Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, August 16, 1961 21889-1 Blues For Alice (alternate take) Mercury (J) 25PJ-58/61, 314 846 630-2 21889-3 Blues For Alice Mercury MG 0 My Delight - 21891 The Haunted Melody - 21892 A Sack Full Of Soul -. Mercury (J) 25PJ-58/61 Various Artists - Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album. Mercury MG 20679, SR 60679 Roland Kirk - We Free Kings. Mercury 314 846 630-2 The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, flute, siren; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Charlie Persip, drums. Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, August 17, 1961 21893 We Free Kings Mercury MG 4 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year Mercury 314 846 630-2 21895 Moon Song Mercury MG 6 Some Kind Of Love - 21899 Three For The Festival - 21900 You Did It, You Did It -.
Mercury MG 20679, SR 60679 Roland Kirk - We Free Kings. Mercury 314 846 630-2 The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk Jimmy Knepper, trombone; Yusef Lateef, tenor sax, flute; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch; Charles Mingus, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums; Pee Wee Marquette, announcer. Broadcast, 'Birdland', NYC, October 21, 1961 Blue Cee (as Improvisation) (as Nouroog) Alto AL 714; Rare Live Recordings (Eu) RLR 88661 Ecclusiastics - Hog Callin' Blues (incomplete) Rare Live Recordings (Eu) RLR 88661. Alto AL 714 Charles Mingus - Vital Savage Horizons. Rare Live Recordings (Eu) RLR 88661 Charles Mingus - The Complete 1961-1962 Birdland Broadcasts Jimmy Knepper, trombone; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, siren, flute; Charles Mingus, piano, vocals, narrator; Doug Watkins, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 23, 1962 10932 Long Wharf Impulse!
From 'We Free Kings' (1961). Roland Kirk - Tenor Saxophone, Manzello, Flute, Stritch Hank Jones - Piano Wendell Marshall - Bass Charlie Persip - Drums.
A-23, ASY-9284-3 10933 Moon Ray Impulse! A-23 10934 Some Other Spring -. Impulse! A-23, AS-23, IMPD-180 Roy Haynes Quartet - Out Of The Afternoon. Impulse!
A&R Studios, NYC, June 12, 1963 1. 25802 I've Got Your Number Mercury MG 20844 2. 25803 Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step - 3. 25804 April Morning - 4.
25805 Get In The Basement - 5. 25806 Abstract Improvisation -. Mercury MG 20844, SR 60844 The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra Roland Kirk, tenor sax, flute, manzello, stritch, nose flute, siren; Sonny Boy Williamson, harmonica #8,9; Tete Montoliu, piano; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen or Don Moore, bass; J.C. Moses, drums.
'Club Montmartre', Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 1963 1. Narrow Bolero (alternate take) Mercury 314 846 630-2 2. Narrow Bolero Mercury MG 20894 3. My Heart Stood Still Mercury 314 846 630-2 4.
1 Mercury MG 20894 5. Mood Indigo Mercury 314 846 630-2 6. Cabin In The Sky Mercury MG 20894 7. On The Corner Of King And Scott Streets - 8. Untitled Blues Mercury 314 846 630-2 9. The Monkey Thing Mercury MG 20894 10. Will You Still Be Mine Mercury 314 846 630-2 11.
One For My Baby - 12. We'll Be Together Again - 13. Mingus-Griff Song Mercury MG 20894 14. Mood Indigo - 15. Rock-A-Bye Baby / The Nearness Of You / No Title No.
Berlin, West Germany, September 24, 1964 Au Privave (1964) Philology (It) W 43.2. Philology (It) W 43.2 Sonny Stitt - Loose Walk Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, J.J. Johnson, Melba Liston, Kai Winding, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, alto sax; Roland Kirk, Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; James Moody, tenor, alto sax, flute; Benny Golson, tenor sax, arranger #2,3; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bobby Scott, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Quincy Jones, conductor; Billy Byers, arranger #1. NYC, December 20, 1964 1. 34247 I Had A Ball Limelight LM 82002; Mercury SRM 2-623; Mosaic MD5-237 2.
