You're not wrong there. We saw him live at St Pancras Town Hall in the sixties and it was spellbinding. Was not inpressed with the Eric Clapton stuff - he could never be in the same league and spoilt it for me.
extraordinaire.... à la flute, je crois préfèrer Roland Kirk à Eric Dolphy....Une autre très belle version piano-flute est celle de Richie Beirach et Dave Liebman qui se trouve sur l' album "double edge". Could anyone upload this ? Thanx.
Yes, please don't remove it... ever, it is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard. Spiritual, and heartbreaking. I listen to it whenever I'm sad and it gives me strength.
Absolute utter perfection! We remain immeasurably blessed by the good Professor Kirk's contributions, as well as those of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and a few other visionaries of similar intent.
A moving rendition of "Loverman"by a great artist.
The year was 1963. The trio of pianist George Gruntz was, at that occasion, also accompening tenorsaxophonist Dexter Gordon, of which performance I have posted a video. I vividly remember the TV-broadcast in the early sixties.
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. on American Force Radio playing Rahsaan when he was just plain old Roland Kirk back in the the sixties. I was just a white English kid tuning into the sounds of black America & radicalised forever - Bright Moments!
My point was that this performance was in Holland, a place that only a short time earlier was under the control of Hitler. If you know your history, you'll know that Hitler hated jazz and tried to remove it from all of Europe, along with all non-Aryan culture and people. The fact that Roland Kirk was there so soon after Hitler's defeat shows that jazz was very much wanted by Europeans.
@fabrikk60 yea but y make a politicle comment on a great vid it has no relivance ,,,yes i do know my history im also a jazz musician and beleave it or not the germany made a mean saxaphone lol
Seeing that Roland Kirk and jazz were back in Europe, helping to heal the damage by their very presence, is a very happy thought - not a political one. That's all I was pointing out. This clip is not just music, it is also history and there is no avoiding that fact. History is oxygen, it's everywhere and it's in all of us all the time.
@fabrikk60 roland kirk beformed at the newport jazz festival in 1969 so did jethro tull roland met ian anderson for the first time that night anderson had been ripping off rolands flute style for 3 years
Yes.. please don't remove it. It's one of the most moving performances I've ever seen. It literally helps me get through the days on a consistent basis..
This was on a while back. Please don't remove it again! RRK was a true genius! If you dont believe me check out his album "Prepare Theyself to Deal with a Miracle" where his incredible circular/spherical breathing techniques are displayed to the full! I've read he once held a continuos note during a performance for 2 hours and 25 minutes!
@kirkatronic He actually played a show for 2 Hours & 25 minutes without taking a breath. He had informed the Guiness Book but they did not show. Sadly Kenny G holds the record for a continuos note and that's all the wanker did! I won't even mention the meer minutes it took for that hack to get undeserved credit. He cannot nor never will be able to get close to Rah's level. Kenny Gorlick (real Last name) can go step in front of a train with Ian Anderson, another con who ripped off Roland!
in 1974 he blew all the other sax players away at a charles mingus concert dedicated to duke===atlantic records was there to record it live
EMCEMITCH 2 months ago
Este si que es un geniaaaaasooooo!!!!
chichuna 4 months ago
pure genius and no doubt.this man was a real jazz player.thats .that.okay
exjazzbassbaz 6 months ago
@exjazzbassbaz
You're not wrong there. We saw him live at St Pancras Town Hall in the sixties and it was spellbinding. Was not inpressed with the Eric Clapton stuff - he could never be in the same league and spoilt it for me.
althejazz 4 months ago
extraordinaire.... à la flute, je crois préfèrer Roland Kirk à Eric Dolphy....Une autre très belle version piano-flute est celle de Richie Beirach et Dave Liebman qui se trouve sur l' album "double edge". Could anyone upload this ? Thanx.
mangacharlus 7 months ago 3
..senza roland.. niente troll su una gamba..
MrGengiskhar 9 months ago in playlist jazz
Too Much, Sooooo Much. Thank God! Roland, my man! Eternally.
N2itv2 1 year ago
Yes, please don't remove it... ever, it is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard. Spiritual, and heartbreaking. I listen to it whenever I'm sad and it gives me strength.
dhadleyray 1 year ago
beautiful. this is a wonderful performance - thanks very much for posting.
euphorik6 1 year ago
Because I hear lots of notes during the space between each line, I sense the writing to be as deep as it gets. Soulful in the extreme.
weewilly49 1 year ago
Absolute utter perfection! We remain immeasurably blessed by the good Professor Kirk's contributions, as well as those of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and a few other visionaries of similar intent.
