The Art of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Atlantic Years

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Volunteered Slavery
  5:40
• 2
  A Laugh for Rory
  2:47
• 3
  Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree
  4:54
• 4
  Dance of the Lobes
  2:05
• 5
  Lady’s Blues
  3:45
• 6
  Never Can Say Goodbye
  4:00
• 7
  I Love You Yes I Do
  2:48
• 8
  A Tribute to Coltrane: Lush Life / Afro-Blue / Bessie’s Blues
  8:10
• 9
  Three for the Festival
  4:00
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  The Inflated Tear
  4:46
• 2
  Creole Love Call
  3:45
• 3
  Here Comes the Whistleman
  4:53
• 4
  I Say a Little Prayer
  7:56
• 5
  Medley: Sentimental Journey / Going Home / In Monument / Lover
  4:50
• 6
  The Seeker: Black Classical Rap / The Seeker / Thank You, Bird / New Orleans
  17:21

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Release credits

• Alfred Brown
  strings [5]
• Alice Coltrane
  harp [5]
• Alvern Bunn
  congas [1.3, 2.6]
• Anthony Sophos
  strings [5]
• Arthur Jenkins
  percussion [7]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Billy Butler
  guitar [6]
• Bob Liftin
  engineer [4, 7]
• Bruce Tergesen
  engineer [5]
• Charles Crosby
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 2.3]
• Charles McCracken
  strings [5]
• Charles McGhee
  trumpet [1.1, 1.7-8, 2.4]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [7]
• Dick Griffin
  trombone [1.1, 1.3, 1.7-8, 2.4]
• Dick Griffith
  trombone [6]
• Frank Wess
  woodwind [5]
• Gene Orloff
  strings [5]
• Geoffrey Haslam
  engineer [3]
• George Ockner
  strings [5]
• Harold Furmansky
  strings [5]
• Henry Pearson
  bass [6]
• Howard Johnson
  tuba [1.3, 2.6]
• Jim Buffington
  French horn [5]
• Jimmy Hopps
  drums (drum set) [1.2, 2.1]
• Jimmy Madison
  drums (drum set) [1.3, 2.5-6]
• Joe Habad
  percussion [5-6]
• Joe Texidor
  instrument [1], percussion [3-4, 6-7]
• Joel Dorn
  producer [1.2-7, 2.1]
• Joseph Malignaggi
  strings [5]
• Julien Barber
  strings [5]
• Julius Watkins
  French horn [5]
• Keith Loving
  guitar [7]
• Khalil Mhdri
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Leo Kruczek
  strings [5]
• Leroy Jenkins
  violin [2.6, 1.3]
• Lew Hahn
  engineer [6], remixer [3-4, 6-7]
• Lonnie Liston Smith
  piano [3]
• Major Holley
  bass [3]
• Matthew Raimondi
  strings [5]
• Maurice McKinley
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Mickey Tucker
  organ [7]
• Mickey Turner
  organ [7]
• Noel DaCosta
  strings [5]
• Paul Goodman
  recording [1.2, 2.1]
• Phil Iehle
  engineer [3], recording [3]
• Princess Patience Burton
  vocal [7]
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  clarinet [6], flute [6], other instruments [6], tenor saxophone [6], vocal [6], wind instruments [3, 5-6], woodwind [2.1, 2.4, 1.1-2, 1.6, 1.6-8]
• Richard Elias
  strings [5]
• Richard Landrum
  congas [6]
• Richard Tee
  piano [7]
• Robert Wright
  recording [3]
• Roland Kirk Spirit Choir
  background vocals [2.4, 1.1, 1.8]
• Ron Burton
  piano [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1, 2.4-6]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Sanford Allen
  strings [5]
• Selwart Clarke
  strings [5]
• Sonelius Smith
  celesta [2.6, 1.3], grand piano [6], piano [1.6, 2.6]
• Sonny Brown
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Steve Novosel
  bass [1.2, 2.1]
• Vernon Martin
  bass [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.4-6]
• Walter “Gil” Fuller
  arranger [5]
• Warren Smith
  percussion [5]
• William Salter
  bass [7]
• Winston Collymore
  strings [5]
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Issues

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  The Art of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Atlantic Years

  2x 12" Vinyl
  1973