Roland Kirk Catalog

1956 (The age of 20)

Roland Kirk - Triple Threat  (King LP 539)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str) James Madison (p) Carl Pruitt (b) Henry Duncan (d)

K9938	Roland's Theme
K9939	Easy Living
K9940	Slow Groove
K9941	A La Carte
K9942	Stormy Weather
K9943	Triple Threat
K9944	The Nearness Of You

** also issued on Bethlehem BCP 6064 entitled "Third Dimension": Affinity (E) AFF 121 entitled "Early Roots".

1960

Introducing Roland Kirk  (Argo LP 669)

Ira Sullivan (tp, ts) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, whistle) William Burton (org, p) Donald Garrett (b) Sonny Brown (d)

10249	Jack The Ripper
10250	Spirit Girl
10251	Our Waltz
10252	The Call
10253	Soul Station
10254	Our Love Is Here To Stay

1961 (The age of 25)

Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Kirk's Work  (Prestige PRLP 7210)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren) Brother Jack McDuff (org) Joe Benjamin (b) Art Taylor (d)

3128	Kirk's Work
3129	Makin' Whoopee
3130	Funk Underneath
3131	Doin' The Sixty-Eight
3132	Too Late Now
3133	Skater's Waltz
3134	Three For Dizzy

** also issued on Prestige PR 7450 entitled "Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Funk Underneath": Fantasy OJC 459, OJCCD 459-2.
** part of Prestige P 24080.

Various Artists - Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album  (Mercury (J) 25PJ 58/61)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren) Richard Wyands (p) Art Davis (b) Charlie Persip (d)

21889-1

Blues For Alice (alt. take)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d)

24646 | PB7338

Domino (alt. take)

Roland Kirk - We Free Kings  (Mercury MG 20679)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren) Richard Wyands (p) Art Davis (b) Charlie Persip (d)

21889-3	Blues For Alice
21890	My Delight
21891	The Haunted Melody
21892	A Sack Full Of Soul

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren) Hank Jones (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Charlie Persip (d)

21893	We Free Kings
21895	Moon Song
21896	Some Kind Of Love
21899	Three For The Festival
21900	You Did It, You Did It

** also issued on Mercury SR 60679.

The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk  (Mercury 314 846 630-2)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren) Hank Jones (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Charlie Persip (d): same session

21894

Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d)

23767-4 | PB7509-4	When The Sun Comes Out
23768-1 | PB7510-1	Time Races With Emit (Ad Lib)
24645-1 | PB7340-1	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
24645-3 | PB7340-3	-

Al DeRisi, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell, Santo Russo, Kai Winding (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Paul Ingraham, Fred Klein, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins (frh) Jay McAllister, Bill Stanley (tu) Charles McCoy (hca) Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Roland Kirk, Walt Levinsky, James Moody, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims, Frank Wess, Phil Woods (woodwinds) Patti Bown, Lalo Schifrin, Bobby Scott (p, org) Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Sam Herman, Wayne Wright (g) Art Davis, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Major Holley, Ben Tucker, Chris White (b) Rudy Collins, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d) James Johnson (timp) Bill Costa, Jack Del Rio, George Devens, Charles Gomez, Jose Paula (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond)

25137

Dyna-Soar

Roland Kirk (ts, fl, mzo, str, nose fl, siren) Sonny Boy Williamson (hca -4) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen or Don Moore (b) J.C. Moses (d)

1.	Narrow Bolero (alt. take)
2.	My Heart Stood Still
3.	Mood Indigo
4.	Untitled Blues
5.	Will You Still Be Mine?
6.	One For My Baby
7.	We'll Be Together Again

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren, ob) Horace Parlan (p) Michael Fleming (b) Steve Ellington (d)

31648

Jive Elephant

Charles Mingus - Vital Savage Horizons  (Alto AL 714)

Jimmy Knepper (tb) Yusef Lateef (fl) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str) Charles Mingus or Roland Hanna (p) Doug Watkins or Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d) Pee Wee Marquette (ann)

	Improvisation (Blue Cee)
	Ecclusiastics

Charles Mingus - Mingus Oh, Yeah!  (Atlantic LP 1377)