34248 Almost Limelight LM 82002; Mosaic MD5-237 3. 34249 Addie's At It Again -. Limelight LM 82002, LS 86002 Various Artists - I/We Had A Ball. Mercury SRM 2-623 Quincy Jones - Ndeda. Mosaic MD5-237 The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions 1965 (age 30) Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, flute, siren, oboe, castanets; Jaki Byard, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Elvin Jones, drums. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 13, 1965 No Tonic Pres Limelight LM 82027 From Bechet, Fats And Byas - Slippery, Hippery, Flippery - Black Diamond - Rip, Rig And Panic - Once In A While - Mystical Dream -.
Limelight LM 82027, LS 86027 Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig And Panic Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute; Lonnie Liston Smith as Lonnie Smith, piano #1,3,6-9,11,12; Jackie Byard, piano #2,4,5,10; Major Holley, bass; Charles Crosby, drums; Leon Thomas, vocals #8,12. Live in NYC, March 14, 1965 1.
10818 Step Right Up Atlantic LP 3007 2. 10819 Aluminum Baby - 3. 10820 Here Comes The Whistleman Atlantic LP 3007, SD 2-303 4. 10821 I Wished On The Moon Atlantic LP 3007 5. 10822 Roots - 6. 10823 Making Love After Hours Atlantic LP 3007, SD 1592 7. 10824 Yesterdays Atlantic LP 3007 8.
10825 Dream unissued 9. 11588 Making Love After Hours Atlantic 5080 10. 11589 Roots unissued 11. 11816 Here Comes The Whistleman Atlantic 5080 12. NYC, November 16 & 17, 1965 1. 37168 Walk On By Limelight L 3073, LM 82033 2.
37169 Juarez Limelight LM 82033 3. 37170 Shakey Money - 4. 37171 Ebrauqs Limelight LM 82033; EmArcy EMS 2-411 5. 37172 Raouf - 6. 37173 Nothing But The Truth Limelight L 3073, LM 82033 7.
37174 Safari Limelight LM 82033 8. 37175 It's All In The Game - 9. 37176 And I Love Her -. Limelight LM 82033, LS 86033 Roland Kirk - Slightly Latin. EmArcy EMS 2-411 Roland Kirk - Kirk's Works. Limelight L 3073 Roland Kirk - Nothing But The Truth / Walk On By 1966 Tommy Peltier, trumpet, flugelhorn, director; Fred Rodriguez, tenor, alto sax, flute; Lynn Blessing, vibes; Bill Plummer, bass; Maurice Miller, drums; featuring Roland Kirk, tenor sax, flute, manzello, stritch.
Harplyness Serenity Peru-T Liberation Pacific Jazz CDP 7243 8 29101 2 1 Chalan Pago Le Blessing (complete form) Pacific Jazz CDP 7243 8 29101 2 1 Meanwhile Another Plum. Pacific Jazz PJ-10116, ST-20116 The Jazz Corps Under The Direction Of Tommy Peltier Featuring Roland Kirk. Pacific Jazz CDP 7243 8 29101 2 1 The Jazz Corps Under The Direction Of Tommy Peltier Featuring Roland Kirk 1967 Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, flute; Lonnie Liston Smith, piano; Ronnie Boykins, bass; Grady Tate, drums. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 2, 1967 102717 Stompin' Grounds Verve V/V6 8709 102718 Fall Out - 102719 Blue Roll - 102720 Why Don't They Know - 102721 Alfie - 102722 It's A Grand Night For Swingin' - 102723 Silverlization - 102724 Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith -. Verve V/V6 8709 Roland Kirk - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, English horn, flexaphone; Ron Burton, piano; Steve Novosel, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums. Webster Hall, NYC, November 30, 1967 1.
13554 Lubo unissued 2. 13555 Fingers In The Wind Atlantic SD 1502 3. 13556 I'm Glad There Is You unissued 4. 13557 A Laugh For Rory Atlantic SD 1502, SD 1592, SD 2-303 5. 13558 A Handful Of Fives Atlantic SD 1502 6. 13559 Fly By Night - 7.
