Rahsaan Roland Kirk Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972.

[Hardbopjazz]

Wow. Check this out. 

Rahsaan Roland Kirk distributing cocaine to the front row of the audience during a televised performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972.

https://x.com/thejazzestate/status/1809235374251610406?s=51&t=7IVwGRGvs7pIHFm8XGWJqw

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, seen that before. Hilarious.

[soulpope]

Btw a great concert performance ....

[l p]

or it could be snuff rather than coke.

i wonder which of those 2 things it could possibly be...  it's a tough decision.

 

[mhatta]

I always want to hear or see the complete version of this 1972 Montreux show, I think I, Eye, Aye is incomplete. They do Never Say Goodbye at the end of the show (there is a fragment of it in One Man Twins on VHS), and it is a tremendous performance.

 

[soulpope]

7 minutes ago, mhatta said:

I always want to hear or see the complete version of this 1972 Montreux show, I think I, Eye, Aye is incomplete. They do Never Say Goodbye at the end of the show (there is a fragment of it in One Man Twins on VHS), and it is a tremendous performance.

True ....