I Talk with the Spirits
1965 studio album by Roland Kirk
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Studio album by Roland Kirk | ||||
Released | March 1965 (1965-03) | |||
Recorded | September 16–17, 1964 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:40 | |||
Label | Limelight | |||
Producer | Bobby Scott | |||
Roland Kirk chronology | ||||
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I Talk with the Spirits is a 1965 album by American jazz musician Roland Kirk.[3] Kirk plays only flutes for this album, not the saxophone or other instruments he commonly used. It contains the first appearance of the song "Serenade to a Cuckoo", later covered by Jethro Tull.
Track listing
- All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated
- "Serenade to a Cuckoo" – 4:33
- Medley: "We'll Be Together Again"/"People" (Carl Fisher, Frankie Laine)/(Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 4:40
- "A Quote from Clifford Brown" – 4:24
- "Trees" (Joyce Kilmer, Oscar Rasbach) – 6:20
- "Fugue'n and Alludin'" – 0:44
- "The Business Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" – 5:03
- "I Talk with the Spirits" – 3:56
- "Ruined Castles" (Rentarō Taki) – 1:20
- "Django" (John Lewis) – 4:50
- "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 5:00
- Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, September 16–17, 1964
Personnel
- Roland Kirk: flute, alto flute, amplified flute, African wood flute, vocal interjections, cuckoo clock, music box
- Bobby Moses: vibraphone
- Horace Parlan: piano, celeste
- Michael Fleming [de]: bass
- Walter Perkins: drums, percussion
- Crystal-Joy Albert: vocals
References
- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1965-04-24. p. 30.
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- Triple Threat (1957)
- Introducing Roland Kirk (1960)
- Kirk's Work (1961)
- We Free Kings (1962)
- Domino (1962)
- Reeds & Deeds (1963)
- The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963)
- Gifts & Messages (1964)
- I Talk with the Spirits (1964)
- Slightly Latin (1965)
- Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)
- Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967)
- The Inflated Tear (1967)
- Left & Right (1968)
- Volunteered Slavery (1969)
- Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)
- Blacknuss (1972)
- A Meeting of the Times (1972)
- Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (1973)
- The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975)
- Other Folks' Music (1976)
- The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (1976)
- Kirkatron (1977)
- Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)
- Kirk in Copenhagen (1964)
- Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)
- Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970)
- Bright Moments (1973)
- I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 (1996)
- Brotherman in the Fatherland (2006)
- Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1997)