Roland Kirk en Ronnie Scott´ Club, interpretando con varios instrumentos a la vez

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (7 de agosto de 1936 - 5 de diciembre de 1977) fue un músico multi-instrumentista estadounidense especializado en música de jazz. Tocaba el saxofón tenor, la flauta y otros instrumentos de viento. Fue especialmente afamado por su gran vitalidad sobre el escenario, donde su virtuosa improvisación estaba acompañada por imitaciones humorísticas y parodias políticas, además de su habilidad para interpretar con varios instrumentos a la vez.

Discografía selecta

King Records

• 1956 - Triple Threat

Argo/Cadet/Chess Records

• 1960 - Introducing Roland Kirk

Mercury Records

• 1961 - We Free Kings - w Richard Wyands on piano
• 1962 - Domino
• 1963 - Reeds & Deeds
• 1963 - Kirk in Copenhagen
• 1964 - Roland Kirk Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra
• 1964 - I Talk with the Spirits - album of Kirk playing the flute
• 1964 - Gifts and Messages

Limelight Records

• 1965 - Slightly Latin
• 1965 - Rip, Rig and Panic - fast bop with Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and drummer Elvin Jones

Verve Records

• 1967 - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith

Atlantic Records

• 1965 - Here Comes the Whistleman - Live - including all Kirk's banter between tracks
• 1967 - The Inflated Tear
• 1968 - Left and Right
• 1968 - Volunteered Slavery - a meltdown of pop tunes, hard bop, African chanting
• 1970 - Rahsaan Rahsaan
• 1971 - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata - mostly Kirk alone, on many instruments.
• 1971 - Blacknuss
• 1972 - Brotherman In The Fatherland - live at the Funkhaus in Hamburg, Germany
• 1972 - A Meeting of the Times w ex-Duke Ellington singer Al Hibbler
• 1973 - Bright Moments - live at Keystone Corner, San Francisco
• 1973 - Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle
• 1973 - The Art of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• 1975 - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color - w Richard Tee, Steve Gadd and Hugh McCracken
• 1976 - Other Folks' Music

Warner Bros. Records

• 1975 - The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man
• 1976 - Kirkatron - Warner Brothers Records
• 1977 - Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real

Ediciones póstumas

• I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 - Rhino
• The Man Who Cried Fire - Night
• Dog Years in the Fourth Ring - 32 Jazz
• Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom - Hyena
• Brotherman in the Fatherland - Recorded "Live" in Germany 1972 - Hyena

Compilaciones

• Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk
• Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology
• Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve - compilation of his last three álbumes.

Bibliografía

• Jones, Quincy (Composer). (1964). Big band bossa nova (Phonograph). Mercury. (Reissued on compact disc by Verve in 1998, 2005).
• Kruth, John: Bright Moments. The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Welcome Rain Publishers, New York 2000 ISBN 1-56649-105-3
• McLeod, Eric (Producer), & Roach, Jay (Director). (1997). Austin Powers: International man of mystery [DVD]. New Line Home Video.

Enlaces externos

• Siitio oficial
• Stopping the white wash - Rahsaan Roland Kirk en TV
• Roland Kirk Discography (Jazz Discography Project)
• Sound? film de Kirk con John Cage en UbuWeb.