ROLAND KIRK QUARTET v Praze 1967

[@davidcase1286]

if you do not have RK in your regular rotation it is easy to forget how great he is

[@patlane7203]

I love Roland Kirk so much that my son is Rahsaan my grandson is Rahsaan Jr and my nephew is also Rahsaan🥰

[@AquarianConspiracy]

I love your passion for Roland Kirk...😊

[@evolution405]

That's deeper than just LOVE. Coolest of JAZZY CATS😎🎼🎷🎷👌😍😍

[@JulieCarey-y1n]

Bright Moments 🐝🌹🌈

[@fideliusconcrete4871]

I was 20 years old when I lived in Melbourne, Australia. So after his concert there he and I were talking and he wanted to shake my hand. I'll never forget how his smelled of pachouli ...

[@AquarianConspiracy]

Thanks for sharing!!😂

[@myroncohen7619]

played with him one time in SF at The Both/And jazz club..Wonderful man who was very kind to me!!

[@steveleeds8212]

As a student in 8th grade, I made what we called a "Career Notebook". I wrote about being a musician. The cover of my report had a picture of Roland Kirk that I cut out of the cover of Downbeat Magazine.

[@steveleeds8212]

Myron, surely you remember telling me about the time you picked him up from the airport ...

[@vogelvogeltje]

That’s awesome.

[@myroncohen7619]

@@steveleeds8212 So Steve I find it incredible that my friendship with Rashan and Donald "Rafael"Garrett the great Bassist was in many ways part of my musical education and vocabulary that u have experienced on a number of occasions..especially a Live Fillmore Jazz Festival set where u put together an excellent band with Chris Amberger on Bass and your Friend the Great Guitarist Ari and the Percussionist.We Killed and u should post it as there were some great moments INDEED!!KIRK profoundly changed my life in many ways and my friendship with Rafael and KIRK made me more aware of how much these men sacrificed so much of their lives performing and uplifting audiences wherever they played..

[@myroncohen7619]

@@steveleeds8212 Yup!!Rafael and I Picked up KIRK and His lovely Wife Dorthea?and we drove to Rafaels apartment on Parnasses I believe to hang out a bit..Rafael recorded With Coltrane on many of the later Inpulse LP releases including" Live in Seattle "and "Selflessness"..also Rafael played Tenor and Bass Clarinet and he made great Bamboo Flutes..His Bass playing was a force of nature..He put together a Quartet with His piano playing girlfriend named Suzannn and myself with Hart Mc Nee playing Saxcello,Piccolo and Flute..Luis Gasca paid for some studio Time at Wally Hieders for us and God knows where the tapes went!!Great memories indeed!!

[@johnhorner7510]

There are no words for this! Amazing!! REAL JAZZ! Nothing but pure feeling from all of them! Pure music!! Why can't the whole world love, respect and adore this music? It's not that hard!!

[@tonybelobrajdic4483]

Totally agree, T

[@zapbranigan5314]

WORD!

[@fiachra4266]

yup

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

There u go!!!

[@williambeck6364]

Nobody who ever saw Rahsaan live will ever forget it!

[@TheAnnaFisher]

It was a blessing, saw hs last performance in Bloomington, IN 1977.

[@michaelshore2609]

freakin AWESOME version of "Ode to Billy Joe." Happy birthday Rahsaan, a true one & only

[@laserluddite]

i come back to this every year and am blown away everytime as if i first watched it XD so cool

[@theodorepullins3124]

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

[@PaoloLongo]

Rahsaan Roland Kirk the best!

[@rdevries48]

Amazing, so beautiful and emotional...

[@ronaldrodriguez786]

Saw him love at Baker's Lounge

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Baker's Keyboard Lounge! Detroit.....a friend of mine saw him there too....I played there in the 90s, but never saw any legends there. My mom loved that place!

[@Ruexpd4me]

It is clear why Jimi Hendrix considered Roland Kirk one of his inspirations for guitar improvisation.

[@jimmiesspirit93]

Yeahyah, when We were🎶🥁@ Ronnie Scott’-London; JIMI came in w/ this little white-amp. It was passed ☀️ when We Emerged.

[@myroncohen7619]

@@jimmiesspirit93 I recall a conversation with Kirk about his collaboration with Hendrix..Some studio recordings exist somewhere perhaps?!

[@JackSamps]

@@myroncohen7619 i'd pay serious money to listen to it.

