Rahsaan Roland Kirk • Kirkatron

 

 

Review
by Scott Yanow
Shortly after Rahsaan Roland Kirk finished his first album for Warner Brothers, he suffered a major stroke that put him out of action and greatly shortened his life. His second LP for the label was actually comprised of leftovers from the earlier session plus three songs taken from an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival; the latter has been reissued on CD in a sampler but the other selections (which include "Serenade to a Cuckoo," his cover of "This Masquerade," "Sugar," "The Christmas Song" and "Bright Moments") remain out of print. This LP (which finds him mostly sticking to tenor), Kirk's next-to-last album, has enough highlights to make it worth searching for.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/kirkatron-mw0000869726

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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
Poco después de que Rahsaan Roland Kirk terminara su primer álbum para Warner Brothers, sufrió un grave derrame cerebral que le dejó fuera de combate y acortó considerablemente su vida. Su segundo LP para el sello se componía en realidad de restos de la sesión anterior más tres canciones tomadas de una aparición en el Festival de Jazz de Montreux; esta última ha sido reeditada en CD en un sampler, pero las otras selecciones (que incluyen "Serenade to a Cuckoo", su versión de "This Masquerade", "Sugar", "The Christmas Song" y "Bright Moments") siguen agotadas. Este LP, el penúltimo de Kirk (en el que casi siempre toca el tenor), tiene suficientes momentos destacados como para que merezca la pena buscarlo.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/kirkatron-mw0000869726

Tracks:
A1 - Serenade To A Cuckoo
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
A2 - This Masquerade
Written-By – Leon Russell
A3 - Sugar
Words By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
Written-By – Stanley Turrentine
A4 - Los Angeles Negro Blues    0:26
A5 - Steppin' Into Beauty
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
A6 - Christmas Song
Written-By – Mel Torme*, Bob Wells*
B1 - Bagpipe Medley
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
B2 - Mary McLeod Bethune    0:24
B3 - Bright Moments
Lyrics By – Todd Barkan
Music By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
B4 - Lyriconon
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
B5 - Night In Tunisia
Written-By – John "Dizzy" Gillespie*, Frank Paparelli
B6 - J. Griff's Blues    7:41


Credits:
    Arranged By – Frank Foster (tracks: B3), Rahsaan Roland Kirk
    Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – William S. Fischer (tracks: A6)
    Backing Vocals – Adrienne Albert (tracks: B3), Arthur Williams (2) (tracks: B3), Francine Carroll (tracks: B3), Hilda Harris (tracks: B3), Maeretha Stewart (tracks: B3), Milton Grayson* (tracks: B3), Randy Peyton (tracks: B3)
    Bass – Charles "Buster" Williams* (tracks: B3), Gordon Edwards (tracks: A2, B5), Mattathias Pearson (tracks: A1, A5, B4, B6), Milton Suggs (tracks: A3, A5)
    Cello – Kermit Moore (tracks: A6)
    Design – Peter Corriston
    Drums – Bill Carney (tracks: A6), Charles Persip* (tracks: B3), Jerry Griffin (tracks: B4), Jimmy Madison (tracks: A2, B5), Sonny Brown (tracks: A1, A5, B6), Walter Perkins (tracks: A3, A5)
    Engineer [Recording Montreux] – John Timperley (tracks: A1, B1, B6)
    Engineer [Recording Regent Sound] – Robert Liftin* (tracks: A2 to A6, B2 to B5), Vince McGarry (tracks: A2 to A6, B2 to B5)
    Engineer [Remix] – Bob Liftin, Vince McGarry
    Flute – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
    Guitar – Billy Butler (3) (tracks: A6, B4), Cornell Dupree (tracks: A2, B5)
    Illustration – David Heffernan
    Keyboards – Hilton Ruiz (tracks: A1-A3, A5, B1, B3-B5), Richard Tee (tracks: A2, B5)
    Lyricon – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: B4)
    Mastered By – Vince McGarry
    Organ – Trudy Pitts (tracks: A6)
    Percussion – Todd Barkan (tracks: A1, A5, B6), Tony Waters (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B6)
    Producer – Joel Dorn, Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
    Reeds – Romeo Penque (tracks: B3)
    Saxello [Manzello] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
    Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble] – William S. Fischer (tracks: A2)
    Tambourine – Ruddley Thibodeaux (tracks: A2)
    Tenor Saxophone – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1-A3, A5, A6, B1, B3, B5, B6)
    Trombone – Stephen Turre* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B5)
    Tuba – Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: B3)
    Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: A6), Selwart Clarke (tracks: A6)
    Violin – Sanford Allen (tracks: A6)
    Vocals – Michael Hill (14) (tracks: A3)

Notes:
A1, B1, B6 recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 18 July 1975
A3, A5, A6, B3 recorded in NYC, 1975
A2, B4, B5 recorded in NYC, 1976

Label:    Warner Bros. Records – BS 2982
Country:    US
Released:    1977
Genre:    Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:    Soul-Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/2806907-Rahsaan-Roland-Kirk-Kirkatron

 

 

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