Roland Kirk Quartet (Live video - Italy 1964)

[@MyVinylRips]

His circular breathing technique is just stunning. I'm outta breath just listening to those solos.

[@journey9896]

🤣🤣

[@martinkasdan6713]

My name is Marty. I saw Rahsaan once in a club in Lexington Kentucky. He got very upset that someone yelled “play this song, Roland.” He threw all of his saxophones off and said “mf, my name isn’t Roland it’s Rahsaan.”

[@runciter58]

Roland continues to be an inspiration for generations!!!

[@rikjensen573]

I love all of the previous comments. Rahsaan like I've never heard. The older I get the better he sounds.

[@lpa56]

Rahsaan and Tete together-what more could we ask for?! Both magnificent, both under-rated giants, and both blind…hmmm. Tete is a great jazz pianist, Rahsaan is a genius. Tommy Potter and Kenny Clarke are also stellar here. Thank you! Wish there were such concerts to go to these days…

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

And of course Mr. Joe Texador!

[@YaoEspirito]

Think I just saw one of the finest things I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@jonathanfinkelman7419]

Unbelievable! These men are on fire! The holy spirit is speaking through them. "Kirk in Copenhagen" has long been one of my favorite albums of all time, and this version of "Cabin in the Sky" is just as phenomenal as the one on that record. And Tete Montoliu is just as fantastic! Plus seeing the empathy between Kenny Clarke and Kirk is fantastic. And great to see Tommy Potter, veteran of Charlie Parker and others, thriving in '64.

[@MiqelDotCom]

I come back to listen to this one every few months, and it gets better & better!

[@SELMER1947]

The more I listen to these geniuses, the least I want to listen to the guys today...

[@eatennaway]

Thanks for this as well as all the other cool clips you've posted. Rahsaan is still undeservedly obscure considering his mastery of all forms of jazz and an uncanny instrumental facility. Got to chat with Rahsaan a few times in the early 70s when he would play the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach. A friend and I had the privilege of ferrying he and Edith to LAX when their ride didn't show after the last set. The man was a force of nature and made a lasting impression; Rahsaan still shows up in my dreams occasionally to this day.

[@RodrigoLangeani]

Wow! what an honor to have had the privilege of meeting him!

[@godfreypratt]

You are one lucky dude

[@JohnHighSax]

I saw Rahsaan about 76', was like a dream!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

​@@JohnHighSax Newport '69!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Bet you also enjoy Pharoah Saunders(spl?)!

[@RobFlaxMusic]

4:10 High Society quote and 4:56 Carmen... And so much more... Truly one of the greatest musicians ever to walk the earth!

[@ustwoalberts]

Kenny Clarke and Tommy Potter together again - now THAT's a legendary team - from heart of be-bop -thank god for such magical souvenirs of the U/S.'s greatest gift to the world . (unlike the CIA !)

[@josephbertolino7711]

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

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

That's the longest freaking saxophone I've ever seen!! I'd be out of breath just picking it up! What a great line up of musicians. Two blind musicians that could "see" better than anyone. Tete's solo on piano was first rate, and Roland Kirk (quoting some Yardbird), was brilliant than ever! He was such an innovator. His 'circular breathing' is beyond belief. And to think that many people attribute that technique to Kenny G, (who was able to hold a note for 40 minutes or so), when Roland played a complete phenomenal improvised solo while circular breathing! PURE GENIUS!!!

[@larryhudspeth4072]

K.G should never even be mentioned in the same sentence as Roland Kirk.

[@MatzoRocks]

One instrument is a Strich and the other is called a Manzella but I'm not sure which is which. I heard Roland Kirk found these rare saxaphones in the basement of a music store.

[@camthesaxman3387]

It's a straight bodied alto sax.

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

@@larryhudspeth4072 I humbly agree!

[@jimrich4192]

Looks like a STRAIGHT TENOR! OMG.. brilliant DOUBLE-TONGING effects! 😮😮😮

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

Pretty sure that's a straight alto.

[@brotherloveakarhythmicsola2943]

Awesome saxophone master and that piano player is off the chain

[@Hinojosajazz]

Fantastic Quartet!!! And amazing solos. Tete Montoliu the man from Barcelona👌

[@mik204]

UN GRANDE GENIO DELLA MUSICA JAZZ! OGGI I CONCERTI MANCANO DI GENIALITA' ED IL JAZZ E' GENIALITA'...

[@stephencarroll230]

Rahsaan sounds like Dolphy on that stritch. This could have been sad with two blind musicians, but instead it is incredibly awesome!

[@RedAlEarttDramaMeanWhoDat]

That piano solo was lit! Tete Montoliu was also blind... since birth! He was a badazz, too!

[@SunSound7]

Wow. Swinging hard. Joyous exuberant sound explosion. GREAT !!!!!!!

[@jamieh1792]

all us jazz nuts love what rasaan was doin' but only sax players can really know how difficult it was to get us all there

[@JasonDeCristofaro]

Love the "They Can't Take That Away from Me" quote in Kirk's solo.

[@raulagarcia4744]

Miracle!

[@claudiovalenti6866]

I think like this is playing only in paradise Kenny Clarke was really great ❤ and renee and Eddie too❤

[@ustwoalberts]

What a wonderful band !

[@fredmiddleton4814]

The tune is 'Cabin the Sky'. I saw him play stritch, manzello and tenor, and I think this sax is bigger than any of those.

[@markbozz153]

Astounding! Great band, thanks!

[@johnbevan4684]

Thanks for posting the gem! By the way, it's TETE Montoliu. Cheers.