[@benzen1904]

This concert was almost one year before the tanks rolled into Prague. I had no idea Kirk had been there at that time. But I had an idea or rather a dream that the tanks would roll into Prague on 21 August 1968 after that short interlude called the Prague Spring the lasted from January to August that year. In May 68, I had that dream that in detail was a premonition of where I would be exactly on the morning of 21 August when I learned about the Soviet invasion. If I had shouted out to warn the Czechs, nobody would have believed me, it was only a dream, you know. More anecdotes: Frank Zappa was an inspiration for the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe and Vaclav Havel was an admirer of Zappa to the degree that he made Zappa a 'special ambassador' and later a 'cultural attaché'. Well, it happened that Zappa and ROLAND KIRK played together in 1969! Now, the only question left is: If Roland Kirk had been on the streets of Prague on 21 August '68, could he have stopped the tanks? This performance make me think he might have. I mean, if music should ever perform miracles of that magnitude it would be Mr. Magnificent Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Noticed the lady with the flowers? I wonder if she heard any of the music, she was so anxious to give those flowers to the strange man with all those horns. She was probably sweet, nevertheless. Kirk died at 42, what a loss. I mean he could have transfigured the whole World and the US too, had he lived forty years more or so. Don't you think?

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Velvet Underground were the true inspiration for Plastic People, and I knew them personally. Havel was a freak like Zappa was.. just two useless morons.

[@nelsonjcloudy]

Kudos to the sound crew.

[@MichaelBrewick]

Yes

[@edwarddesenne6153]

Never out of date honest strength of expression for today !

[@tomasvanecek8626]

No tvl.. tak tohle jsme tu měli v Lucerně 1967 ?? Taková nádhera.. Všichni naši "jazzmani" měli zahodit nástroje a utýct.. jako by tu přistáli Cream nebo Yardbirds.. no nebyly 60ky nejkrásnější leta.. mě bylo 7, a kytara už mě volala

[@AquarianConspiracy]

Lol😊

[@washingtondigital6208]

Another amazing live recording of Rashann Roland Kirk. I love the way he just uses circular breathing to blast his way into particular passages . He challenges you and you cannot afford to not listen, you never know what he will bring you from the Ode to Billy Joe to Duke Ellington.. !

[@Snitsie]

One of the few people that used circular breathing musically instead of as a gimmick to hold a note for 2 hours

[@BrianLevine-q7e]

This is real music!.

[@nelsonjcloudy]

Thanks, great quality sound. Saw, him in Montreal, 69-70 ..Blown away!. Thought I knew what music was. Born again. musically

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Yep, saw him 1969 newport festival. Minds blown away!

[@luismantaras6460]

Pianist Ron Burton is very good company...Novossel too! Fortunately the French cameramen were doing well, the resolution is decent. For the first time I'm watching Kirk in action, someone would say this was voo Doo for saxes.

[@bobblues1158]

The baddest in every category- Blues - Bop - You name it.

[@nevilleattkins586]

Freely straight-ahead - blues & abstract - world music exploration brought back down-home and at home among the stars while always being funky and spiritual, with a big band sound from a quartet. The man contained multitudes.

[@dansullivan1246]

One of a KIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TaichiStraightlife]

A freaking force of nature... what a great musician! So much fun! Thanks so much for uploading this timeless gem...

[@TheShabazzProduction]

This is some super badd stuff, he blows that flute like it's a sax. I hear that "My Ship" like from Porgy & Bess by Miles, very nice. If this concert wasn't captured on film it would've been a crime.

[@edwarddesenne6153]

Very able, intelligent, composer and jazz arranger. Where there’s a will, there’s a way ! A model showing how to overcome physical handicaps.

[@dereklagrandwalker]

a genius

[@gnesteck3276]

Wow, recall when musicians were real explorers pushing boundaries, making music like breathing? Listeners were taken on journeys to possibility. Euterpe smiled and flowed through folks like water to the sea.

[@slosh77]

hey man check out the jam band Spafford

[@dvdbill29141]

Saw Roland at Ronnie Scotts at Jermyn Street in the 60's. Awesome!!

[@shahidjimmi2097]

David Billman I Remember those Days @ London as RA’ Drummer. 4- Fellas were aWaiting the Band’ arrival one afternoon; fore Our Sound-Check; They were Sitting in a REALLY Tall, BIG BROWN-auto {?R R/Bentley}. Rahsaan welcomed they; that Day🖐🏾’cause They were “The Beatles”; and weren’t going to attend the Club that evening🤪

[@edepillim]

So did l. That evening Jimmy Hendrix sat in. Crushed velvet jeans and blonde with him. Actually l prefer the more “ planned” Roland. Favorite album is “Out of the Afternoon “ under Roy Haynes’s name. Also saw him at Fairfield Hall, Croydon.Wish l could do that circular breathing. Harry Carney could do it...even Rolf Harris on his digerydoo!

[@shahidjimmi2097]

edepillim They Say, that There was no recording of that JAM w/Jimi&RRK@ Ronnie Scott’.

