This magnificent set of eight classic Roland Kirk albums covers his most prestigious, challenging and magnificent musical output from the 1960s.

American jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the ability to play several instruments simultaneously.

This magnificent set of eight classic albums is an ideal starting point for students new to Roland Kirk's music, as well as the ideal go-to-collection for jazz fans of all vintage, covering the great man's most prestigious, challenging and magnificent music that he would ever make.

Track Listing

• Land Of Peace
• Lonesome August Child
• Limbo Boat
• Hay Ro
• Waltz Of The Friends
• This Is Always
• Reeds And Deeds
• Song Of The Countrymen
• Ecclusiastics
• By Myself
• Roland Speaks
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
• Variations On A Theme By Hindemith
• I've Got Your Number
• Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step
• April Morning
• Get In The Basement
• Abstract Improvisation

• Narrow Bolero
• Mingus-Griff Song
• The Monkey Thing
• Mood Indigo
• Cabin In The Sky
• On The Corner Of King And Scott Streets
• The Things I Love
• Petite Fleur
• March On, Swan Lake
• Tears Sent By You
• My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
• Gifts And Messages
• Hip Chops
• Blues For C & T
• Where Does The Blame Lie
• Vertigo Ro

• Serenade To A Cuckoo
• Medley: We'll Be Together Again/People
• A Quote From Clifford Brown
• Trees
• Fugue'n And Alludin'
• The Business Ain't Nothin' But The Blues
• I Talk With The Spirits
• Ruined Castles
• Django
• My Ship
• No Tonic Press
• Once In A While
• From Bechet, Byas And Fats
• Mystical Dreams
• Rip, Rig And Panic
• Black Diamonds
• Slippery, Hippery, Flippery

• Roots
• Here Comes The Whistleman
• I Wished On The Moon
• Making Love After Hours
• Yesterdays
• Aluminum Baby
• Step Right Up
• Walk On By
• Raouf
• It's All In The Game
• Juarez
• Shaky Money
• Nothing But The Truth
• Safari
• And I Love Her
• Ebrauqs

Additional Details

Label: ENLIGHTENMENT

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 305 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/05/24

UPC: 823564038025