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1	We Free Kings (1961) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk We Free Kings, Roland Kirk's third long-player, is among the most consistent of his early efforts. The assembled quartet provides an ample balance of bop and soul compliments to Kirk's decidedly individual polyphonic performance style. His inimitable writing and arranging techniques develop into some great originals, as well as personalize the ... see all copies from $10.21! new only from $10.21!
2	Bright Moments (1973) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk's live club gigs were usually engaging, freewheeling affairs, full of good humor and a fantastically wide range of music. The double album Bright Moments (reissued as a double CD) is a near-definitive document of the Kirk live experience, and his greatest album of the '70s. The extroverted Kirk was in his element in front of an ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $17.90!
3	Blacknuss (1971) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk From its opening bars, with Bill Salter's bass and Rahsaan's flute passionately playing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," you know this isn't an ordinary Kirk album (were any of them?). As the string section, electric piano, percussion, and Cornel Dupree's guitar slip in the back door, one can feel the deep soul groove Kirk is bringing to the ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50!
4	Kirk's Work (1961) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk/Jack McDuff Kirk's Work -- Rahsaan Roland Kirk's third long-player -- teams him up with organist "Brother" Jack McDuff for Kirk's most soulful post-bop set to date. His unorthodox performance style incorporates the polyphonies of a tenor sax, flute, manzello, and stritch. The latter instrument is Kirk's own modification of a second-generation B-flat soprano ... see all copies from $10.80! new only from $10.80!
5	The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks (1993) more music like this by Various Artists This is not and cannot be the Complete Cole Porter Songbooks, but it's a marvelous collection of 48 timeless jazz interpretations drawn from the Verve catalog. Recorded between 1951 and 1988, these standards, ballads and show tunes are rendered by some 15 vocalists, many of whom appear twice, and about 13 instrumental groups. In addition to the ... see all copies from $32.47! new only from $32.47!
6	Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology (1961) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk The Atlantic/Rhino anthology line has delighted novices and angered purists who have balked at what they deem questionable inclusions and exclusions, plus non-chronological sequencing and liners with plenty of personal anecdotes but limited musical analysis. The 31 selections on this two-disc set range from 1961 to 1976 and cover Rahsaan Roland ... see all copies from $26.00!
7	The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (1975) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man was Rahsaan Roland Kirk's first album for Warner Brothers, recorded before the stroke that impaired him. Kirk is at full creative and musical strength. These seven tracks are an utter astonishment. Kirk's playing of saxophones, harmonica, flutes, and euphonium is deep, soulful, and even profound in places. "Theme for ... see all copies from $10.64! new only from $10.64!
8	32 Gems from 32 Jazz (1999) more music like this by Various Artists Taking material from the '60s through the '90s, mostly from the vaults of the Muse and Landmark imprints, 32 Gems From 32 Jazz is an excellent three-disc sampler of the mainstream jazz label's catalog holdings and a fitting celebration of its first three years of existence. Nearly every major straight-ahead jazz style from that period is ... see all copies from $12.13!
9	Volunteered Slavery (1968) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk Before the issue of Blacknuss, Rahsaan Roland Kirk was already exploring ways in which to make soul and R&B rub up against jazz and come out sounding like deep-heart party music. Volunteered Slavery, with its beat/African chanted poetry and post-bop blues ethos was certainly the first strike in the right direction. With a band that included ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50!
10	Other Folks' Music (1976) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk From Roland Kirk's "classical" period, Other Folks' Music is perhaps his most dizzying and troubling recording. Meant to be both a tribute and a pointer for the next move in modern black music, Other Folks' Music is, when all is said and done, a very private altar adorned with much of Kirk's personal iconography. Recorded in 1976 using a fairly ... see all copies from $10.79! new only from $10.79!
11	A Night Out With Verve (2000) more music like this by Various Artists A Night Out With Verve highlights five decades of remarkable jazz taken from the Verve catalog, spread out over four discs titled "Wining," "Dining," "Dancing," and "Romancing." This budget-priced box set includes 65 performances from jazz luminaries including Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Michel Legrand, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Louis Armstrong ... see all copies from $15.24! new only from $24.40!
12 view cover	Brotherman in the Fatherland (2006) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk It's very tempting to go off on Joel Dorn for his decision to call a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record recorded live in Germany Brotherman in the Fatherland. Dorn's had questionable taste about all kinds of things since he began running record labels that have had numerous names attached to them -- Kirk's music is not one of them. This gig, recorded in ... see all copies from $14.52! new only from $14.52!
13 view cover	Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (2003) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk For those who believed Bright Moments was "it" when it came to Rahsaan Roland Kirk live recordings -- meaning that Joel Dorn's various live Kirk packages have been substandard in comparison, though not without considerable interest -- Christmas came early in 2003. Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (the "phantom" believed to be producer Victor ... see all copies from $13.01! new only from $13.01!