Jimmy Knepper (tb) Booker Ervin (ts) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, siren, fl) Charles Mingus (p, vo, nar) Doug Watkins (b) Dannie Richmond (d)

5756	Devil Woman
5757	Ecclusiastics
5760	Hog Callin' Blues
5761	Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
5762	Passions Of A Man
5763	Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
5766	Eat That Chicken

** also issued on Atlantic SD 1377.

Charles Mingus - Tonight At Noon  (Atlantic LP 1416)

Jimmy Knepper (tb) Booker Ervin (ts) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, siren, fl) Charles Mingus (p, vo, nar) Doug Watkins (b) Dannie Richmond (d): same session

5758	"Old" Blues For Walt's Torin
5759	Peggy's Blue Skylight
5765	Invisible Lady

** also issued on Atlantic SD 1416.

1962

Roland Kirk - Kirk's Works  (EmArcy EMS 2-411)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d)

24645 | PB7337

Medley: Where Monk And Mingus Live / Let's Call This

Various Artists - V.S.O.P. Album II  (Mercury (J) SNP 131)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d): same session

24645-5 | PB7340-5	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
24649-3 | PB7341-3	Someone To Watch Over Me

Roland Kirk - Domino  (Mercury MG 20748)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Wynton Kelly (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d)

24642 | PB7334	Get Out Of Town
24643 | PB7335	Rolando
24644 | PB7336	I Believe In You
24647 | PB7339	E.D.

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Andrew Hill (p, cel) Vernon Martin (b) Henry Duncan (d)

26420-2/3 | PB8999-2/3	Meeting On Termini's Corner
26421-5 | PB9000-5	Domino
26422-5 | PB9001-5	Time
26423-11/7 | PB9002-11/7	3-In-1 Without The Oil
26424-1 | PB9003-1	A Stritch In Time
26425-10 | PB9004-10	Lament

** also issued on Mercury SR 60748, (J) EJD 3042; Verve 314 543 833-2.

Roland Kirk - Domino  (Verve 314 543 833-2)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d)

23766-1 | PB7508-1	Termini's Corner
23766-3 | PB7508-3	-
23766-4 | PB7508-4	-
23766-6 | PB7508-6	-
23767-1 | PB7509-1	When The Sun Comes Out
23767-2 | PB7509-2	-
24649-1 | PB7341-1	Someone To Watch Over Me

** reissue of Mercury MG 20748 + 9 bonus tracks.

Roy Haynes - Out Of The Afternoon  (Impulse A 23)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Tommy Flanagan (p) Henry Grimes (b) Roy Haynes (d)

10926-2	If I Should Lose You
10927-7	Raoul
10928-9	Snap Crackle
10929-6	Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

same personnel

10932-8	Long Wharf
10933-2	Moon Ray
10934-7	Some Other Spring

** also issued on Impulse IMPD 180.

Quincy Jones - Plays Hip Hits  (Mercury MG 20799)

Al DeRisi, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell, Santo Russo, Kai Winding (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Paul Ingraham, Fred Klein, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins (frh) Jay McAllister, Bill Stanley (tu) Charles McCoy (hca) Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Roland Kirk, Walt Levinsky, James Moody, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims, Frank Wess, Phil Woods (woodwinds) Patti Bown, Lalo Schifrin, Bobby Scott (p, org) Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Sam Herman, Wayne Wright (g) Art Davis, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Major Holley, Ben Tucker, Chris White (b) Rudy Collins, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d) James Johnson (timp) Bill Costa, Jack Del Rio, George Devens, Charles Gomez, Jose Paula (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond)

25135

A Taste Of Honey

same personnel

Comin' Home Baby

** also issued on Mercury SR 60799; Universal (J) UCCM 9152.

Quincy Jones - A Taste Of Honey c/w Shag Nasty  (Mercury 72012)

Al DeRisi, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell, Santo Russo, Kai Winding (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Paul Ingraham, Fred Klein, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins (frh) Jay McAllister, Bill Stanley (tu) Charles McCoy (hca) Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Roland Kirk, Walt Levinsky, James Moody, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims, Frank Wess, Phil Woods (woodwinds) Patti Bown, Lalo Schifrin, Bobby Scott (p, org) Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Sam Herman, Wayne Wright (g) Art Davis, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Major Holley, Ben Tucker, Chris White (b) Rudy Collins, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d) James Johnson (timp) Bill Costa, Jack Del Rio, George Devens, Charles Gomez, Jose Paula (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond): same personnel

