a video of #RahsaanRolandKirk

At JazzWax, a video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk in 1975 performing his composition "Bright Moments"... https://t.co/LO764cABVE pic.twitter.com/w9rwAwCvEh

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) September 22, 2017

Pedal Up - Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Published on May 10, 2017

Multiinstrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk plays Pedal Up on the 1975 Down Beat Readers Awards show with McCoy Tyner on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on Drums.

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk live in Norway (1967) with a young NHØP. Funny bit at the end where Pederso... https://t.co/35YpjTkI4t

— AddictedToJazz (@AddictedToJazz) 17 de fevereiro de 2017

#RahsaanRolandKirk

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist https://t.co/k8a7biEAzf Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Return Of The 5000 Lb. Man (Complete Album)

— jazzbreak (@JazzBreak1) August 20, 2016

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - I say a little Prayer https://t.co/GuPshOaM7P

— AddictedToJazz (@AddictedToJazz) July 14, 2016

April is Jazz Appreciation month....

April is Jazz Appreciation month as declared by the US Congress and supported and promoted by the Smithsonian Institute. While we here at the Jazz Arts Project feel that it’s important to appreciate jazz year round, we will be holding a series of talks by jazz luminaries this spring that serve as a great introduction to jazz for novices or as a wonderful extension of knowledge for connoisseurs. The lectures will take place this year at the Count Basie Theatre every Monday in April at 7:00 pm.

Ms. Kirk is the widower of the late saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk and since his death in 1977 manages his images, music and administers his publishing company, Rokir Music Corporation. She was one of the founders of WBGO Jazz 88.3 in the late 70's and continues her work there in various administrative capacities.

Sheila Anderson's path to jazz radio has been long and circuitous. Along the way she has worked as a member of the NAACP board of directors, at publishing companies Random House, Grove House and several others, and as the president of the Bookbinder's Guild of New York. She has hosted a variety of jazz radio programs since 1995 on WBGO Newark, and is also the one-woman producer of "The Art of Jazz," a weekly television program for Time Warner Cable. Ms. Anderson has written two books, "The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac," and "How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed." 

Join these two extremely accomplished figures in jazz as they discuss the state of the music today, and what we can do to ensure its continued growth and development.

A 75th Birthday Tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk

A friend of mine once asked me, "What's so great about Roland Kirk?"
I told him, "If a five-thousand pound man was coming to town, would you go see him?”
--Joel Dorn, Rahsaan’s longtime friend and producer

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Aug. 7th, 1935--Dec. 5th, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist best known for his miraculous ability to play three saxophones simultaneously. Kirk defied staggering odds in his all-too-brief life—from blindness to critical prejudice to a paralyzing stroke—in order to play the music that came to him through dreams. His music, once ahead of its time, now seems timeless.

Since his death thirty years ago, his legend has only continued to grow. In honor of his 75th birthday, Kirk's family, friends, and fans will celebrate the life of the legendary jazz giant in Austin, on August 6, 2010, at The Elephant Room.

Hosted and presented by May K. Cobb, and sponsored by KOOP radio 91.7 FM, this promises to be a memorable evening honoring one of our greatest jazz musicians & composers. Cobb, an Austin-based writer who has spent the past several years researching Kirk’s life for a new biography, said this about the event, "I'm honored to have a hand in creating this homage to Rahsaan. With Dorthaan's blessing and enormous help, it should be a very magical evening. To me, he is one of the most innovative and important musicians who's ever lived, but one of the most overlooked. The Austin Jazz Workshop performs his music beautifully, and hopefully this event will help, even in some small way, to keep his name alive."

The evening will include:

 Kirk’s music, performed by the AJW Sextet, featuring Alex Coke (flutes and sax), director Mike Melinger(sax), and Floyd Domino (piano), with surprise appearances.

 Dorthaan Kirk and special guests

 Live concert footage

 Gift bags to the first 100 people and a midnight birthday countdown

Proceeds from the evening will go to The Austin Jazz Workshop, a nonprofit organization that brings jazz musicians directly into public school classrooms. In ’08-’09 AJW performed Kirk’s music in 118 Austin schools and recorded Mystery Note, a tribute album to Kirk that was released in 2009. Copies of Mystery Note will be available at the event.

General admission is $5 at the door with donations welcome throughout the evening.
The Elephant Room is at 315 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas 78701
The first set begins @9:30pm.

please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk
http://www.austinjazzworkshop.com/mel/news.html

From  >  bebe bobo (bebebobov@sbcglobal.net)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk's incomparable album: Rip, Rig, and Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry Dear Edith.

I blogged earlier about Rahsaan Roland Kirk's incomparable album: Rip, Rig, and Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry Dear Edith. I also included the recording in my best 50 list. If you don't have this thing, sit on Santa's lap. Or buy two of them, and give one as a gift to someone very special. Another very fine Kirk recording is Complements of the Mysterious Phantom. It is not only a display of Kirk's virtuosity, it is also a very entertaining and enlightening document of live jazz culture. It includes brief sections of "Rahspeak", little monologues that are not evidence of a weak personality.

I was listenin' to Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins when I was in my mother's womb. She says every time she put Charlie Parker on the record player I was jumping up and down inside her. My crib was a saxophone case. Yeah. The folks who got to sit in on this one got their money's worth. But don't let me mislead you: this recording is full of full steam jazz bop. Hilton Ruiz (p) Henry Pearson (b), John Goldsmith (d) Samson Verge (per).

On a very different score, here is another stocking stuffer. Bassist Charlie Haden recorded a number of albums under the title "The Montreal Tapes." I haven't heard recently from commenter Bass Is Life, but BIL will like this one. It's a trio, with Al Foster on drums and Joe Henderson on tenor. It is my view that one simply cannot have too much Joe Henderson. The recording consists of four lengthy pieces, each of them worth a trip to Canada. These two recordings have nothing other to do with one another than that I have been enjoying them tonight. You will enjoy them too. Trust me on this one.
Update: I have been a bit behind in listening to my favorite podcast, In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond, by my good friend Ken Laster. Tonight I was listening to Ken's November 8th show, The Masters Part 2, and what should I hear but the very Rahsaan Roland Kirk album I posted on last night. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to explain that this was sheer coincidence. In fact, I only downloaded the RRK recording yesterday afternoon because it had been in my "saved list" on eMusic for a while. The power of Kirk!
Anyway, if you read this blog and like the music I review, and you don't listen to Ken's podcast, you are cheating yourself. Ken's shows are gold mines of good jazz, and he is a lot of fun to listen to. Don't miss it.
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