Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Roland Kirk, Volunteered Slavery (1969)

Roland Kirk, Volunteered Slavery (1969)
 Wednesday's lunch record is by tenor sax man Roland Kirk. This album released in 1969 on the Atlantic record label. Side one was recorded in New York studio and side two is live from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968. Many original jazz compositions along with his version of some contemporary pieces. "My Cherie Amour" (S. Wonder), "I Say A Little Prayer" (B. Bacharach), "Lush Life" (B, Strayhorn),  "Bessie's Blues" (J. Coltrane). The YouTube sample song is "Spirits Up Above" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDJQ4vPPQRo . . bucko


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