[@josephbertolino7711]

*FUNKY ! BRIGHT MOMENTS EVER ONWARD N UPWARDS* !!!! 😱😎🎷🎷🎷🎶🎺🎼🎹🎵🎸🎶🎻🎼🥁🎵🎤🎶💣🌋💥💨😉✌️🇺🇸😍🌹

[@najponkjazz9111]

Ron Burton!!!!

[@jerrykopel8538]

the embodiment of self-effacement... (unlike a President we know)

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

The birth of the super eraser head 'fro. The man is the most passionate musician I have ever been privileged to see.

[@theodorepullins3124]

THANKS 🙏 FOR SHARING.

[@MonkeyIslandBlues]

Many thanks for sharing the video of this beautiful concert!!.....a performance full of emotions....I'd really like it lasted much longer.......Kirk was a force of nature but also his companions are no different....i like very much the drumming of Jimmy Hopps....Ron Burton....excellent as always...i think I'll see it again today.....

[@martinkasdan9570]

Thanks for posting this video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk

[@laszlokaralyos5853]

💓💣❗JUST OPEN THAT CANAL IN YOUR HEAD! YESSS YOUR EARS! CLOSE YOUR EYES & LET THE MOVE TAKE OVER💥 THE HEAVENLY LORDS SEND HIM TO US, TO BRING SOME JOY INTO OUR LIVES! AMAIZING

[@golds04]

Saw him late show at Fillmore East open for Santana. Beyond describing. Audience was stunned.

[@myroncohen7619]

When was this show?Do u recall the approximate date!?Bill Graham brought many great Jazz Artists to his venues..Miles and Ravi and Buddy Rich and Don Ellis plus many more! Does anyone recall the dates that Buddy Rich played at The Fillmore West?Richie Cole was in the Band as I recall and Buddy honored me by playing my Great 1920's Super Sensitive Chrome Snare Drum for 2 sets..

[@golds04]

@@myroncohen7619 4-3-71. Was at Late show. It is on Wolfgang’s vault. Not sure if the stream is early or late show. Pretty sure the RRK set was the one i saw. I know he opened with prayer.

[@myroncohen7619]

@@golds04 Do u know how to access Viewing Wolfgang's Vault in reference to the Buddy Rich sets?

[@myroncohen7619]

@@golds04 4 -3 -1971 ..the date u mentioned..Did this relate to Kirk or Buddy Rich performance?

[@golds04]

@@myroncohen7619 Kirk.

[@charlotteshepherd4908]

Why have four woodwind players when you don't have to. Roland Kirk: an absolute genius. Thankyou.

[@harryheath4279]

Incredible he's his own horn section

[@nicktube5860]

Cool..(veryvery).. Am watching because Johnny Almond also thought he was great.

[@ramsesstafford4640]

The word genius gets used a lot nowadays referring to Kanye West and that's all good and dandy but when I think of a "musical genius" I think of Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

[@aintnohaironit4666]

What The...What The!!! Did he JUST???

[@ridm34]

His relationship with the microphones in all the videos is fascinating. It's like he understood how to manipulate them and get himself across through them on another level

[@drjawn]

he was very sensitive

[@truthlivingetc88]

it`s not at all "like he understood" you silly goat ! he understood.

[@noisefurnoze]

completement crazy que font les techniciens son de ce festival.

[@lawrencemuller8972]

Fabulous performance by one of the giants of jazz!

[@martinkasdan9570]

Thanks for posting this video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk. I was fortunate enough to see him once in Lexington Kentucky and once at the Chicago Jazz Festival. R. I. P. Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

[@charlie_butter]

wow... incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martinderry6728]

... GENIOUS ROLAND KIRK ...

[@EricAllenDolphy245]

An Awesome and Inspired performance, I have much respect for Him and also I Recognize the Homage to ALL of the Predecessors of the Tenor 🎷 Sax

[@edengully]

Magic! And there's a tribute to Albert Ayler at the end.

[@daviddoyle4516]

We all loved Rah,,,,loved him tell the end,,,,,,,DD

[@rosies3622]

AMAZING! What a man. What a player! Thanks for uploading.

[@diegofreire537]

I love this man

[@edwarddesenne6153]

The Stevie Wonder of the saxophone “Ode for Billie Joe “

[@woodygould]

Edward Desenne saxophoneS

[@lucienperrone744]

un pur diamant , magnifique jazz.

[@claudiovalenti6866]

Super great ❤

[@antonioarcas3159]

RAHSAAN LIVES ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@theodorepullins3124]

SALUTE TO THESE GREAT 👍🏽 MUSICIANS 🎶🎵

[@MrMinowahiro]

The first tune is "Ode to Billie Joe", a big hit by Bobbi Gentry. Great.

