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| This 5-disc bundle pack of CDs reissued by the Collectables label includes the classic albums "Meeting of The Times," "Ornette!," "Rahsaan, Rahsaan," "Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle," "Volunteered Slavery" and "Return of The 5000lb. Man."
The second volume in Collectables' Rahsaan Roland Kirk box sets--all of which appeared as either twofers or as separate albums and even earlier on Joel Dorn's 32 Jazz imprint--is, to put it simply, shoving some CDs in a box. That said, this is the mighty Kirk, one of the greatest innovators in the history of jazz who has yet to receive his true props. It wasn't only the three saxophones or making his own instruments, it was his ability to see all music, whether jazz, blues, pop, soul, funk, rock, or even classical, all as one thing--a universal form of expression that could all be melded seamlessly into a single approach that never discriminated. There is one classic Kirk album in this set, the mighty VOLUNTEERED SLAVERY, but the rest, RAHSAAN RAHSAAN, PREPARE THYSELF TO DEAL WITH A MIRACLE, RETURN OF THE 5,000 LB. MAN, KIRKATRON, and MEETING OF THE TIMES and ORNETTE (placed on a single disc), are nothing to sneeze at either. Kirk was in a world of his own by the time most of these recordings were released. He had been dismissed by the jazz establishment with the exception of an enlightened few, and was making his living in Europe. These sides are essential to an understanding of his full life's work and should be heard by everybody. |
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ARTISTS
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (vocals, whistling, flute, whistle, flageolet, harmonica, clarinet, stritch, manzello, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, gong, sound effects, background vocals); Maeretha Stewart (vocals, background vocals); Al Hibbler (vocals); William Butler (guitar); Stewart Clarke, Julien Barber, Gayle Dixon, Stewart Clarke, Gayle Dixon, Leroy Jenkins, Sanford Allen (violin); Al Brown & His Tunetoppers, Al Brown (viola); Kermit Moore (cello); Harry Smiles (oboe, English horn); Romeo Penque (oboe, baritone saxophone); Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone); Charles McGhee, Charles McGhee (trumpet); Dick Griffin (trombone); Howard Johnson (tuba); Sonelius Smith (piano, celesta); Hilton Ruiz, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ron Burton (piano); Trudy Pitts (organ); Arthur Jenkins, Jr. (keyboards); James Madison , Ed Blackwell, Bill Carney, Robert Shy, Jerry Griffin, Oliver Jackson, Robert Shy, Charles Crosby, Charlie Persip (drums); Alvern Bunn, Alvern Bunn (congas); Fred Moore (washboard); Joe Texidor, Joe Habad Texidor (tambourine); Habao Texidor (percussion, background vocals); Warren Smith , Habao Texidor (percussion); Francine Carroll, Roland Kirk Spirit Choir, Randy Peyton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Adrienne Albert, Randy Peyton Quartet, Francine Caroll, Jeanne Lee, Milt Grayson, Arthur Williams , Adrienne Albert, Hilda Harris (background vocals) |
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