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Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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Aliases
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society
Roland Kirk
Roland Kirk Quartet
The Roland Kirk Quartet
Real name
Ronald Theodore Kirk
Born
August 7, 1935
Died
December 5, 1977
Country
United States
IPI
00016276397 17 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Kirk recorded primarily on tenor saxophone and flute, but he also recorded on such exotic instruments as the manzello, stritch, and instruments of his own creation. Mastering the technique of circular breathing, Kirk was able to sustain notes for extended periods. He became blind at the age of two. Kirk adopted the name "Rahsaan" after it came to him in a dream in 1969. After a stroke left him paralyzed on one side of his body in 1975, he continued performing, relying on the skills he had developed over the course of his career playing several instruments with a single hand.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1969 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i 2006 The Cal Tjader Sextet
i 1972 Bill Withers
i 1967 Cilla Black
i Aluminum Baby Roland Kirk 1967 Unverified
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1964 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i 1977 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1976 Hilton Ruiz, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins
i 1969 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, The Cal Tjader Sextet, The John Coltrane Quartet
September 1964 The Randy Weston Sextet
Covered by Jon Hendricks & Company
i January 1962 Charlie Parker [US1]
i 1988 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
November 1975 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1964 Jack Buchanan
i January 1964 Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson
Daybreak Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler 1972 Unverified
i 1971 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i March 1965 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i 1962 André Claveau avec André Grassi et son orchestre
i 1976 Charley Parker
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
i 1957 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1964 Charles Mingus
i 1988 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i   1962 Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
1976 John Coltrane
Covered by (6 artists)
1976 Charles Mingus
Covered by (20 artists)
November 1975 Tommy Tucker [US2]
i 1969 Jr. Walker & The All Stars
i   1962 Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
  1972 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
i   1986 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i January 9, 1974 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
i   1976 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i   1978 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
i 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1969 Dionne Warwick
i 1967 (unknown)
i 1966 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson
i   1964 Swen Swenson REL, Swen Swenson, Virginia Martin PRF
i 1969 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   1967 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i January 9, 1974 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i   December 1960 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i 1970 Jeanette MacDonald
  1972 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1976 Minnie Riperton
i   2006 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i 1972 Bread
1978 Virginia Liston
i   1961 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i January 1964 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i   1988 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i January 1962 Kate Smith
i 1990 John Coltrane
i 1969 Stevie Wonder
1972 The Temptations [US1]
i   March 1965 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i 1972 The Jackson 5
i 1990 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i 1965 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
i   1990 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i December 1960 David Rose and His Orchestra
i 1964 Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i January 9, 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1969 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
i 1970 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1970 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1976 Elvin Jones
i 1961 (unknown)
i   1986 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1990 Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i   1957 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
1977 Stanley Turrentine
Covered by (11 artists)
i   1978 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1976 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1972 Jr. Walker & The All Stars
i 1976 Nat "King" Cole
i   1977 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i 1968 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i The Entertainer Rahsaan Roland Kirk November 1975 Unverified
i 1957 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
1976 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i 1964 (unknown), Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan DeWitt
i   1963 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
1972 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i 1977 Leon Russell
i   1961 Jane Powell accompanied by Johnny Green and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra REL, Jane Powell BRD
i 1966 Dionne Warwick
i 1978 Heath Brothers
i January 1962 (unknown)
i 1990 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i March 1965 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
1972 Marvin Gaye
i 1990 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i   1967 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i January 9, 1974 Dionne Warwick
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