[@Verschlungen]

And then there's Early Kirk. Who knew? Thank god for the internet!

[@p3p3drumz]

Klook is swinging his tail off here (as usual) and seems to really enjoy playing behind Rahsaan here!

[@neebinmakwah349]

WOW.....they are killing it.......RRK at his best...........YES!!!!

[@johnhorner7510]

Fantastic and creatively inspired!

[@andythomas706]

He played a great set at Ronnie Scott's on the '64 European tour! What a saint this guy was!

[@allen6924]

Wow...they are smoking. Roland is a bad man. Take away the craziest ideas and ideals, and he blows away most sax players with technical ability. But his melodic sense is insanely epic

[@misslindacjones2392]

wow .....so great .....thanks for this :)

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Newport R.I., summer of 69. Magical.

[@richardvolet3970]

I love the Eric Dolphy quote at 2:53, right at the peak of his manzello solo. Rahsaan!!

[@theHellzaPoppinjazz4u]

just splendid Bob ! wawwww !!!!!!

[@plasticgodzilla1]

What a giant golden clarinet!

[@phuquoclivemusic4348]

😁 metal are saxophones regardless of the shape., for to be clarinet needs to be wooden. As there clarinets with shape of sax, as bass clarinet for example

[@farshimelt]

@@phuquoclivemusic4348 There are also clarinets made of metal & plastic.

[@claudiovalenti6866]

Great Roland and he was blind ❤ wonder musician

[@ghanesho]

AWESOME ... THANK YOU!!!!!

[@franciscosanchezcabrera2157]

Great!!!

[@zappafan3473]

stunning

[@donmenza147]

Tete Montoliu was really cooking!

[@michaelhanlon6118]

Keyboard, like huge WOW!!

[@electrojazz14]

I love you man, RIP

[@robertburnett5561]

On tv every night? Just dreaming. But would be soul raising.

[@bromasi]

Kenny is on fire💥

[@stefanococcocantini6773]

Un genio assoluto

[@bromasi]

On fire ❤️👍

[@sasaki9356]

2:53Like Dolphy !

[@skineyemin4276]

Wait! From "6:30, did he actually relieve Tommy Potter and Kenny Clarke of their duties? Tommy Potter looked a bit surprised.

[@imbees2]

Roland Kirk!

[@jimhampton2400]

Bright Moments

[@edepillim]

It’s an alto with crook straightened then the bell has been straightened and modified but it must be very cumbersome. Anyway Roland in top form with some lovely quotes. Tommy still looks like he did in the 1940s.

[@jofrad]

Tenor ??

[@TimBsTechTalk]

great!

[@diegofreire537]

This mas is my hero

[@jonadean192]

Dig the tribute to Eric

[@rlm5657]

Beast Mode!

[@Dominos-el7qr]

Klook sure is diggin' Rasaan. Wow.

[@babblanc]

💖🎉👍🔥🎷🥁🎹👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@claudiovalenti6866]

Unico

[@GregMurphyMusic]

😆😍killin!!!

[@JackGoldMolina]

Cookin’

[@malocomo]

Grande Tete ...grande Rahsaan

[@leeshamberg1409]

It's an alto variant called the stritch.

[@5saxman7]

Just think of it as a straight alto saxophone.

[@Alanoffer]

Wow

[@wyndhl9465]

The John The Baptist of Circular Breathing!

[@javiceres]

One Spanish in the band! Cool!

[@jzzft11]

That looks like the soprano sax Rahsaan stole from the giant after he climbed the beanstalk!

[@アナールオナール]

Roland is So Funny

[@morelibajacoblesaoane]

Blow Rahsaan Blow .- Mjekana

[@jzzft11]

No wonder the giant was so mad when Jack stole his harp after he climbed the beanstalk. Rahsaan already stole his soprano sax!

[@johnsontrimble7881]

What do you call that saxophone he is playing?

[@emilerameau9908]

Manzello power

[@Jiv_Ing57819]

Power from within :)

[@Jiv_Ing57819]

Power to play three saxes at one time

[@Dreihme]

Some bass player at one time said that playing with Rahsaan and Teti was like the blind leading the blind

[@donaldmattia1491]

Breathe.

[@arthurholloway-bu4gu]

I kinda thought this tune was Cabin in the Sky I got a ballad version of this tune by Sonny Rollins .

[@davidrobson2975]

I'd forgotten how big the Stritch was. He had to unhook the rest of his horns or he'd fall over

[@paulturner6334]

Whoo,kirk would always appear at keystone sf,the mgr had a Columbus ohio connection.

[@rudimwongozi9138]

What is that horn he is playing?

[@jiyujizai]

🙄🥀💙🌱

[@JarrettConover]

Is the way I started out 60 years ago Jimmy Smith and all the great piano players in organs players with West Montgomery Todd Farrell to make the Mako

[@thomasarneson4511]

What are they playing?

[@Ricardstro]

What’s the name of this tune?

[@sasaki9356]

5:06Sombre dimanche

[@CharlieSteinerDrums]

2:14 bird quote

[@alexdesslin]

ATOMIC !

[@FWP572]

Lmao no way he is blind I thought he wears them cuz they are cool. What a guy.

[@carsonlattimore9817]

Who is the piano player?

[@paullnesterenko3703]

Не плохо,однако ,сколько у мужика воздуха в легких?

[@brianhammer5107]

weird drummer for Kirk ... Elvin and Roy worked out much better for his music

[@electrojazz14]

this sss is soo freaking baad you can't even start to ...

[@FWP572]

Wait a minute...is he blind?

[@CarloBellioni]

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