Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate; Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk once lived in Milwaukee, as did his accompanist on Vibrations in the Village , pianist Melvin Rhyne. The jacket notes for both new Kirk albums were written by a musician who once lived in Milwaukee, John Kruth. Alas, a recording by Kirk in Milwaukee has yet to surface, but this pair of previously lost concerts helps fill another gap in his discography.

Kirk was a one-man sax section, willing and able to play multiple instruments simultaneously. As Kruth notes, his flute playing found an unexpected echo in London’s post-psychedelic rock scene with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson. It’s harder to measure Kirk’s influence on jazz except to say that he opened door

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