ROLAND KIRK - MOSAIC: THE LIMELIGHT VERVE ALBUMS 4XLP VINYL BOX SET [BRAND NEW]
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ROLAND KIRK - MOSAIC: THE LIMELIGHT VERVE ALBUMS 4XLP VINYL BOX SET [BRAND NEW]
This Kirk set is important for many reasons, not the least being it is the first Mosaic set to be pressed at the critically acclaimed QRP plant in Kansas. More on the benefits of this decision as we delve into the music.
In a nutshell, the original albums featured here include the three albums Kirk recorded for Mercury Record's Limelight subsidiary, namely I Talk With the Spirits, Rig, Rig & Panic, and Slightly Latin. The concluding set, Now Please Don't Cry, Beautiful Edith, was produced by Creed Taylor for Verve. Sadly to say, these albums are all but impossible to find on CD these days. The boxed set compiling all of Kirk's Mercury sides is out-of-print as well. The only title obtainable with a little effort is the Verve album, which can be found on a Japanese reissue. This information alone makes this boxed set a no-brainer purchase.
Making our way to the music, I Talk With the Spirits is a September 1964 session produced by Bobby Scott that would feature Kirk solely with his collection of various flutes. Interestingly enough, key sidemen here include pianist Horace Parlan and drummer Walter Perkins, both of whom provided vital support on Booker Ervin's 1963 set for Prestige, Exultation. Although a concept is at play here, the music is anything but cold and calculating. In fact, the best known piece of the date, "Serenade to a Cuckoo," is a wonderful showcase for Kirk's talents, first on regular flute and then African flute. The cuckoo clock sound effect that opens the tune is also pure Kirk in humor and spirit.
As he would do throughout his later career, Kirk had a way of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. He does this by taking marginal pop tunes and making them into viable musical vehicles. He does that here with "People," the tune forever associated with Barbara Streisand. His flute and guttural voicings take it far and away from its saccharine foundation. Other highlights include the ballad masterpiece "My Ship" and the romping blues original, "A Quote from Clifford Brown." On the latter piece, we get a choice duet as Walter Perkins plays his bent cymbal with a mallet while Kirk slap tongues and conjures up all sorts of his own percussive sounds.
This session was recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios, a location usually associated with a very dry and lifeless sort of sound. Happily, this is not the case here, as we get a very lively rendering of all of Kirk's horns and vocalizations. There is a clear and crisp sound to the other instruments as well. This is especially true of the piano. All in all, this latest version might be the definitive word on an iconic Kirk masterpiece.
Switching over to the Van Gelder Studios for Rip, Rig & Panic, this January 1965 session is notable for the company Kirk kept. Jaki Byard and Richard Davis had already left a lasting impression working with Booker Ervin on his legendary "Book" records for Prestige. Add in Elvin Jones and you have a formidable rhythm section. Kirk rises to the occasion, sticking mainly to tenor saxophone, although the other horns in his arsenal are sagaciously used to add color. Payment Shipping Returns
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