"Sound" (1966-67), Pt. 1

[thebigfootme]

nice! life changing video!

[neoniastarz]

dude on the flute!! wow

[neoniastarz]

dude on the flute!! wow

[Ersontilly]

umm.......... huh?

[gsetful]

Roland Kirk: non riesco ad ascoltare nient'altro.

[redhairedstepchild]

thanks for posting this !!!!! kirk was so great ...glad i heard him live at keystone in sf... amazing ...bright moments -rhsc nyc

[redhairedstepchild]

love thanks for posting this !!!!! kirk was so great ...glad i heard him live at keystone in sf... amazing ...bright moments -rhsc nyc

[imthebrother]

Love this documentary 2 death!!! Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maynard, James Morrision, Grover, Coltrane and others where the reason why I explore myself into jazz and why I wanted to experiment different instruments prior to the trumpet, different sounds, different ideas and cultures.

[trajhver3]

i always wonder why he is not known more. I wish I could find a wandering wind instrumentalist for my band ...

[kotep777]

thank you again internet......and youtube

thank you

[aoeaoae]

3:15 flute stoccatto! hurray!!

[suchapica]

The greatest!!!

[TimPhelan]

Rahsaan, Sun Ra, Coltrane, Miles, Eric Dolphy, Ornette, Bird, Monk, ... American geniuses.

[aaronamccoy]

a shaman

[VanillaCamillaa]

great find, this here video. thank you for sharin

[iritu]

a revelation 

[iateotw]

Fantastic ! Thanks so much for posting and sharing.

[stomachlining]

Rahsaan is music

[TwothirteenTV]

me and ivor love this. but he loves it more. but it's growing on me.

[Azeraphael]

My music teacher in highschool made our class watch this. It was life-changing.

[312chicagoadam]

Phil Seamen: LEGEND (backing up a MASTER)!

[caspargrindcore]

amazing. luv it.

[lsdvine]

oooooooooohmy gooooooddddd

[rahsaan0]

saiko-,

his

music.

[RLW1967]

"Sound" should be re-released on DVD with the commentary from Dick Fontaine.

[DylanHowe]

Great to hear Phil Seamen - must get all hi stuff- what a legend

[clarinetcat]

Absolutely fantastic...

Very pleased I have finally been introduced to this!

[JekyllBoote]

This is a treat for all sorts of reasons, but a big one is the amazing drumming of the late Phil Seamen.

[BeenBad4U]

Jimi Hendrix was influenced by Kirk and spoke highly of him. They reportedly jammed on 3/8/69 @ Ronnie Scott's Club in London, and Jimi recorded ALL of his jams!!! *****(((((10)))))*****

[jamesha175]

totally awesome!

[killinusoon]

can anyone tell me the name of the song at the end?...well as in the last song of this video...if it is a song..

[bazsimazsi1]

so easy:

Roland Kirk: Here comes the whistleman

[hollys7090]

Words fail me as usual

[bobgreen623]

We are so fortunate to be living in a time when recorded documents of musical genius are available to us to watch and listen to. Thanks to all concerned, but especially the likes of Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart and Charles Mingus

[MightySaturn5]

Actually we are "so fortunate" to have "designer" and "stronger then previous generations" drugs available, upon injestion we can at least sit through more of this video then would have been possible otherwise.

[MarekCartoonJay]

isn't it simply beautiful? :)

[bobgreen623]

Yes it is!! And then some....

[RLW1967]

This should come out on DVD.

[saanzacs]

Is it high? Is it low? Is it in the middle? Is it soft? is it loud?

[jazzfanjohn]

Fabulous document - listen to Cage - and LISTEN to RRK!

[claboyz]

Testify! Preach! Good Vibrations to the Universe.

[youseeityoudont]

Out there! Way out there!

[Sayhi2noelle]

kirk was a true genius; my students journal to his music everyday

[Darmikalus]

I'm a long time admirer of John cage's

but I just learned about Roland Kirk yesterday...

What have I been missing?!?!

[videolover61]

You have missed one of the masters of our music...do yourself a favor, and catch up!! You wont regret it!

[invisi3ill]

Thank you so much for posting this.

Although I've considered myself a fan of music for over 30 years, I will admit my ignorance of this wonderful sound.

The philosophies of Rahsaan Roland Kirk are so spiritually enriching and what I've been searching for for so long.

Mad props to my friend Gramps for showing me some clips last night.

Eternally grateful.

[terrestial63]

Very good video, Bass recorder & Sax!!!

[jcsizmazia]

Thank you Rahsaan . . .

[RLW1967]

Why doesn't the director Dick Fontaine do any interviews about his film work?

