"One of the most inventive saxophonists in jazz history, Rahsaan Roland Kirk could play several horns at once, and make his own instruments. By no means a novelty act, his technique was flawless. Blind from the age of two, while a teenager, he discovered the "manzello" and "stritch" - the former, a modified version of the saxello, which was itself a slightly curved variant of the B flat soprano sax; the latter, a modified straight E flat alto.
This anthology covers Kirk's time at Atlantic between 1965 and 1976, from Here Comes The Whistleman, to the seminal The Inflated Tear, Blacknuss and Volunteered Slavery, as well as his collaboration with Al Hibbler, the brilliant The Case Of The Three-Sided Dream and some material previously only available on Does Your House Have Lions?
Compiled with Jazzwise editor and writer Jon Newey, and with liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre."
Tracks:
Making Love After Hours
Roots
The Black and Crazy Blues
The Inflated Tear
Lovelliloqui
Lady's Blues
Volunteered Slavery
Spirits Up Above
A Tribute to John Coltrane
Medley (with the Vibration Society)
Something For Trane That Trane Would Have Said
Ain't No Sunshine
Blacknuss
Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me
Carney and Begard Place
Seasons
Pedal Up
Anysha
Three For The Festivals
Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies
Freaks for the Festival
Serenade to a Cuckoo
Warner Jazz
