Roland Kirk on LIMELIGHT

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

can anyone recommend this one, or is really watered down. thats what limelight does, it waters down talent. i LOVE pop jazz lps, dont get me wrong, but limelight like, just did it wrong. did they use various producers, or the same one always? i have never been happy, and always disapointed by limelight sessions

[kh1958]

Rip, Rig and Panic, and I Talk With Sprits are on Limelight, and those are two of his best albums.

[.:.impossible]

Absolutely two of his best.

[sidewinder]

'Slightly Latin' is great (and a bit insane) too !

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i talk w/ sprits was the one. theyre two of his best? omg

[jazzbo]

I Talk with the Spirits is definitely one of my favorite Kirks. Try it Aric.

[Bright Moments]

Rip, Rig and Panic - simply the best.

[kh1958]

Rip Rig and Panic = Jaki Byard Experience minus Alan Dawson plus Elvin Jones.

[WD45]

Another watered-down Limelight LP is Eric Dolphy's "Last Date."

[clifford_thornton]

Some real milquetoast Mingus on there, too. And that cheeseball Fifty Foot Hose record. Well, actually, that LP is kind of goofy, but I like it.

[Joe]

Some real milquetoast Mingus on there, too. And that cheeseball Fifty Foot Hose record. Well, actually, that LP is kind of goofy, but I like it.

[JSngry]

For the record, the Mingus album was originally on Mercury.

[clifford_thornton]

Limelight also put out a number of the Philips 21e Siecle LPs in the US.

[Joe]

Limelight also gave us the Mecki Mark Men and this rather fine release...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker_10th_Memorial_Concert

[JSngry]

Let's not forget this surprise easy-listening hit!

[felser]

Another watered-down Limelight LP is Eric Dolphy's "Last Date."

My very favorite Dolphy album of all. I would not be willing to pay the going rate ($150-$200) for the Kirk box (I sold mine for about that much 10-12 years ago, and it still goes for that on Amazon Marketplace), but it's worth picking up the individual sessions, almost all of which are available at better prices.

[DMP]

When I caught Kirk (with Horace Parlan) in a club in Cleveland in the mid-60's, he was plugging his upcoming flute album on Mercury. ("Cannonball & Coltrane" - like the Mingus title - was also a reissue of a Mercury album.)

[Soulstation1]

For the record, the Mingus album was originally on Mercury.

Wow Wow Wow

That's JA• 's job

[jostber]

'Slightly Latin' is great (and a bit insane) too !

Would really like to get a hold of this one.

[robertoart]

'Slightly Latin' is great (and a bit insane) too !

Would really like to get a hold of this one.

Not a lot of reasons for getting hold of this one though. Unfortunately.

They opened the floodgates.

[sidewinder]

'Slightly Latin' is great (and a bit insane) too !

Would really like to get a hold of this one.

Just been spinning the UK Mercury 'Limelight Series' LP of this. Bonkers !

[clifford_thornton]

Let's not forget this surprise easy-listening hit!

Oh yeah, that is a good one.

[jostber]

'Slightly Latin' is great (and a bit insane) too !

Would really like to get a hold of this one.

Not a lot of reasons for getting hold of this one though. Unfortunately.

They opened the floodgates.

It scores quite well over at allmusic.com though:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/slightly-latin-mw0001879667

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

THANKS U GUYS, I PICKED UP THE KIRK. man this is the lp w/ SERENADE TO A COOKOO! i was wrong, limelight has some cool stuff. but man i thought it was fluff over substance with them, i mean all that artwork. oh but the gerry mulligan limelights, man those are still horrible. omg.

[GA Russell]

LOL! My favorite post-Baker Mulligan album is the Limelight Something Borrowed, Something Blue with Zoot Sims.

Let's not forget this surprise easy-listening hit!

Oh yeah, that is a good one.

This album was my introduction to Paul Bley, and also the song Mr. Joy. I'd love to hear it again.