Review by Thom Jurek
Despite its brevity, Rip, Rig, and Panic may be pre-Rahsaan Roland Kirk's greatest outing. Recorded in 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey, Kirk is teamed with the most awesome rhythm section he ever recorded with: drummer Elvin Jones, pianist Jaki Byard, and bassist Richard Davis. Clocking in at a mere 36 minutes, Kirk and his quartet moved through a series of musicological changes that defined him as an artist at the time. Five of the seven compositions are his, and reach through each of the phases that Kirk was interested in integrating into his compositional and improvisational voice. First there is the elegant modal music of "No Tonic Press," with its non-linear mathematic groove maintained with verve by Jones in all the knotty spots. Then there is the ethereal Middle-Eastern harmony juxtaposed against the changes in "Once in a While" by Bennie Green. But the whole thing comes together by the third tune, when Kirk sifts his hearing of New Orleans music into gear with "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats." Using his loopy manzello to approximate the soprano saxophone, Kirk and Byard trade fours on some odd open-D modal theme before shifting into the music of Bechet's time and coming out on tenor with direct quotes from the Don Byas book, with Byard and Davis turning around on a blues motif as Jones double times with a sheet of rim shots. Through the rest, the set moves consistently more outside, with Kirk flipping instruments and Jones and Davis turning the rhythmic patterns around on Byard, who takes it all in stride and shifts the harmonic levels to Kirk's intensity on the title track and "Mystical Dream." The set ends with the bluesy, somnambulant groove of "Slippery, Hippery, and Flippery." There's a paranoid opening with Jones running all over the kit, Byard slipping up and down the board, and Kirk making siren sounds before entering his bluesy post-bop nightmare of a jam that winds itself out over studio distortion, Kirk's noises, and a killer tenor solo that caps everything on the album. Positively smashing.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rip-rig-and-panic-mw0000535134
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Reseña de Thom Jurek
A pesar de su brevedad, Rip, Rig, and Panic puede ser el mejor trabajo de Kirk antes de Rahsaan Roland. Grabado en 1965 en el estudio de Rudy Van Gelder en Nueva Jersey, Kirk forma equipo con la sección rítmica más impresionante con la que jamás grabó: el batería Elvin Jones, el pianista Jaki Byard y el bajista Richard Davis. Con apenas 36 minutos de duración, Kirk y su cuarteto se movieron a través de una serie de cambios musicológicos que le definieron como artista en aquella época. Cinco de las siete composiciones son suyas, y recorren cada una de las fases que Kirk estaba interesado en integrar en su voz compositiva e improvisadora. Primero está la elegante música modal de "No Tonic Press", con su surco matemático no lineal mantenido con brío por Jones en todos los puntos nudosos. Luego está la etérea armonía de Oriente Medio yuxtapuesta a los cambios en "Once in a While" de Bennie Green. Pero todo cobra sentido en la tercera melodía, cuando Kirk tamiza su oído de la música de Nueva Orleans con "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats". Utilizando su loopy manzello para aproximarse al saxofón soprano, Kirk y Byard intercambian cuatros en algún extraño tema modal en D abierto antes de cambiar a la música de la época de Bechet y salir en tenor con citas directas del libro de Don Byas, con Byard y Davis girando sobre un motivo de blues mientras Jones dobla los tiempos con una hoja de rim shots. A lo largo del resto, el set se mueve consistentemente más al exterior, con Kirk volteando instrumentos y Jones y Davis girando los patrones rítmicos sobre Byard, que se lo toma todo con calma y cambia los niveles armónicos a la intensidad de Kirk en el tema título y "Mystical Dream". El set termina con el groove bluesy y sonámbulo de "Slippery, Hippery, and Flippery". Hay un comienzo paranoico con Jones corriendo por todo el kit, Byard deslizándose arriba y abajo de la tabla, y Kirk haciendo sonidos de sirena antes de entrar en su pesadilla bluesy post-bop de una jam que se enrolla sobre la distorsión del estudio, los ruidos de Kirk, y un solo de tenor asesino que culmina todo en el álbum. Absolutamente genial.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rip-rig-and-panic-mw0000535134
A1 - No Tonic Pres - 4:30
A2 - Once In A While - 3:55
A3 - From Bechet, Byas And Fats - 7:25
A4 - Mystical Dream - 2:35
B1 - Rip, Rig And Panic - 6:58
B2 - Black Diamond - 5:20
B3 - Slippery, Hippery, Flippery - 4:50
Credits:
Bass – Richard Davis
Design – Daniel Czubak
Drums – Elvin Jones
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Liner Notes – Don Heckman
Photography By – Maurie Rosen
Piano – Jaki Byard
Producer – Jack Tracy
Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Manzello, Stritch], Castanets, Siren – Roland Kirk
Note:
LP-Rip
Label: Limelight – LS 86027
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/1072337-The-Roland-Kirk-Quartet-Featuring-Elvin-Jones-Rip-Rig-Panic
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