25136

Shag Nasty

Quincy Jones - Quincy Plays For Pussycats  (Mercury MG 21050)

Al DeRisi, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell, Santo Russo, Kai Winding (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Paul Ingraham, Fred Klein, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins (frh) Jay McAllister, Bill Stanley (tu) Charles McCoy (hca) Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Roland Kirk, Walt Levinsky, James Moody, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims, Frank Wess, Phil Woods (woodwinds) Patti Bown, Lalo Schifrin, Bobby Scott (p, org) Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Sam Herman, Wayne Wright (g) Art Davis, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Major Holley, Ben Tucker, Chris White (b) Rudy Collins, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d) James Johnson (timp) Bill Costa, Jack Del Rio, George Devens, Charles Gomez, Jose Paula (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond): same session

25138

Sermonette

** also issued on Mercury SR 61050; Universal (J) UCCM 9154.

Tubby Hayes - Tubby's Back In Town  (Smash MGS 27026)

James Moody (ts, fl) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Tubby Hayes (vib, ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d)

	Stitt's Tune (The Blues Walk)
	I See With My Third "I"
	If I Had You / Alone Together / For Heaven's Sake
	Afternoon In Paris
	Lady "E"

** also issued on Smash SRS 67026.

Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova  (Mercury MG 20751)

Jerome Richardson (afl, fl, woodwinds) Roland Kirk (fl) Lalo Schifrin (p) Chris White (b) Rudy Collins (d) Carlos Gomez, Jose Paula, Jack Del Rio (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond) unidentified horn and brass

22190

Se E Tarde Me Pardoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late)

same personnel

22191

Soul Bossa Nova

** also issued on Mercury SR 60751; Verve 314 557 913-2.

Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova  (Verve 314 557 913-2)

Jerome Richardson (afl, fl, woodwinds) Roland Kirk (fl) Lalo Schifrin (p) Chris White (b) Rudy Collins (d) Carlos Gomez, Jose Paula, Jack Del Rio (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond) unidentified horn and brass: same session

22192

A Taste Of Honey

** reissue of Mercury MG 20751 + 1 bonus track.

Eddie Baccus - Feel Real  (Smash MGS 27029)

Roland Kirk (fl) Eddie Baccus (org) Mose Fowler (g) George Cook or Charles Crosby (d)

26680

A Breath In The Wind

** also issued on Smash SRS 67029, (J) PHCE 6002.

1963

Roland Kirk - Reeds And Deeds  (Mercury MG 20800)

Virgil Jones (tp) Charles Greenlea (tb) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Harold Mabern (p) Abdullah Rafik (b) Walter Perkins (d)

25706	Land Of Peace
25707	Lonesome August Child
25708	Limbo Boat
25709	Hay Ro
25710	Waltz Of The Friends

Virgil Jones (tp) Tom McIntosh (tb) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Harold Mabern (p) Richard Davis (b) Walter Perkins (d) Benny Golson (arr)

25711	This Is Always
25712	Reeds And Deeds
25713	Song Of The Countrymen

** also issued on Mercury SR 60800.

The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra  (Mercury MG 20844)

Virgil Jones, Richard Williams (tp) Charles Greenlea, Tom McIntosh (tb) Don Butterfield (tu) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Harold Mabern (p) Richard Davis (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d) Benny Golson (arr, cond)

25797	Ecclusiastics
25798	By Myself
25799	Roland Speaks
25800	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
25801	Variations On A Theme By Hindemith

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Harold Mabern (p -1/4) Abdullah Rafik (b -1/4) Sonny Brown (d -1/4)

1. 25802	I've Got Your Number
2. 25803	Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step
3. 25804	April Morning
4. 25805	Get In The Basement
5. 25806	Abstract Improvisation

** also issued on Mercury SR 60844.

Roland Kirk - Kirk In Copenhagen  (Mercury MG 20894)

Roland Kirk (ts, fl, mzo, str, nose fl, siren) Sonny Boy Williamson (hca -5) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen or Don Moore (b) J.C. Moses (d)

