Eight Classic Albums

Tracklist

• CD 1: Triple Threat / Introducing
• 1
  Roland’s Theme
  2:49
• 2
  Slow Groove
  6:49
• 3
  Stormy Weather
  4:35
• 4
  The Nearness of You
  5:30
• 5
  A La Carte
  2:19
• 6
  Easy Living
  4:37
• 7
  Triple Threat
  2:24
• 8
  The Call
  8:42
• 9
  Soul Station
  5:26
• 10
  Our Waltz
  4:51
• 11
  Our Love Is Here to Stay
  4:50
• 12
  Spirit Girl
  5:21
• 13
  Jack the Ripper
  7:51
• CD 2: Kirk's Work / Oh Yeah
• 1
  Three for Dizzy
  5:10
• 2
  Makin’ Whoopee
  5:06
• 3
  Funk Underneath
  6:15
• 4
  Kirk’s Work
  3:53
• 5
  Doin’ the Sixty Eight
  4:21
• 6
  Too Late Now
  3:51
• 7
  Skaters Waltz
  4:23
• 8
  Hog Callin’ Blues
  7:24
• 9
  Devil Woman
  9:41
• 10
  Wham Bam Thank You Ma’Am
  4:41
• 11
  Ecclusiastics
  6:55
• 12
  Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb
  5:41
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Eat That Chicken
  4:38
• 14
  Passions of a Man
  4:55
• CD 3: We Free Kings / Domino
• 1
  We Free Kings
  3:07
• 2
  Moon Song
  4:20
• 3
  A Sack Full of Soul
  4:36
• 4
  The Haunted Melody
  3:36
• 5
  Blues for Alice
  5:10
• 6
  We Free Kings
  4:42
• 7
  You Did It, You Did It
  2:25
• 8
  Some Kind of Love
  6:08
• 9
  My Delight
  4:27
• 10
  Domino
  3:12
• 11
  Meeting on Termini’s Corner
  3:39
• 12
  Time
  3:11
• 13
  Lament
  3:37
• 14
  A Stritch in Time
  5:03
• 15
  3-In-1 Without the Oil
  2:32
• 16
  Get Out of Town
  4:47
• 17
  Rolando
  3:43
• 18
  I Believe in You
  4:24
• 19
  E.D.
  2:21
• CD 4: Out of the Afternoon / Big Band Bossa Nova
• 1
  Moon Ray
  6:39
• 2
  Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
  6:39
• 3
  Raoul
  5:59
• 4
  Snap Crackle
  4:07
• 5
  If I Should Lose You
  5:48
• 6
  Long Wharf
  4:39
• 7
  Some Other Spring
  3:28
• 8
  Soul Bossa Nova
  2:45
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Boogie Stop Shuffle
  2:41
• 10
  Desafinado
  2:53
• 11
  Manha de Carnaval
  2:54
• 12
  Se e tarde me peroda
  4:21
• 13
  On the Street Where You Live
  2:32
• 14
  One Note Samba
  2:00
• 15
  Lalo Bossa Nova
  3:12
• 16
  Serenata
  3:17
• 17
  Chega de saudade
  5:30
• 18
  A Taste of Honey
  2:51

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Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith 1967

The Inflated Tear

The Inflated Tear 1968

Introducing Roland Kirk

Introducing Roland Kirk 1960

Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse

Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse 2025

Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate

Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate 2025

Live in Paris (1970)

Live in Paris (1970) 2024

Release credits

• Andrew Hill
  celesta [12], piano [10-11, 13-15]
• Art Davis
  double bass [3-5, 9]
• Art Taylor
  drums (drum set) [1-7]
• Booker Ervin
  tenor saxophone [8-14]
• Carl Pruitt
  bass [1-7], double bass [1-7]
• Charles Mingus
  double bass [10], piano [8-14]
• Charlie Persip
  drums (drum set) [2-9]
• Chris White
  bass [10, 12, 14], double bass [8-9, 11, 13, 15-17]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [8-17]
• Dannie Richmond
  drums (drum set) [8-14]
• Donald Garrett
  bass [8-13]
• Doug Watkins
  double bass [8-14]
• Esmond Edwards
  producer [1-7]
• Hank Jones
  piano [2, 6-8]
• Henry Duncan
  drums (drum set) [1.1-7, 3.10-15]
• Henry Grimes
  double bass [1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-7]
• Ira Sullivan
  tenor saxophone [9], trumpet [8, 10-13], wind instruments [8-13]
• Jack Tracy
  producer [3.10-19, 1.8-13]
• James Madison
  piano [1-7]
• Jimmy Knepper
  trombone [8-14]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [1-7]
• Lalo Schifrin
  piano [8-17]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [8-17]
• Phil Ramone
  recording [8-17]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [11]
• Quincy Jones
  conductor [8-18], instrument arranger [8-18], producer [8-18]
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  alto saxophone [1-7], flute [2.1-7, 4.1-8, 4.17], horn [1-7], saxophone [4.1-7, 1.8-13], soprano saxophone [1-7], tenor saxophone [1.1-7, 2.1-7], wind instruments [1-7], woodwind [1.1-7, 2.8-14, 3.2-19, 4.1]
• Richard Wyands
  piano [3-5, 9]
• Ron Burton
  organ [8], piano [9-13]
• Ron Malo
  engineer [8-13]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [3.16-19, 4.1-7]
• Rudy Collins
  drums (drum set) [8-17]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [1-7], recording [1-7]
• Sonny Brown
  drums (drum set) [8-13]
• Tommy Flanagan
  piano [1-7]
• Vernon Martin
  bass [10-16, 18-19], double bass [17]
• Wendell Marshall
  double bass [2, 6-8]
• William Burton
  keyboard [8-13]
• Wynton Kelly
  piano [16-19]
• [unknown]
  recording [9-10, 12, 14-16, 18]
• “Brother” Jack McDuff
  Hammond organ [1-7]
• Show all credits (41)

Issues

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  Eight Classic Albums

  4x CD
  2013