[Rambo29]

Whats the name of the jam from 6:15-7:00?

[elviss]

Loving the flute and the swinging 60's of London. Such a stylish era. Roland Kirk !!!

[baiNEKO]

What kind of flute is that? Is it a Bass Recorder?

[SAHBfan]

That was the amazing, legendary PHIL SEAMEN on drums!!!!!! There is so little of him on record or film, absolutely absurd as he was probably one of the greatest British Jazz drummers ever.

[acstarkatncsu]

I find it very frustrating how little Seamen there is on record. As a huge Ginger Baker fan, I wish I could hear more of Seamen to gain a better perspective through his all-time drumming idol

[RyanWatson]

This is awesome.

[OsadchukArtur]

Person - orchestra

[xtomokixx]

he sang georgia on my mind

(other arm reach out to me)

LOL

[boombap73]

The first song he is playing with the flutes and sax is called "Three for the Festival". This dude is amazing.

[ScanlonJazz]

You shoulda heard how loud I screamed when he put the flute back in the bari sax. Too funny.  Incredible video.

[xtomokixx]

me to LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hurting]

That Kirk tune is used as a theme song on Leonard Lopate on WNYC - anyone know what it's called?

[LuvsPinkChocolate]

This is very nice and mellow indeed i like it very much so thank you for sharing it as well.

[bongolicious]

Yeah... I've never really gone for Cage. You should read what Zappa said about him...

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

What did Zappa say?

[19electric]

YEAH - Dick Fontaine - LOVE IT!!!!

[MSmithjazz]

What is the name of the song where the audience is blowing in the recorders?

[terrybahoon]

It's called "Here comes the whistleman" and it comes from the album of the same name. It's a live album and is interspersed with dialogue which can be pretty funny at times.

[PhuckHue]

this guy was a beast on the flute

[ilovecereal371]

Blind musicians make the best musicians wouldn't you agree?

[caucazoidandroid]

"Bush stabs" are never tired, but putting M Moore in the league of any artist is a mistake...

[GolumTR]

Is the flute intro directly based on something, because it sounds vaguely familiar.

[robbryn]

KIrk with his metal detector on a wheel, blind man plays it all and looks for pocket change. Love it! Can't wait to tell Dave Treut about it!

[chubsoffire]

John Cage is annoying in this... Kirk is awesome as always. Cage's voice makes me want to scream, he's ruining Roshans music

[mloaks]

dont group M Moore with Kirk! and the Bush stabs are tired...

[ducksoup0]

hes a saxophone god

[valvetrom]

I was fortunate to have experienced John Cage in Munich,60s, he like Roland is a clown on a different level, trying to wake us up from the slumber of conservative artforms, Mike Moore with his films is another one;there is a young Norwegian film maker coming up like firework, watch him,Lasse Gjertsen.He is brilliant.

[frankeec]

Around 5.47 during the 'blues in W' bit. Does he really say 'George Bush is stupid'?

[Cloggy2006]

And Phil Seaman on drums!

[BOOTSYGetLIVE]

RIP RIG & PANIC !

a million thanks !

[dlista]

thank you so much for the aural, musical and spiritual sustenance...what a treasure!

[matthewstokeley]

yes!

[greengoatpie]

John Cage and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Spellbinding. The world has seen nothing like this since. I live just a couple hours away from the old site of Black Mountain College here in North Carolina, where Cage was a professor.

Thank you:^D!

[frankiepop]

My favorite video.

[superunknown373]

Hahaha. How about that 1960s intellectualism? John Cage trying to get philosophical sounds ridiculous nowadays. Love the Kirk, though.

[alexitin]

I don't really agree.

[ohargrave]

Intellectualism? All he was doing was asking simple questions. He didn't even use any scary big words. I would take inquisitive 60s intellectualism over knee-jerk, apathetic 00s anti-intellectualism any day.

[iwanttowatchsomethin]

Cheers for that comment. I associate anti-intellectualism with fascism.

[caucazoidandroid]

John Cage was deeply influenced by Buddhism. There is a school of Buddhism where simple, somewhat unanswerable questions are pondered during meditation in order to release the mind and induce trance-like awareness,i.e., "one hand clapping..."

[suzeo]

This is pretty amazing stuff, thanks a million for posting it.

[dtongay]

Without a doubt, one of the finest "muscians" of the 20th century. I say musician because he embodied the word's definition. So much music in one man. I was fortunate to see him when he was alive. I miss Rahsaan's music.

[scox1000]

Words just can't capture how cool this is.

[jejesus]

Amazing!!! Where did come from this video???