1.	Narrow Bolero
2.	No Title, No. 1
3.	Cabin In The Sky
4.	On The Corner Of King And Scott Streets
5.	The Monkey Thing
6.	Mingus-Griff Song
7.	Mood Indigo
8.	Rock-A-Bye Baby / The Nearness Of You / No Title, No. 3
9.	Half A Triple

** also issued on Mercury SR 60894.

1964

Quincy Jones - Explores Music Of Henry Mancini  (Mercury MG 20863)

Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (tp) Billy Byers, Urbie Green, Dick Hixson, Quentin Jackson, Tony Studd (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Tony Miranda, Bob Northern (frh) Harvey Phillips (tu) Roland Kirk, Jerome Richardson, Stan Webb (woodwinds) Margaretha Ross (harp) Gary Burton (vib) Bobby Scott (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Martin Groupp (per) Quincy Jones (arr, cond)

	Days Of Wine And Roses
	Moon River
	Dreamsville
	(I Love You) And Don't You Forget It

John Bello (tp) George Berg, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Phil Woods (woodwinds) Vincent Bell (g) Major Holley (b) Phil Kraus (per) replaces Terry, Alonge, Buffington, Miranda, Northern, Phillips, Webb, Ross, Lowe, Groupp

	Charade
	Peter Gunn

** also issued on Mercury SR 60863.

Roland Kirk - Gifts And Messages  (Mercury MG 20939)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren, ob) Horace Parlan (p) Michael Fleming (b) Steve Ellington (d)

31638	The Things I Love
31639	Petite Fleur
31640	March On, Swan Lake
31641	Tears Sent By You
31642	My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
31643	Gifts And Messages
31644	Hip Chops
31645	Blues For C&T
31646	Where Does The Blame Lie?
31647	Vertigo Ro

** also issued on Mercury SR 60939.

Roland Kirk - I Talk With The Spirits  (Limelight LM 82008)

Roland Kirk (fl, afl, amplified fl, African wood fl, vocal interjections, cuckoo clock, music box) Bobby Moses (vib) Horace Parlan (p, cel) Michael Fleming (b) Walter Perkins (d, per) Cyristal-Joy Albert (vo)

31701	I Talk With The Spirits
31702	Serenade To A Cuckoo
35191	Serenade To A Cuckoo (45 rpm edit)
33990	Medley: We'll Be Together Again / People
33991	Ruined Castles (Kojo No Tsuki)
33992	Trees
33993	Fugue'n And Alludin'
33994	Django
33995	My Ship
33996	A Quote From Clifford Brown
35190	A Quote From Clifford Brown (45 rpm edit)
33997	The Business Ain't Nothin' But The Blues

** also issued on Limelight LS 86008.

Sonny Stitt - Loose Walk  (Philology (It) W 43-2)

Sonny Stitt (as) Roland Kirk (str) Tete Montoliu (p) Tommy Potter, Jimmy Woode (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Au Privave

Various Artists - I/We Had A Ball  (Limelight LM 82002)

Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (tp) Curtis Fuller, J.J. Johnson, Melba Liston, Kai Winding (tb) James Moody (fl, as, ts) Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods (as) Roland Kirk, Lucky Thompson (ts) Benny Golson (ts, arr) Pepper Adams (bars) Milt Jackson (vib) Bobby Scott (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Byers (arr) Quincy Jones (cond)

34247	I Had A Ball
34248	Almost
34249	Addie's At It Again

** also issued on Limelight LS 86002.

1965

Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig And Panic  (Limelight LM 82027)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl, siren, ob, cast) Jaki Byard (p) Richard Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d)

	No Tonic Pres
	From Bechet, Fats And Byas
	Slippery, Hippery, Flippery
	Black Diamond
	Rip, Rig And Panic
	Once In A While
	Mystical Dream

** also issued on Limelight LS 86027.

Roland Kirk - Here Comes The Whistleman  (Atlantic LP 3007)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Lonnie Liston Smith (p) Major Holley (b) Charles Crosby (d)

10818	Step Right Up
10819	Aluminum Baby
10820	Here Comes The Whistleman
10821	I Wished On The Moon
10822	Roots
10823	Making Love After Hours
10824	Yesterdays