MikeBlitzMag 1 year ago
@2:39 lolz
HoboMiracleMan 1 year ago
I never knew that he had such formidable flute chops...
terrryc 1 year ago
@terrryc are you joking he was geniuse on the flute
mrhitmanisback 1 year ago
Roland Kirk was an immensely creative sound artist, leaping over and outside of most jazz of his day...and most jazz of today, as well...
avivagabriel 1 year ago
A moving rendition of "Loverman"by a great artist.
The year was 1963. The trio of pianist George Gruntz was, at that occasion, also accompening tenorsaxophonist Dexter Gordon, of which performance I have posted a video. I vividly remember the TV-broadcast in the early sixties.
jazzrolar 1 year ago
today computer can generate best qality sound
leparditas 1 year ago
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. on American Force Radio playing Rahsaan when he was just plain old Roland Kirk back in the the sixties. I was just a white English kid tuning into the sounds of black America & radicalised forever - Bright Moments!
mambro21st 1 year ago
bellissimo.................grandisimo vingaribbo
vingari 1 year ago 2
To think this was recorded a mere *14 years* after the jazz-hating Adolph Hitler had nearly all of western Europe under his greasy thumb.
fabrikk60 1 year ago
@fabrikk60 sorry wat has that to do with jazz
mrhitmanisback 1 year ago
@mrhitmanisback
My point was that this performance was in Holland, a place that only a short time earlier was under the control of Hitler. If you know your history, you'll know that Hitler hated jazz and tried to remove it from all of Europe, along with all non-Aryan culture and people. The fact that Roland Kirk was there so soon after Hitler's defeat shows that jazz was very much wanted by Europeans.
fabrikk60 1 year ago
@fabrikk60 yea but y make a politicle comment on a great vid it has no relivance ,,,yes i do know my history im also a jazz musician and beleave it or not the germany made a mean saxaphone lol
mrhitmanisback 1 year ago
@mrhitmanisback
Seeing that Roland Kirk and jazz were back in Europe, helping to heal the damage by their very presence, is a very happy thought - not a political one. That's all I was pointing out. This clip is not just music, it is also history and there is no avoiding that fact. History is oxygen, it's everywhere and it's in all of us all the time.
fabrikk60 1 year ago
@fabrikk60 roland kirk beformed at the newport jazz festival in 1969 so did jethro tull roland met ian anderson for the first time that night anderson had been ripping off rolands flute style for 3 years
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Wow ! I was 7 years old when he recorded this.
Only 11 years later I was paying to watch him live.
Thanks for this ! Five stars and a bunch!
PDSalling 2 years ago 2
Wow! He can really wail on that flute.
Frisbieinstein 2 years ago 7
Beautiful ! Preach on Brother !
claboyz 2 years ago 6
fantastic when at 2:41 the drummer loses one of his brushes... likely due to the INTENSITY of RRK TESTIFYING?
spacebat28 2 years ago 5
He didn't lose the brush. He dropped it intentionally and picked up a different drum stick.
tuhsdxas 2 years ago 4
so smoooooov...ditchin' the brushes to kick it into HIGH GEAR!
RRK 4L
spacebat28 2 years ago 7
Yes.. please don't remove it. It's one of the most moving performances I've ever seen. It literally helps me get through the days on a consistent basis..
dhadleyray 3 years ago 23
This was on a while back. Please don't remove it again! RRK was a true genius! If you dont believe me check out his album "Prepare Theyself to Deal with a Miracle" where his incredible circular/spherical breathing techniques are displayed to the full! I've read he once held a continuos note during a performance for 2 hours and 25 minutes!
kirkatronic 3 years ago 25
@kirkatronic He actually played a show for 2 Hours & 25 minutes without taking a breath. He had informed the Guiness Book but they did not show. Sadly Kenny G holds the record for a continuos note and that's all the wanker did! I won't even mention the meer minutes it took for that hack to get undeserved credit. He cannot nor never will be able to get close to Rah's level. Kenny Gorlick (real Last name) can go step in front of a train with Ian Anderson, another con who ripped off Roland!
pseudokowski 11 months ago 3
@pseudokowski definitely wouldn't be the first time a black dude got ripped off
Skatertron2000 7 months ago