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Roland Kirk was perhaps foremost a tenor sax player, but one should add to that flute, stritch and manzello, and one should also add that often he would play them all at once! So even before encountering his music one can marvel at just how he managed that? How did he breathe, control the instruments, how did he get them into his mouth? Then when the suitably intrigued listener finally does hear the music the marvel is multiplied a hundred-fold: this two-in-one album is one of the most exciting and stunning that you'll hear. Kirk mixes bop, funk, R&B, avant-garde and genres yet to be named into a soup of sound which avoids being the unruly mess one might expect and instead is truly enthralling. And for those who may be put off by the avant-garde, rest assured that Kirk had the gift of being both cutting-edge and solidly accessible. Taken separately Rip, Rig and Panic and Now Please Don't You Cry Beautiful Edith are desirable purchases, but now together on a single CD, they are truly essential. --Phil Brett
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If you're looking for a one-disc, non-compilation introduction to the genius of multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk (he added the Rahsaan in 1969), look no further. Combining two classic albums from 1965 and 1967, this disc captures Kirk at two of his highest creative peaks. Backed by the all-star trio of pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Richard Davis, and drummerElvin Jones, Kirk graces RIP RIG AND PANIC with some of hiswildest and most free playing. Standout performances include the title track, "Slippery Hippery Flippery", the opening "No Tonic Pres", and the more subdued and traditional "From Bechet, Fats and Byas". NOW PLEASE DON'T YOU CRY BEAUTIFUL EDITH, Kirk's only recording for the legendary Verve label, is a considerably calmer affair but is no less wide-ranging, as it swings effortlessly from a gentle cover of Bacharach-David's "Alfie", to the impressionistic title track, to the flat-out rock & roll of "Fallout".
Roland Kirk was perhaps foremost a tenor sax player, but one should add to that flute, stritch and manzello, and one should also add that often he would play them all at once! So even before encountering his music one can marvel at just how he managed that? How did he breathe, control the instruments, how did he get them into his mouth? Then when the suitably intrigued listener finally does hear the music the marvel is multiplied a hundred-fold: this two-in-one album is one of the most exciting and stunning that you'll hear. Kirk mixes bop, funk, R&B, avant-garde and genres yet to be named into a soup of sound which avoids being the unruly mess one might expect and instead is truly enthralling. And for those who may be put off by the avant-garde, rest assured that Kirk had the gift of being both cutting-edge and solidly accessible. Taken separately Rip, Rig and Panic and Now Please Don't You Cry Beautiful Edith are desirable purchases, but now together on a single CD, they are truly essential. --Phil Brett
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If you're looking for a one-disc, non-compilation introduction to the genius of multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk (he added the Rahsaan in 1969), look no further. Combining two classic albums from 1965 and 1967, this disc captures Kirk at two of his highest creative peaks. Backed by the all-star trio of pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Richard Davis, and drummerElvin Jones, Kirk graces RIP RIG AND PANIC with some of hiswildest and most free playing. Standout performances include the title track, "Slippery Hippery Flippery", the opening "No Tonic Pres", and the more subdued and traditional "From Bechet, Fats and Byas". NOW PLEASE DON'T YOU CRY BEAUTIFUL EDITH, Kirk's only recording for the legendary Verve label, is a considerably calmer affair but is no less wide-ranging, as it swings effortlessly from a gentle cover of Bacharach-David's "Alfie", to the impressionistic title track, to the flat-out rock & roll of "Fallout".
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