** also issued on Atlantic SD 3007.

Roland Kirk - Making Love After Hours c/w Here Comes The Whistleman  (Atlantic 5080)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Lonnie Liston Smith (p) Major Holley (b) Charles Crosby (d): same session

11588	Making Love After Hours
11816	Here Comes The Whistleman

Rahsaan Roland Kirk/Al Hibbler - A Meeting Of The Times  (Atlantic SD 1630)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Lonnie Liston Smith (p) Major Holley (b) Charles Crosby (d) Leon Thomas (vo)

25296

Dream

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, bars) Hank Jones (p) Ron Carter (b) Grady Tate (d) Al Hibbler (vo -1/3)

1. 24238	Don't Get Around Much Anymore
2. 24239	Daybreak
3. 24240	Lover Come Back To Me
4. 24241	Something 'Bout Believing

same personnel

24242	Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me?
24244	This Love Of Mine
24245	Carney And Bigard Place
24246	I Didn't Know About You

Roland Kirk - Slightly Latin  (Limelight LM 82033)

Virgil Jones (tp) Martin Banks (flh) Garnett Brown (tb, arr) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, bagpipes, picc, bars, siren) Horace Parlan (p, cel -1/5,7/9, vib -6) Eddie Mathias (b) Sonny Brown (d -1/3,5/9, d, nagoya harp -4) Montego Joe (cga) Manuel Ramos (per) Coleridge Perkinson (cond -4/6) unidentified choir (-4/6)

1. 37168	Walk On By
2. 37169	Juarez
3. 37170	Shakey Money
4. 37171	Ebrauqs
5. 37172	Raouf
6. 37173	Nothing But The Truth
7. 37174	Safari
8. 37175	It's All In The Game
9. 37176	And I Love Her

** also issued on Limelight LS 86033.

1966 (The age of 30)

The Jazz Corps Under The Direction Of Tommy Peltier  (Pacific Jazz PJ 10116)

Tommy Peltier (cor, flh) Fred Rodriguez (ts, as, fl) Roland Kirk (ts, str, fl, bars) Lynn Blessing (vib) Bill Plummer (b) Maurice Miller (d)

	Harplyness
	Serenity
	Peru-T
	Liberation
	Chalan Pago
	Le Blessing
	Meanwhile
	Another Plum

** also issued on Pacific Jazz ST 20116.

1967

Roland Kirk - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith  (Verve V/V6 8709)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, fl) Lonnie Liston Smith (p) Ronnie Boykins (b) Grady Tate (d)

102717	Stompin' Grounds
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

Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear  (Atlantic SD 1502)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, whistle, ehr, flexaphone) Ron Burton (p) Steve Novosel (b) Jimmy Hopps (d)

13550	The Black And Crazy Blues
13552	The Creole Love Call
13553	The Inflated Tear

Dick Griffith (tb -4) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, whistle, ehr, flexaphone) Ron Burton (p) Steve Novosel (b) Jimmy Hopps (d)

1. 13555	Fingers In The Wind
2. 13557	A Laugh For Rory
3. 13558	A Handful Of Fives
4. 13559	Fly By Night
5. 13560	Many Blessings

1968

Roland Kirk - Left And Right  (Atlantic SD 1518)

Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins (frh) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, org, nar) Frank Wess (woodwinds) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Roy Haynes (d) Warren Smith (per, vo) Gil Fuller (arr) unidentified strings

14709	IX Love
14710	Hot Cha
14711	Quintessence

same personnel

14713	Lady's Blues
14714	I Waited For You
14715	Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
14716	Black Mystery Has Been Revealed

Richard Williams (tp) Dick Griffith, Benny Powell (tb) Daniel Jones (basn) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, thumb p, cel) Pepper Adams (bars) Alice Coltrane (harp) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Jimmy Hopps (d) Gerald "Sonny" Brown, Warren Smith (per)

14717

Expansions

Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery  (Atlantic SD 1534)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, whistle, vo) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Jimmy Hopps (d) Joe Habad Texidor (per)

17644	Roland's Opening Remarks
17645	One Ton
17646	Ovation And Roland's Remarks
17647	A Tribute To John Coltrane: Lush Life / Afro Blue / Bessie's Blues
17648	Three For The Festival

