John B Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 Does anyone have these two sideman dates of Kirk: Roy Haynes-Out Of The Afternoon Are they worth getting? HELLYEAH!!!!!! This disc is essential, imo. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 QUOTE (dave9199 @ Apr 1 2004, 01:53 PM) Does anyone have these two sideman dates of Kirk: Roy Haynes-Out Of The Afternoon Are they worth getting? HELLYEAH!!!!!! This disc is essential, imo. What he said!!! Quote
JSngry Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 The Eddie Baccus date is very interesting as well. Baccus sounds very much like Kirk on organ, so much so that if I didn't know better, I'd say that this was a Kirk date under a pseudonym! Quote
jazzbo Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 The Bacchus however. . . not essential. Quote
dave9199 Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Posted April 1, 2004 The Eddie Baccus album; that's just one song with Kirk on it, right? A Breath On The Wind which is on the Mercury box. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 That's a legitimate way to view his attitude as a producer - self-indulgence seems to be a sign of the trade, with individual marks - Teo Macero, Orrin Keepnews, Joel Dorn, Manfred Eicher, even Michael Cuscuna somehow show an ego thing of some sort to confirm their importance for the music. There are great producers who just stand back and disappear behind the music - so it's no wonder I cannot come up with any names right now - Chuck Nessa perhaps? Couple of corrections here - I'm a serious producer, not a great one AND I do exhibit that ego. I don't think most people (many musicians included) understand what a decent producer can do to generate optimum results from a project. See, I turned the Kirk thread into one about ME for a minute. Anyway, with this talk about producers nobody mentioned Jack Tracy as producer of the Argo date and many, if not all of the Mercury/Limelight dates. Quote
neveronfriday Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 Who the hell is Roland Kirk? Is that the guy with the gape? Quote
couw Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 Who the hell is Roland Kirk? is that a trick question? Quote
neveronfriday Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 April 1st is gone? Damn, I'm too tired at the moment. Cheers! Quote
couw Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 April 1st is gone? hey, stuff gets WAAAAAY serious over here once that little arrow passes the twelve, okay?! Quote
dave9199 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Posted April 10, 2004 Any opinions of Les McCann Live at Montreux with Kirk as a sideman? Quote
dave9199 Posted April 23, 2004 Author Report Posted April 23, 2004 (edited) Nevermind, I found out he's on only one song. Anyway, I've been trying to buy Kirk's somewhat chronlogically and have hit some stumbling blocks. After listening to clips, I just didn't like the majority of Left & Right, Blacknuss, The 3 Sided Dream & Meeting Of The Times. From what I've heard of the rest of the 70's stuff, I'm willing to take a chance on them. Edited April 23, 2004 by dave9199 Quote
mikeweil Posted April 24, 2004 Report Posted April 24, 2004 (edited) Any opinions of Les McCann Live at Montreux with Kirk as a sideman? Frankly, not as successful as the Les McCann / Eddie Harris pairing. McCann's ryhthm section, especially drummer Donald Dean, was too sluggish to match Rahsaan's relentless energy. I found it disppointing and sold it. Only for the Rahsaan completist. Someone asked for live records in an early post: His first Atlantic LP Here Comes The Whistleman was recorded live before an audience at some radio station, he has the audience blowing whistle all through the title track ... I like this one a lot, it has Jaki Byard and Lonnie Smith (not the organist) alternating at the piano. I bought all Kirk Atlantics on LP as they came out, and still have them all, which is telling. Edited April 24, 2004 by mikeweil Quote
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