14 view cover	Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle (1973) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk Recorded in 1973, this is yet another criminally underappreciated Rahsaan Roland Kirk recording from the last phase of a remarkable career. This is perhaps Kirk's most experimental recording in that it involves his most involved performing on multiple horns and flutes -- including his infamous and wonderful nose flute -- and working with drones on ... see all copies from $10.79! new only from $10.79!
15 view cover	Atlantic Jazz: Legends (1993) more music like this by Various Artists While, in the final analysis, Atlantic will not occupy the same hallowed ground as other jazz labels like Blue Note and OJC (Prestige, Riverside, Contemporary, etc.), it can still boast of some of the most important jazz sides from the late '50s up through the early '70s. This sampler brings the good news with 15 high-profile tracks by the likes ... see all copies from $2.95!
16 view cover	Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society Roland Kirk and his band -- which, along with his normal companions Howard Johnson on tuba, Dick Griffin on trombone, Ron Burton on piano, and Vernon Martin on bass, added Leroy Jenkins on violin, Alvern Bunn on conga, Sonelius Smith on celeste and piano, and Joe Texidor on various sound objects to the mix -- once more indulge his obsession with ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50!
17 view cover	The Man Who Cried Fire (1973) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk Perhaps more than any other player, Rahsaan Roland Kirk embodied the entire history of not only jazz but 20th century American music in his playing. No matter which of the many horns he played (more often than not three at once), he would cut through an original composition, something from the current pop repertoire, or a jazz or R&B nugget that ... see all copies from $2.86! new only from $7.62!
18 view cover	A Meeting of the Times/Ornette! (1999) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler/Ornette Coleman Your attention please: this duplex reissue disc does not contain two complete albums. One beautiful track -- "Something 'Bout Believing," Rahsaan's passionate rendition of a melody from Duke Ellington's Second Sacred Concert of 1968 -- was omitted simply because there wasn't room on the disc. And if there wasn't room on the disc for these two ... see all copies from $12.15! new only from $12.15!
19 view cover	Domino (1962) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk The expanding musical universe of Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues its orbit on Domino. While always true to his exceptional talents, Kirk's previous efforts are somewhat derivative when compared to his later and more aggressive sound. On Domino, the genesis of his more assertive presence is thoroughly evident. Additionally, this disc features ... see all copies from $13.91! new only from $13.91!
20	Atlantic Jazz: Singers (1990) more music like this by Various Artists Spotlighting both jazz singers and R&B-minded vocalists on the jazz tip, Atlantic Jazz: Singers delivers a mostly generous and stunning mix spanning the late '40s to the mid-'80s. From the traditional jazz camp, top songbirds Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrae, Helen Merrill, Chris Connor, Peggy Lee, and Betty Carter all hit their spots in fine fashion. ... see all copies from $6.23!
21 view cover	Atlantic Jazz: The Avant Garde (1986) more music like this by Various Artists Part of a 12-volume set of LPs that covered Atlantic's history of jazz slotted into neat little genre labels, Atlantic Jazz: The Avant Garde is not an entirely satisfying disc. Partially this is because most of the artists represented here -- including Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, and Don Cherry -- did their most exploratory and adventurous ... see all copies from $7.69! new only from $10.00!
22 view cover	The Best of Chess Jazz (1950) more music like this by Various Artists This double LP has music from 18 different groups (mostly from 1956-66) and puts the focus on Chess's much-overlooked jazz catalog. Best-known as one of the leading Chicago blues labels, Chess (as shown on this two-fer) recorded many interesting jazz dates ranging from James Moody and Gene Ammons to Benny Goodman, the Jazztet, Ramsey Lewis and ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $18.00!
23 view cover	I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 (1972) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk This live recording is a companion to a documentary called The One Man Twins. Released for the first time in 1996, both audio and video gives both fans and the uninitiated a glimpse of the century's most colorful performers and most complex jazz musicians. Kirk's band for the date was comprised of pianist Ron Burton, bassist Henry "Pete" Pearson, ... see all copies from $15.87! new only from $15.87!
24 view cover	Introducing: Rahsaan Roland Kirk (2006) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk see all copies from $11.16! new only from $11.16!
25	The Man Who Cried Fire [Original] (1973) more music like this by Rahsaan Roland Kirk Perhaps more than any other player, Rahsaan Roland Kirk embodied the entire history of not only jazz but 20th century American music in his playing. No matter which of the many horns he played (more often than not three at once), he would cut through an original composition, something from the current pop repertoire, or a jazz or R&B nugget that ... see all copies from $29.96!

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