Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Kirkatron" 1977

Shortly after Rahsaan Roland Kirk finished his first album for Warner Brothers, he suffered a major stroke that put him out of action and greatly shortened his life...
...His second LP for the label was actually comprised of leftovers from the earlier session plus three songs taken from an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival; the latter has been reissued on CD in a sampler but the other selections (which include "Serenade to a Cuckoo," his cover of "This Masquerade," "Sugar," "The Christmas Song" and "Bright Moments") remain out of print. This LP (which finds him mostly sticking to tenor), Kirk's next-to-last album, has enough highlights to make it worth searching for. - Kirkatron Review by Scott Yanow
Personnel:
Backing Vocals – Adrienne Albert, Arthur Williams, Francine Carroll, Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart, Milton Grayson, Randy Peyton / Bass – Charles "Buster" Williams, Gordon Edwards, Mattathias Pearson, Milton Suggs / Cello – Kermit Moore / Drums – Bill Carney, Charles Persip, Jerry Griffin, Jimmy Madison, Sonny Brown, Walter Perkins / Flute – Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Guitar – Billy Butler, Cornell Dupree / Keyboards – Hilton Ruiz , Richard Tee / Lyricon – Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Organ – Trudy Pitts / Percussion – Todd Barkan / , Tony Waters / Reeds – Romeo Penque / Saxello [Manzello] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble] – William S. Fischer / Tambourine – Ruddley Thibodeaux / Tenor Saxophone – Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Trombone – Stephen Turre / Tuba – Howard Johnson / Viola – Alfred Brown , Selwart Clarke / Violin – Sanford Allen / Vocals – Michael Hill

trax:
1 Serenade To A Cuckoo 2 This Masquerade 3 Sugar 4 Los Angeles Negro Blues 5 Steppin' Into Beauty 6 Christmas Song 7 Bagpipe Medley 8 Mary McLeod Bethune 9 Bright Moments 10 Lyriconon 11 Night In Tunisia 12 J. Griff's Blues
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