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, nose fl, whistle, vo) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Sonny Brown (d) The Roland Kirk Spirit Choir (back vo)

17399	Spirit Up Above
17400	Search For The Reason Why

Charles McGhee (tp -2,3) Dick Griffith (tb -2,3) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, nose fl, whistle, vo) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Sonny Brown (d -1,2) Charles Crosby (d -3) Joe Habad Texidor (tamb -3) The Roland Kirk Spirit Choir (back vo)

1. 17401	My Cherie Amour
2. 17402	Say A Little Prayer
3. 17403	Volunteered Slavery

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Vibration Continues  (Atlantic SD 2-1003)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, whistle, vo) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Jimmy Hopps (d) Joe Habad Texidor (per)

34789

A Tribute To John Coltrane / Three For The Festival

The Jaki Byard Experience  (Prestige PR 7615)

Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, cl, whistle, kirkbam) Jaki Byard (p) Richard Davis (b -1/3,5) Alan Dawson (d -1/3,5)

1.	Evidence
2.	Teach Me Tonight
3.	Parisian Thoroughfare
4.	Shine On Me
5.	Hazy Eye
6.	Memories Of You

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1913-2.
** part of Prestige P 24080.

1969

Quincy Jones - Walking In Space  (A&M SP 3023)

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Quincy Jones (tp, vo, arr, cond) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Toots Thielemans (hca, g) Bob James (key) Eric Gale (g) Ray Brown (b) Grady Tate (d) Jesse Kirkland (vo)

	Dead End
	Walking In Space
	Killer Joe
	Love And Peace
	I Never Told You
	Oh, Happy Day

** also issued on A&M SP 9 3023, 75021 0801-2.

1970

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan  (Atlantic SD 1575)

Dick Griffith (tb) Howard Johnson (tu) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, misc. inst.) Leroy Jenkins (vln) Ron Burton (p) Sonelius Smith (cel, p) Vernon Martin (b) James Madison (d) Alvern Bunn (cga) Joe Habad Texidor (tamb, sound tree)

19261

The Seeker: Black Classical Rap / The Seeker / Thank You, Bird / New Orleans

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, misc. inst.) Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) James Madison (d) Joe Habad Texidor (tamb, sound tree)

19333

Medley: Going Home / Sentimental Journey / In Monument / Lover

same personnel

19341

Sweet Fire

same personnel

19350

Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree

same personnel

19357

Satin Doll

1971 (The age of 35)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata  (Atlantic SD 1578)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, B flat cl, E flat cl, pipes, harmonium, picc, bass d, thundersheet, cymb, bells, music box, palms, timp, gong, bird sounds) Maurice McKinley (d) Joe Habad Texidor (wbd, triangle, thundersheet, tamb)

21074	Raped Voices
21075	Dance Of The Lobes
21076	The Ragman And The Junkman
21077	Prelude Back Home
21078	Island Cry
21079	Haunted Feelings
21082	Harder And Harder Spiritual
21083	Rahsaanica
21084	Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said
21085	Runnin' From The Trash

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, misc. per) Sonelius Smith (p) Maurice McKinley (d) Joe Habad Texidor (wbd, triangle, tamb)

21122	Day Dream
21123	Black Root (Back To The Root)
21124	Breath-A-Thon

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Blacknuss  (Atlantic SD 1601)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, misc. inst.) Sonelius Smith (p) Billy Butler (g) Henry Mattathias Pearson (b) Khalil Mhrdi (d) Richard Landrum (cga) Joe Habad Texidor (per) Cissy Houston (vo)

22854	Ain't No Sunshine
22855	Blacknuss
22856	Never Can Say Goodbye

Charles McGhee (tp) Dick Griffin (tb) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts) Richard Tee (p) Mickey Tucker (org) Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving (g) Bill Salter (b) Bernard Purdie (d) Arthur Jenkins (cga, cabasa) Joe Habad Texidor (per) Princess Patience Burton (vo)

23007	I Love You, Yes I Do
23008	What's Goin' On (Mercy On Me)
23009	My Girl
23010	Take Me, I'm Ready
23011	Old Rugged Cross
23012	Which Way Is It Going
23013	I Wanna Make It With You
23014	One Nation

