Here Comes the Whistleman
1967 live album by Roland Kirk
Here Comes the Whistleman | ||||
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Live album by Roland Kirk | ||||
Released | February 1967 (1967-02) | |||
Recorded | March 14, 1965 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Roland Kirk, Joel Dorn | |||
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Here Comes the Whistleman is a live album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk recorded in March 1965 at Atlantic Studios in New York, and released in February 1967.[3] It was his first release on the Atlantic label and features performances by Kirk with pianists Lonnie Liston Smith and Jaki Byard, bassist Major Holley and drummer Charles Crosby.[4]
Critical reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "His band for the occasion is stellar ... This is the hard jump blues and deep R&B Roland Kirk band".[1]
Track listing
- All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.
- "Roots" - 4:09
- "Here Comes the Whistleman" - 4:53
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) - 4:48
- "Making Love After Hours" - 4:20
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:54
- "Aluminum Baby" (Jaki Byard) - 4:41
- "Step Right Up" - 4:41
- Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NY on March 14, 1965
- A recent version of the album has longer tracks. There's on-stage chatter etc.
Personnel
- Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet
- Jaki Byard: piano (tracks 1, 3 & 6)
- Lonnie Liston Smith: piano (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7)
- Major Holley: bass
- Charles Crosby: drums
References
- ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed 11 August 2009
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "New Sales Peak Registered by Atl.-Atco With 2-Month Gusher". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-03-18. p. 4.
- ^ Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 11 August 2009
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- Triple Threat (1957)
- Introducing Roland Kirk (1960)
- Kirk's Work (1961)
- We Free Kings (1962)
- Domino (1962)
- Reeds & Deeds (1963)
- The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963)
- Gifts & Messages (1964)
- I Talk with the Spirits (1964)
- Slightly Latin (1965)
- Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)
- Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967)
- The Inflated Tear (1967)
- Left & Right (1968)
- Volunteered Slavery (1969)
- Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)
- Blacknuss (1972)
- A Meeting of the Times (1972)
- Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (1973)
- The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975)
- Other Folks' Music (1976)
- The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (1976)
- Kirkatron (1977)
- Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)
- Kirk in Copenhagen (1964)
- Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)
- Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970)
- Bright Moments (1973)
- I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 (1996)
- Brotherman in the Fatherland (2006)
- Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1997)