lunes, 19 de octubre de 2009

Rahsaan Roland KIRK - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color 1975


Rahsaan Roland KIRK - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color 1975
Label: Collectables
Originally released in 1975
Release Date: Aug 13, 2002

Jazz

Perhaps I am an apologist for Rahsaan Roland Kirk, I don't know. If I am then I should be smacked, because he needed no one to make apologies for him. The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color is a case in point. The namby-pamby jazz critics, those "serious" guys who look for every note to be in order before they'll say anything positive, can shove it on this one. They panned the hell out of it in 1975, claiming it was "indulgent." Okay. Which Kirk record wasn't? Excess was always the name of the game for Kirk, but so was the groove, and here on this three-sided double LP, groove is at the heart of everything. Surrounding himself with players like Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Richard Tee, Hilton Ruiz (whose playing on "Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs" is so greasy, so deliciously dirty it's enthralling), Steve Gadd, and others from that soul-jazz scene, it's obvious what you're gonna get, right? Nope. From his imitations of Miles Davis and John Coltrane on "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" to his screaming, funky read on "High Heel Sneakers" to his Delta-to-New-Orleans version of "The Entertainer," Kirk is deep in the groove. But the groove he moves through is one that is so large, so universal, deep, and serene, that it transcends all notions of commercialism versus innovation. Bottom line, even with the charming tape-recorded ramblings of his between tunes, this was his concept and it works like a voodoo charm. Here's one for the revisionists: This record jams.
By Thom Jurek, All Music Guide.
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Hilton Ruiz- Keyboards
Hugh McCracken- Guitar
Pat Patrick- Sax (Baritone)
Bill Salter- Bass
Richard Tee- Keyboards
John Goldsmith- Drums
Metathias Pearson- Bass
Ralph MacDonald- Percussion, Conga
Sonny Brown- Drums
Francisco Centeno- Bass
Cornell Dupree- Guitar
Steve Gadd- Drums
Arthur Jenkin-s Arranger, Keyboards, Conductor
Lawrence Killian- Conga
Keith Loving- Guitar
Rahsaan Roland Kirk- Flute, Trumpet, Sax (Tenor), Performer, Liner Notes, Manzello, ?, Main Performer, Sax (Baritone)
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01. Conversation 0:59
02. Bye Bye Blackbird 2:43
03. Horses (Monogram/Republic) 0:18
04. High Heel Sneakers 4:50
05. Dream 0:53
06. Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs 6:55
07. The Entertainer (Done in the Style of the Blues) 6:02
08. Freaks for the Festival 4:01
09. Dream 1:28
10. Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies 6:24
11. Dream 0:59
12. The Entertainment 6:17
13. Dream 1:05
14. Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies 7:56
15. Dream 0:52
16. Freaks for the Festival 5:34
17. Sesroh 0:24 18
18. Bye Bye Blackbird  2:37
19. Conversation  0:56
20. Space 12:35
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