1972

Les McCann Live At Montreux  (Atlantic SD 2-312)

Roland Kirk (ts) Les McCann (p, clav, per, vo) Jimmy Rowser (b) Donald Dean (d) Buck Clarke (African d, per)

25999	Get Yourself Together
26349	Home Again

Various Artists - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions, Vol. 3&4  (Cobblestone CST 9026-2)

Harry Edison (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Flip Phillips, Zoot Sims (ts) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, str, mzo, whistle) Herbie Hancock (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Larry Ridley (b) Tony Williams (d)

25542

Impressions (So What)

** part of Cobblestone CST 9032-6.

1973

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle  (Atlantic SD 1640)

Charles McGhee (tp) Dick Griffin (tb) Harry Smiles (ehr, ob) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, cl, fl, nose fl, pipes, E flat sax) Sanford Allen, Julien Barber, Selwart Clarke, Gayle Dixon (vln) Al Brown (vla) Kermit Moore (vlc) Ron Burton (p) Henry Mattathias Pearson (b) Robert Shy (d) Sonny Brown or Ralph MacDonald (per) Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jeanne Lee (vo)

25929	Celestial Bliss
25930	Saxophone Concerto: Saxophone Miracle / One Breath Beyond / Dance Of Revolution
25931	Salvation And Reminiscing
25932	Seasons: One Mind Winter-Summer / Ninth Ghost

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments  (Atlantic SD 2-907)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, nose fl, misc. inst.) Ron Burton (p) Todd Barkan (syn, tamb) Henry Mattathias Pearson (b) Robert Shy (d) Joe Habad Texidor (per)

26685	Second Line Jump
	Introduction
26690	Pedal Up
26691	You'll Never Get To Heaven
	Clickety Clack
26692	Prelude To A Kiss
	Talk (Electric Nose)
26693	Fly Town Nose Blues
	Talk (Bright Moments)
26694	Bright Moments Song
26695	Dem Red Beans And Rice
26698	If I Loved You
	Talk (Fats Waller)
26673	Jitterbug Waltz

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - New Year's Eve In N.Y. 1973  (Cool Jazz (J) 311)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Kenny Rogers (bars) Hilton Ruiz (p) Henry Pete Pearson (b) John Goldsmith (d)

	Fine And Dandy
	Wow, Look At those Beautiful Black Indians
	Blues In C
	Bright Moments
	Three For The Festival, Pt. 1&2
	Dem Red Beans And Rice
	Epistrophy
	unknown title

1974

Charles Mingus - Mingus At Carnegie Hall  (Atlantic SD 1667)

Jon Faddis (tp) Charles McPherson (as) John Handy (as, ts) George Adams (ts) Roland Kirk (ts, str) Hamiet Bluiett (bars) Don Pullen (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d)

29421	Perdido
29422	C Jam Blues

1975

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color  (Atlantic SD 1674)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, bass sax, fl, tp, stritchaphone, mzo, arr) Pat Patrick (bars) Hilton Ruiz, Richard Tee (key) Arthur Jenkins (key, arr) Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, Hugh McCracken (g) Francisco Centeno, Metathias Pearson, Bill Salter (b) Sonny Brown, Steve Gadd, John Goldsmith (d) Lawrence Killian (cga) Ralph MacDonald (cga, per) William Eaton (arr)

30750	Conversation
30751	Bye Bye Blackbird
30752	Horses (Monogram/Republic)
30753	High Heeled Sneakers
30754	Dream
30755	Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs
30756	The Entertainer (Done In The Style Of The Blues)
30757	Freaks For The Festival
30758	Dream
30759	Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies
30760	Dream
30761	The Entertainer
30762	Dream
30763	-
30764	Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies
30765	Dream
30766	Freaks For The Festival
30767	Horses
30768	Bye Bye Blackbird
30769	Conversation

Roland Kirk - Kirkatron  (Warner Bros. BS 2982)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Hilton Ruiz (p) Henry Pete Pearson (b) Sonny Barkan (d) Todd Barkan (per)

