Rahsaan Roland KIRK - Slightly Latin 1966

Rahsaan Roland KIRK - Slightly Latin 1966
Label: Mercury (LP)
Released: 1966
Recorded on November 16 & 17, 1965 NYC

Jazz

Unbelievable! This is one of the maddest Roland Kirk albums of all time -- and it's also one of the hardest to find! The title says "Slightly Latin", but it's more of a mixed-up Now Sound/Bacharach-ish blend of orchestrations and voices, plus Exotica tinges, with Roland playing some very off-kilter reed solos on flute and various saxes. The sound is incredible, and the arrangements are incredibly strange -- and the album sounds like nothing that Kirk (or anyone else) has ever done! Highlights include "Shaky Money", "Safari", "Ebrauos", "Raouf", "Juarez", and a wild version of "Walk On By". The whole thing's wild, though, and it never lets up for a minute! More "out" than "easy", and a real treasure that's the kind of reissue we like to get behind!
From Dusty Groove.
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Roland Kirk- Saxophone [Baritone, Tenor, Manzello, Strich]
Arranged By [Vocals] - Coleridge Perkinson*
Edward Mathias- Bass
Montego Joe- Congas
Gerald Brown- Drums
Martin Banks- Flugelhorn  
Manuel Ramos- Percussion 
Horace Parlan- Piano, Keyboards [Celeste]    
Garnett Brown- Trombone, Harp [Nagoya Harp], Arrange
Virgil Jones- Trumpet - 
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A1. Walk On By (2:25)
    Written-By - B. Bacharach - H.David
A2. Raouf (3:02)
    Written-By - R. Kirk
A3. It's All In The Game (5:17)
    Written-By - C. Sigman , C. Dawes
A4. Juarez (5:33)
    Written-By - R. Kirk
A5. Shaky Money (1:48)
    Written-By - R. Kirk

B1. Nothing But The Truth (3:02)
    Written-By - R. Kirk
B2. Safari (4:25)
    Written-By - E. Mathias
B3. And I Love Her (3:02)
    Written-By - J. Lennon - P. McCartney
B4. Ebrauqs (8:20)
    Written-By - R. Kirk 
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