[@mlumboable]

And current at the time.

[@fullyaltered]

1:30 wooooo! Thank you for uploading this video!

[@ianbuxton8332]

Lovely! REALLY exciting! IMO he went off the boil post-1970 or so, but during the late sixties he was absoly SIZZLING, and up there with the best ..

[@seattlehangtime]

Set list: 01 Ode To Billy Joe 02 My Ship 03 Creole Love Call 04 The Inflated Tear 05 Lovellevelliloqui 06 Making Love After Hours

[@fortna4]

Dík za upřesnění.

[@corvandermey4172]

Thanks! Which people played in the band, except Roland himself. do you know that?

[@jamesedwardhoppsjr.5090]

@@corvandermey4172 (ZAFFA RON BURTON piano-STEVE NOVOSEL Contra Bass-JIMMY HOPPS DrumSet)

[@tongmiao454]

Marvellous !

[@Stefch0o0]

Pure Magic!!!!

[@myroncohen7619]

Todd Barkan the renounded Impresario of Keystone Korner in SF and now in Baltimore met RK on a bus when he was 9 years old!If anyone wants to see and hear great Jazz check out Todd's Place and time permitting ask him about his lifelong friendship with RK..Todd has a wealth of knowledge about all the Greats and he continues to promote Great Jazz at this Baltimore Keystone Korner location!!

[@PeterMlangeni]

Splendid! Need I say more?😅

[@timothykimbrough6778]

UTTERLY AWESOME!

[@philippechagne6035]

GENIUS !!!

[@ralphellectual6975]

A few of these pieces I've never heard him do before. Actually, I remember only "The inflated tear".

[@clarkdissneyer8225]

The piano player is no slouch either. I know nothing about Ron Burton but will be looking him up.

[@MrDonsanus]

i'm in admiration in front of such talent, extraodinaire!!!

[@Jack-vy6uo]

I saw him with Charles Mingus at Carnegie Hall.I also went to his Funeral in NYC

[@nelsonjcloudy]

get the feeling that he is on tightrope , over a volcano.And he challenges his band members to join him....then he starts shaking the the tightrope.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@stephenbanks9326]

Now that is some real jazz

[@ball-tu7ux]

Beyond and above the call of duty ! 🏅

[@andycookin]

He crossed the Talahtchie Bridge to the great Beyond!

[@robertburnett5561]

Just not the exposure today. Kids would love it, if they could here it.

[@doko73]

Nice...

[@sofasaramago]

Mago.

[@gerryarty8342]

Thanks... Cool :)

[@thewitherchannel1053]

Great vid

[@theonesaracen6289]

9:15 Nirvana owe this guy

[@cjbani159]

thank you for this ~

[@gibhuster6485]

RAHSAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!

[@mrgeorgejetson]

Totally amazing. Thanks for posting this, brother.

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

There u go!!!

[@vojtechprochazka]

Wow, the encore starts like pure Albert Ayler!

[@johnestes705]

The whistle man,

[@Joshualbm]

They should name a country after him.

[@1adneumann]

Or a continent...

[@erosamuk]

sweet

[@FringggFilms]

❤😂🎉😢😮😮😅😊 gods of music

[@supersaai3133]

muito fixe

[@kincamell2]

Heaven Yes

[@dansullivan1246]

He was the Mike Tyson of jazz...

[@adnilrummut105]

kirk roland rashaan , oh fuck yeah , that's it !

[@FunnyBecauseItsTrue]

...awesome upload, thank you! ...what's up with that one wonky note on the piano, though?

[@gregola1]

It's a "Petrof"... Iron curtain Czechoslovakia import from Russia? Times were rough, pianos were rougher.

[@vojtechprochazka]

@@gregola1 Nonsense. Those were rough pianos (especially the Russian ones like Red October) but not that rough. It is actually a pretty decent Czech concert Petrof grand piano. At first I thought the problem with the wonky note is that a string broke during the first song. Then I thought it must be that a microphone slipped down on the string (you can see a technician unsuccessfully trying to fix it right before "Inflated Tear"). Hard to say but I lean towards a string that broke.

[@jiyujizai]

😃🌱💙🌸

[@BoxerEngineSounds]

Lol the lady with the flowers 😂

[@genesis310788]

What is that song? 11:30

[@dcoleman2191]

"My Ship" is a popular song written for the 1941 Broadway musical Lady in the Dark, with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

[@jimmiesspirit93]

Beautiful Song, Moment too. The audience Expressed so Much; thru Their Attention 🎼🎹🎶🥁.

[@bwanna23]

I wanted to leave the room to do something, but I just couldn't.

[@philippechagne6035]

who are the other musicians ?

[@marekhelan3966]

Dubček in audience ?