13560 Many Blessings - 8. 13561 Creole Love Call unissued 9. 13562 The Black And Crazy Blues -. Atlantic SD 1502 Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear. Atlantic SD 1592 The Best Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Atlantic SD 2-303 The Art Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1968 Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, French horn; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, organ, narrator; Frank Wess, woodwinds; Ron Burton, piano; Vernon Martin, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Warren Smith, percussion, vocals; unidentified strings, Gil Fuller, arranger. NYC, June 18, 1968 14712 Hot Cha (2nd version) unissued 14713 Lady's Blues Atlantic SD 1518, SD 1592, SD 2-303 14714 I Waited For You Atlantic SD 1518 14715 Flower Is A Lovesome Thing - 14716 Black Mystery Has Been Revealed - Richard Williams, trumpet; Dick Griffith, Benny Powell, trombone; Daniel Jones, bassoon; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, thumb piano, celeste; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Alice Coltrane, harp; Ron Burton, piano; Vernon Martin, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums; Gerald Brown, Warren Smith, percussion.
NYC, September 17, 1968 1. Evidence Prestige PR 7615 2.
Teach Me Tonight - 3. Parisian Thoroughfare - 4.
Shine On Me - 5. Hazy Eye - 6. Memories Of You -. Prestige PR 7615; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1913-2 The Jaki Byard Experience = Prestige P-24080 Roland Kirk - Pre-Rahsaan 1969 Freddie Hubbard, Lloyd Michels, Marvin Stamm, Dick Williams, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Alan Raph, Tony Studd, trombone; Joel Kaye, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, sax, flute, reeds; Paul Griffin, piano; Eric Gale, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart, vocals; Quincy Jones, conductor; Quincy Jones, arranger.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1969 1. Dead End A&M SP-3023, 1216 2. Walking In Space A&M SP-3023 3. I Never Told You - John Frosk, Freddie Hubbard, Lloyd Michels, Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jimmy Cleveland, J.J.
Johnson, Norman Pride, Alan Raph, Tony Studd, trombone; Joel Kaye, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, sax, flute, reeds; Bob James, electric piano; Eric Gale, guitar; Chuck Rainey, bass #1; Ray Brown, electric bass; Bernard Purdie, drums; Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart, vocals; Quincy Jones, conductor; Quincy Jones, arranger. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, July 22, 1969 17399 Spirit Up Above Atlantic SD 1534 17400 Search For The Reason Why Atlantic SD 1534, SD 1592. Atlantic SD 1534 Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery. Atlantic SD 1592 The Best Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Charles McGhee, trumpet #2,3; Dick Griffith, trombone #2,3; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, nose flute, whistle, vocals; Ron Burton, piano; Vernon Martin, bass; Sonny Brown, drums #1,2; Charles Crosby, drums #3; Joe Habad Texidor, tambourine #3; The Roland Kirk Spirit Choir, backing vocals. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, July 23, 1969 1.
17401 My Cherie Amour Atlantic SD 1534 2. 17402 Say A Little Prayer Atlantic SD 1534, SD 2-303 3.
'Village Vanguard', NYC, 2nd set, May 12, 1970 19338 The Seeker unissued 19339 Untitled - 19340 Sentimental Journey - 19341 Sweet Fire Atlantic SD 1575 19342 Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree unissued 19343 Untitled No. 2 - 19344 Untitled No. 3 - 19345 Satin Doll - 19346 The Raped Bolero - 19365 Untitled No. 4 - 19366 Satin Doll -. Atlantic SD 1575 Rahsaan Roland Kirk And The Vibration Society - Rahsaan Rahsaan Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, miscellaneous instruments; Ron Burton, piano; Vernon Martin, bass; James Madison, drums; Joe Habad Texidor, tambourine, sound tree.: same personnel. 'Village Vanguard', NYC, 3rd set, May 12, 1970 19347 I Remember You unissued 19348 Volunteered Slavery - 19349 The Raped Bolero - 19350 Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree Atlantic SD 1575, SD 2-303 19351 Satin Doll / One Ton unissued. Atlantic SD 1575 Rahsaan Roland Kirk And The Vibration Society - Rahsaan Rahsaan.
Atlantic SD 2-303 The Art Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, miscellaneous instruments; Ron Burton, piano; Vernon Martin, bass; James Madison, drums; Joe Habad Texidor, tambourine, sound tree.: same personnel. 'Village Vanguard', NYC, 3rd set, May 15, 1970 19367 Intro Atlantic unissued 19368 Untitled No. 1 - 19369 Untitled No. 2 - 19370 High Heel Sneakers - 19371 Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree - 19372 Untitled No. 3 - 19373 Boogie Woman - 19374 Sweet Fire - 19375 Satin Doll - 19376 Untitled No. 4 - 19377 Untitled No.
