  6. Easy Living 4:40 (1957)
  7. Triple Threat 2:24 (1957)
  8. The Call 8:42 (1960)
  9. Soul Station 5:29 (1960)
  10. Our Waltz 4:51 (1960)
  11. Our Love Is Here to Stay 4:50 (1960)
  12. Spirit Girl 5:21 (1960)
  13. Jack the Ripper 7:52 (1960)
  14. A Sack Full of Soul 4:38 (1961)
  15. Blues for Alice 4:08 (1961)
  16. We Free Kings 4:46 (1961)
  17. Three for the Festival 3:09 (1961)
  18. Moon Song 4:20 (1961)
  19. The Haunted Melody 3:38 (1961)
  20. You Did It, You Did It 2:27 (1961)
  21. Some Kind of Love 6:10 (1961)
  22. My Delight 4:28 (1961)
  23. E.D. 2:21 (1962)
  24. Domino 3:13 (1962)
  25. Meeting on Termini’s Corner 3:39 (1962)
  26. Time 3:11 (1962)
  27. Lament 3:38 (1962)
  28. A Stritch in Time 5:04 (1962)
  29. 3-In-1 Without the Oil 2:32 (1962)
  30. Get Out of Town 4:48 (1962)
  31. I Believe in You 4:26 (1962)
  32. Reeds and Deeds 5:19 (1963)
  33. Hay Ro 3:02 (1963)
  34. This Is Always 4:17 (1963)
  35. Song of the Countrymen 6:54 (1963)
  36. Limbo Boat 2:59 (1963)
  37. Lonesome August Child 4:34 (1963)
  38. Land of Peace 5:51 (1963)
  39. Waltz of the Friends 4:39 (1963)
  40. Funk Underneath - Part 1 ?:?? (1963)
  41. Funk Underneath - Part 2 ?:?? (1963)
  42. Narrow Bolero 5:22 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  43. Mingus-Griff Song 8:07 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  44. The Monkey Thing 5:49 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  45. Mood Indigo 7:16 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  46. On the Corner of King and Scott Streets 4:14 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  47. Cabin in the Sky 7:45 (Jan 1964) live, 1963-10: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
  48. The Things I Love 3:15 (1964)
  49. Petite fleur 3:06 (1964)
  50. Gifts and Messages 4:08 (1964)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Triple Threat 2:24 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  2. A La Carte 2:22 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  3. The Nearness of You 5:33 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  4. Easy Living 4:40 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  5. Slow Groove 6:52 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  6. Stormy Weather 4:38 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  7. Roland’s Theme 2:51 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1957) woodwind, tenor saxophone, wind instruments
  8. Our Waltz 4:51 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  9. Jack the Ripper 7:52 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  10. Our Love Is Here to Stay 4:50 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  11. The Call 8:42 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  12. Spirit Girl 5:21 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  13. Soul Station 5:29 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1960) saxophone
  14. A Sack Full of Soul 4:38 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  15. Kirk’s Work 3:56 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  16. Some Kind of Love 6:10 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  17. Moon Song 4:20 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  18. The Haunted Melody 3:38 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  19. We Free Kings 4:46 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  20. My Delight 4:28 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  21. You Did It, You Did It 2:27 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  22. Too Late Now 3:52 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) saxophone
  23. Funk Underneath 6:16 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  24. Doin’ the Sixty Eight 4:22 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  25. Three for the Festival 3:09 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  26. Makin’ Whoopee 5:07 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  27. Skater’s Waltz 4:23 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  28. Blues for Alice 4:08 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1961) woodwind
  29. Three for Dizzy 5:12 Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff (1961) woodwind
  30. Snap Crackle 4:11 Roy Haynes Quartet (1962) saxophone, flute
  31. Moon Ray 6:41 Roy Haynes Quartet (1962) saxophone, woodwind, flute
  32. Domino 3:13 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  33. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me 5:38 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  34. Soul Bossa Nova 2:45 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (1962) flute
  35. 3-In-1 Without the Oil 2:32 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  36. Lady "E" 3:19 Tubby Hayes and The All Stars (1962) woodwind
  37. Ecclusiastics 6:55 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  38. E.D. 2:21 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  39. If I Should Lose You 5:49 Roy Haynes Quartet (1962) saxophone, flute
  40. I Believe in You 4:26 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  41. Passions of a Man 4:52 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  42. Hog Callin’ Blues 7:26 Charles Mingus (1962) woodwind
  43. Eat That Chicken 4:36 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  44. Meeting on Termini’s Corner 3:39 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  45. Devil Woman 9:38 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  46. Rolando 3:46 The Roland Kirk Quartet (1962) woodwind
  47. Medley: If I Had You; Alone Together; For Heaven Sake 7:30 Tubby Hayes and The All Stars (1962) woodwind
  48. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'Am 4:41 Charles Mingus (1962) wind instruments
  49. Get Out of Town 4:48 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1962) woodwind
  50. Some Other Spring 3:29 Roy Haynes Quartet (1962) saxophone, flute

