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Return of the 5000 Lb Man

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I first heard this music when I was in University in the 70's and I had a radio show devoted to Jazz. I went up to Montral to see Roland Kirk at "In Concert", a jazz club with some big players.

I left at 1 AM in a daze after hearing magic come from this man, playing 2 recorder in each of nostrils, using circular breathing to hold a note indefinitly and playing 2 saxes at the same time-harmonizing with HIMSELF!!!

This CD is one of my favorites and not only is it musically enchanting, but has humor to it as well.

Enjoy it-

Scott Lawrence
Jerusalem-Israel

Theme for the Eulipions:

" ..if there were no song
you will have this song
to give warmth at night
and to keep you strong..."

Get this gem session, you will not be disappointed with the quality of music & the big round straight/multiphonics voice of Roland... if you can get your hand on a vinyl issue, Sweet Georgia Brown and other standards wouldn't sound any more euphoric than those recorded here.

Like Mingus Rhasaan was in many ways unclassifiable.Hard bop?Maybe.Avant Garde?Well yeah but never losing site of the foundations.Here among so many great LP's is him doing old and new (for th time) standards.As Mingus's whole career was unique yet as I have said before a love letter to Duke you could say the same about Rhasaan.After Pops,Duke,Bird&Diz,Mingus,Miles,and 'Trane you could put Rhasaan on the greatest ever list (especially if you think I should be putting Sun Ra among th best of all time).And here from "Sweet Georgia Brown" to Giant Steps" and great vocal added version of "Good Bye Pork Pie Hat" you are lsitening to a history lesson but unlike some classes in your past you never want the bell to ring and have it just go on and on.
Peace
Chazz

Roland Kirk by any name is one of the greatest phenomena to play and compose jazz in the whole 20th century, a man of incomparable musical talents, great humor and humility, he reportedly ate saxophones for breakfast. If you know Jazz you already knew this, if you're new to jazz, get all of his records and you will soon be searching out the rest of the great masters of the idiom. It's too constricting to say he played hard bop, while that's the prevalence, his style is personal and all-encompassing. He even puts the most excellent lyrics to Mingus' "Goodbye Pork pie Hat" and Coltrane's "Giant Steps". (Joni Mitchell's Lyrics to pork pie belie the fact she was clueless as to what the song was about).
Jazz is the teacher, funk is the preacher! (James Blood Ulmer)

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