5 - 19378 Medley - 1971 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, B-flat clarinet, E-flat clarinet, pipes, harmonium, piccolo, bass drum, thundersheet, cymbals, bells, music box, palms, timpani, gong, bird sounds; Maurice McKinley, drums; Joe Habad Texidor, washboard, triangle, thundersheet, tambourine. Atlantic Studios, NYC, March 30, 1972 24238 Don't Get Around Much Anymore Atlantic SD 1630, SD 2-1003 24239 Daybreak Atlantic SD 1630 24240 Lover Come Back To Me - 24241 Something 'Bout Believing -. Atlantic SD 1630 Rahsaan Roland Kirk And Al Hibbler - A Meeting Of The Times.
Atlantic SD 2-1003 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Vibration Continues Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor, baritone sax, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Oliver Jackson, drums; Al Hibbler, vocals.: same personnel. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, August 17, 1972 25137 Ballad N.Y.C. Atlantic unissued 25138 Maniacs Delight - 25139 I'm On My Way - 1973 Charles McGhee, trumpet; Dick Griffin, trombone; Harry Smiles, English horn, oboe; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, clarinet, flute, nose flute, pipes, E-flat sax; Sanford Allen, Julien Barber, Selwart Clarke, Gayle Dixon, violin; Al Brown, viola; Kermit Moore, cello; Ron Burton, piano; Henry Mattathias Pearson, bass; Robert Shy, drums; Sonny Brown or Ralph MacDonald, percussion; Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jeanne Lee, vocals. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, January 22, 1973 25928 N.W.H.
'Village Vanguard', NYC, December 31, 1973 Fine And Dandy Cool Jazz (J) 311 Wow, Look At those Beautiful Black Indians - Blues In C - Bright Moments - Three For The Festival, Part 1 & 2 - Dem Red Beans And Rice - Epistrophy - unknown title -. Cool Jazz (J) 311 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - New Year's Eve In N.Y. 1973 1974 Jon Faddis, trumpet; Charles McPherson, alto sax; John Handy, alto, tenor sax; George Adams, tenor sax; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, stritch; Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax; Don Pullen, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, May 14, 1975?
'Montreux Jazz Festival', 'Casino De Montreux', Switzerland, July 18, 1975 Serenade To A Cuckoo Warner Bros. BS 2982 Bagpipe Medley - J. Griff's Blues -. Warner Bros. BS 2982 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirkatron Howard Johnson, tuba; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute; Romeo Penque, baritone sax, oboe; Hilton Ruiz, piano, celeste; Buster Williams, bass; Charlie Persip, drums; Joe Texidor, percussion; Betty Neals, lead vocals; Adrienne Albert, Francine Caroll, Milt Grayson, Hilda Harris, Randy Peyton, Maeretha Stewart, Arthur Williams, backing vocals; Frank Foster, arranger. Regent Sound Studios, NYC, 1975 or 1976 Los Angeles Negro Chorus Warner Bros.
BS 2982 Mary McLeod Bethune -. Warner Bros.
BS 2982 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirkatron 1976 Richard Williams, trumpet; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, reed trumpet, harmonica, miscellaneous instruments, arranger; Kermit Moore, cello; Gloria Agostini, harp; Trudy Pitts, piano, electric piano, arranger; Hilton Ruiz, piano, arranger; Henry Mattathias Pearson, bass, arranger; Roy Haynes or Sonny Brown, drums; Arthur Jenkins or Joe Habad Texidor, percussion. This Masquerade - A Night In Tunisia -. Warner Bros.
BS 2918 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Return Of The 5000 lb. Man.
Warner Bros. BS 2982 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirkatron 1977 (aged 42) Eddie Preston, trumpet; Jim Buffington, French horn; Kenneth Harris, flute; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute; Sanford Allen, Doreen Callender, Regis Iandiorio, Kathryn Kienke, Harold Kohon, Yoko Matsuo, Tony Posk, violin; Julien Barber, Selwart Clarke, Linda Lawrence, viola; Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles Fambrough, Eugene Moye, cello; Sammy Price, piano; William S.
Fischer, electric piano, arranger; Tiny Grimes, guitar; Arvell Shaw, bass; Gifford McDonald, drums.