Credited as (32)

  1. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  2. Roland Kirk
  3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Leon Thomas
  4. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler
  5. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler / Ornette Coleman
  6. Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff
  7. Roland Kirk & Ira Sullivan
  8. Mocean Worker feat. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society
  10. S. Mos feat. JAY Z & Roland Kirk
  11. Rahsaan Roland Kirk feat. Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
  12. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin; Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  13. Quincy Jones and His Orchestra featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  14. Quincy Jones and His Orchestra feat. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  15. Kirk Rahsaan Roland
  16. The Gil Evans Orchestra Guest Star Roland Kirk
  17. Larry Ridley, Tony Williams, Chuck Wayne, Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Flip Phillips, James Moody, Zoot Sims, Kai Winding, Harry “Sweets” Edison
  18. Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Hubert Laws, Freddie Hubbard, Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Eric Gale
  19. Rahsaan Roland Kirk with Babatundi
  20. Rahsaan Roland Kirk with Babatundi and Hubbard
  21. ‘Rahsaan’ Roland Kirk
  22. Roland Kirk / Roy Haynes Quartet
  23. The Jazz Corps Under the Direction of Tommy Peltier featuring Roland Kirk
  24. Roy Haynes, Tommy Flanagan & Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  25. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, James Moody, Flip Phillips, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kai Winding, Chuck Wayne, Herbie Hancock, Larry Ridley, Tony Williams
  26. Rahsaan Kirk
  27. Quincy Jones & His Orchestra featuring Roland Kirk
  28. Roland Kirk & Brother Jack McDuff
  29. Rahsaan Roland Kirk feat. Jack McDuff
  30. Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Jack McDuff
  31. Roland Kirk Quintet
  32. Roland Kirk feat. Quincy Jones And His Orchestra

Works (51)

Composed

  1. Stompin’ Grounds
  2. Steppin' Into Beauty
  3. Three for Dizzy
  4. Kirk's Work
  5. Doin' the Sixty-Eight
  6. Spirits Up Above
  7. Lady's Blues
  8. Why Don’t They Know
  9. Silverlization
  10. Fallout
  11. The Black and Crazy Blues
  12. A Laugh for Rory
  13. Many Blessings
  14. Fingers in the Wind
  15. A Handful of Fives
  16. Saxophone Concerto: Dance Of Revolution
  17. Salvation and Reminiscing
  18. Celestial Bliss
  19. Volunteered Slavery
  20. Fly by Night
  21. Lovellevelliloqui
  22. Blacknuss
  23. Freaks for the Festival
  24. Gifts and Messages
  25. No Tonic Pres
  26. The Inflated Tear
  27. My Delight
  28. Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
  29. Blue Rol
  30. April Morning
  31. A Stritch in Time
  32. Rip, Rig & Panic
  33. The Haunted Melody
  34. Funk Underneath
  35. Meeting on Termini’s Corner
  36. 3-In-1 Without the Oil
  37. 'La Dolce Vita' Suite: a) The Black & Crazy Blues b) Parlami Di Me c) La Dolce Vita
  38. The Black & Crazy Blues / A Laugh for Rory (For Joel Dorn)
  39. Serenade to a Cuckoo
  40. Pedal Up
  41. Clickety Clack
  42. Fly Town Nose Blues
  43. Bright Moments Song
  44. Dem Red Beans and Rice
  45. Second Line Jump
  46. Seasons: One Mind Winter / Summer
  47. Seasons: Ninth Ghost
  48. Saxophone Concerto: Saxophone Miracle
  49. Saxophone Concerto: One Breath Beyond
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Lyrics

  1. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
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Events (3)

Support Act At

  1. Led Zeppelin at Winterland
  2. Led Zeppelin at Winterland
  3. Led Zeppelin at Winterland

Links (23)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13896022k
  2. https://www.whosampled.com/Rahsaan-Roland-Kirk/
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81139490
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81139490
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6d8382n
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rahsaan_roland_kirk
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/120599945
  8. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/rahsaan-roland-kirk/

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Rahsaan+Roland+Kirk

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/218045

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000864257

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2045414/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/74037985

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553921

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7De2eIqeHTw091YeAkkYXV
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/56924

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/723069
  2. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/723069

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/723069
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/723069
  3. https://tidal.com/artist/13384

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/4a1f7fe0-e509-4c4a-9fa1-9cf6c3ca891c

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/roland-kirk/discography/