	Serenade To A Cuckoo
	Bagpipe Medley
	J. Griff's Blues

Howard Johnson (tu) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Romeo Penque (bars, ob) Hilton Ruiz (p, cel) Buster Williams (b) Charlie Persip (d) Joe Texidor (per) Betty Neals (lead vo) Adrienne Albert, Francine Caroll, Milt Grayson, Hilda Harris, Randy Peyton, Maeretha Stewart, Arthur Williams (back vo) Frank Foster (arr)

Bright Moments

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts) Sanford Allen (vln) Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke (vla) Kermit Moore (vlc) Trudy Pitts (org) William Butler (g) Bill Carney (d) William S. Fischer (arr, cond)

The Christmas Song

Steve Turre (tb) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts) Hilton Ruiz (key) Milton Suggs (b) Walter Perkins (d) Tony Waters (per) Michael Hill (vo)

	Sugar
	Steppin' Into Beauty

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) and others

	Los Angeles Negro Chorus
	Mary McLeod Bethune

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Hilton Ruiz (key) Billy Butler (g) Henry Pete Pearson (b) Jerry Griffin (d)

Lyriconon

Steve Turre (tb) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts) Hilton Ruiz, Richard Tee (key) William S. Fischer (syn) Cornell Dupree (g) Gordon Edwards (el-b) James Madison (d) Ruddley Thibodeaux (per)

	This Masquerade
	A Night In Tunisia

1976 (The age of 40)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Other Folks' Music  (Atlantic SD 1686)

Richard Williams (tp) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, stritchaphone, cl, fl, reed tp, hca, misc. inst., arr) Kermit Moore (vlc) Gloria Agostini (harp) Trudy Pitts (p, el-p, arr) Hilton Ruiz (p, arr) Henry Mattathias Pearson (b, arr) Roy Haynes or Sonny Brown (d) Arthur Jenkins or Joe Habad Texidor (per)

31946	Water For Robeson And Williams
31947	That's All
31948	Donna Lee
31949	Simone
31950	Anysha
31951	Samba Kwa Mwanambe Mweusi
31952	Arrival

Roland Kirk - Paris 1976  (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 510)

Steve Turre (tb, per) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Hilton Ruiz (p, per) Phil Bowler (b) John Goldsmith (d) Michael Hill (vo, per)

	A Night In Tunisia
	The Left Side Of Your Mind
	Visit From The Blues
	Bright Moments
	The Man That Cried Fire
	Creole Love Call

Roland Kirk - Return Of The 5000 Lb. Man  (Warner Bros. BS 2918)

Howard Johnson (tu) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Romeo Penque (bars, ob) Hilton Ruiz (p, cel) Buster Williams (b) Charlie Persip (d) Joe Habao Texidor (per, vo) Betty Neals (recit) Maeretha Stewart (vo)

Theme For The Eulipions

omit Neals, Stewart

	There Will Never Be Another You
	Giant Steps

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Hank Jones (p) Milt Hinton (b) Fred Moore (wbd) Wilton Eaton (whistler)

Sweet Georgia Brown

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Trudy Pitts (org) William Butler (g) Bill Carney (d)

I'll Be Seeing You

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Hilton Ruiz (p, cel) Arthur Jenkins (key) William Butler (g) Matathias Pearson (b) Jerry Griffin (d) Warren Smith (per) Joe Habao Texidor (per, vo)

	Loving You
	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

1977

Roland Kirk - Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real  (Warner Bros. BSK 3085)

Eddie Preston (tp) Jim Buffington (frh) Kenneth Harris (fl) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Sanford Allen, Doreen Callender, Regis Iandiorio, Kathryn Kienke, Harold Kohon, Yoko Matsuo, Tony Posk (vln) Julien Barber, Selwart Clarke, Linda Lawrence (vla) Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles Fambrough, Eugene Moye (vlc) Sammy Price (p) William S. Fischer (el-p, arr) Tiny Grimes (g) Arvell Shaw (b) Gifford McDonald (d)

	I Loves You, Porgy
	Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
	In A Mellotone
	Summertime

Steve Turre (tb) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl) Sammy Price (p) Phil Bowler (b) Sonny Brown (d)

Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real

Hilton Ruiz (key) Percy Heath (cello) replaces Price

	Hey Babebips
	Watergate Blues

omit Heath

Dorthaan's Walk