Rahsaan Roland Kirk plays flute with nose Live Montreux

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  • @jimscimonetti1457
    @jimscimonetti1457 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    HEY YOU HATERS WHO THINK THIS IS A GIMMICK - TRY THIS: Take two glasses of water and place a straw in each glass. Now try to blow bubbles evenly and consistently into both glasses with one straw in your MOUTH and one straw in your NOSE. Not so easy eh? That is the amazing technique Rahsaan Roland Kirk is actually doing here while he is artfully playing his wonderful original style of music on these woodwinds. Rahsaan Roland Kirk is a true original like no other. Here is something easier for you to try: Just try circular breathing with ONE straw into a glass of water and consistently keep the bubbles even and non-stop by storing air in your cheeks. This is (one) standard way circular breathing is taught so students can catch the basic concept of it. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, however, took this up another notch by doing circular breathing on a FLUTE (which is basically a whistle) with no back pressure at all for the mechanics of storing air in your cheeks for an indefinite duration of a note or lick. Does anyone know very many (if any) who can circular breath on a FLUTE? The physiology we see here of someone with the ability to expel air through the nose and mouth AT THE SAME TIME is baffling. None of this is a gimmick. What you see here is unique technique and pure musicianship.

  • @horowizard
    @horowizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Kirk was just amazing.
    He could play 2 Flutes, 3 Saxophones, Circular Breathing and he was Blind.
    Is he handing out Nose Candy to the members of the audience at 5:52?

    • @kei.saxpro
      @kei.saxpro ปีที่แล้ว

      スニッフ?

  • @harmoniumpictures
    @harmoniumpictures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely the coolest fucking thing I ever did see.

  • @trebekahx
    @trebekahx 16 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At least he's nice enough to share...

  • @Jazzman555
    @Jazzman555 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he was one of a kind i dont think ive ever heard anybody play the same way

  • @martinsingleton5856
    @martinsingleton5856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a creative genius

  • @Robertz61
    @Robertz61 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video and great Kirk.
    The best flautist.

  • @videolover61
    @videolover61 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was one funky dude...and you know that's a good thing!!!

  • @redwallace
    @redwallace 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talent and thats it. Dig the rest of the band. Love those chops on the cow bell player

    • @mario7frankielee
      @mario7frankielee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julia Wallace
      my dream band
      every one of them

  • @MSYNGWIE12
    @MSYNGWIE12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just now in 2021 found out about "nose flutes" , researching the jaw harp - leave it to Mr. Cool, to make those incredible sounds from one...I also just learned he's blind...Namaste

  • @FunkyDigo
    @FunkyDigo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:14

  • @genesis310788
    @genesis310788 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    PLEASE MORE VIDEOS OF RAHSAAN genio y yo apenas estoy empezando a escucharlo

  • @soulsoup159
    @soulsoup159 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brilliant !!!

  • @BaltiSean
    @BaltiSean 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow... i posted to soon... he was handing out blow to the audience!!!! crazy!

  • @GetUpTheMountains
    @GetUpTheMountains 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've read that is actually snuff he is handing out, not coke.
    Additionally the "nose flute" as he calls it is really a standard soprano recorder with a rubber tube and some medical tape so he can shove that bad boy way up there and it'll stay. Playing counterpoint to himself was something Kirk had a dream about, though in the dream it was the sounds multiple saxophones. So he played upwards of 3 saxes at the same time, and for his flute playing, he opted for the "nose flute" for counterpoint.
    Y'all know he's blind too, right?

    • @gamoonbat
      @gamoonbat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The nose knows.

    • @mario7frankielee
      @mario7frankielee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      he said:
      i‘m a man!
      and i don‘t see too good

    • @MSYNGWIE12
      @MSYNGWIE12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, I didn't know! Is he possibly the coolest person ever?

  • @wootiewootwootz
    @wootiewootwootz 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    aha, this is amazing.

  • @ansapegin
    @ansapegin 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    «Blue Rol No.2» - 24 июня 72 года, фестиваль джаза в Монтрё, Швейцария, носовая флейта и голос Рахсаана Роланда Кёрка.

  • @BigDipper13
    @BigDipper13 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No, he was quite jovial and carefree in handing them out, actually.

  • @VitalyArtemov
    @VitalyArtemov 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Браво !

  • @grandmarquisinspace
    @grandmarquisinspace 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks to my camramen friends who shooted this concert in Montreux... see you tomorrow for the 2008 edition

  • @DavePlaysTrombone
    @DavePlaysTrombone 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:39 is your moment of zen

  • @BaltiSean
    @BaltiSean 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow... amazing.
    and, did he snort some blow right at around 5:15?

  • @DarlandeCastro
    @DarlandeCastro 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    pqp kirk monstro

  • @genesis310788
    @genesis310788 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is that song¿¿

  • @OldSteamer
    @OldSteamer 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOOL Dude Wtf! cant believe lol.

  • @davidliss8301
    @davidliss8301 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And cowbell guy has the nerve to stand there and just whack that single cowbell.
    RRK - one of a kind.

    • @drjawn
      @drjawn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joe "Habao" Texidor was with Rahsaan for some time, and was a solid and appreciated member of the group.
      Rahsaan wouldn't keep him around if he couldn't carry his weight.
      and I don't think it can be a cow bell, if it is made of wood

    • @davidliss8301
      @davidliss8301 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Johnny Joseph'sson a year later, my comment sounds a lot more obnoxious than I meant it. Props to you for knowing the guy's name and more about the band. Nothing but respect for RRK and the band.

  • @Steveternal
    @Steveternal 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kirk was a genius.
    But, I was waiting to see him put the wrong instrument in his mouth and go, "Ew."

  • @pianoscantalk
    @pianoscantalk 16 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's not a gimmick, that's talent. Why don't you try playing two flutes at the same time with your mouth and your nose? It requires a much developed skill called circular breathing that most amateurs simply cannot do.

    • @Paulski25
      @Paulski25 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, he is talented and skilled, however he cannot play instruments in nose and mouth using circular breathing... Circular breathing is basically breathing in through your nose while using the remainder of air in your mouth to feed the instrument. Playing two instruments or more at te same time (either using nostrils and/or mouth requires enough pressure from the lungs to feed all instruments and depends on the airpressure needed to make each instrument work.

  • @clownheart9195
    @clownheart9195 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    É oque?

  • @ronpaulrevered
    @ronpaulrevered 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was he seriously passing out drugs?

  • @marcelcelmar
    @marcelcelmar 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    allo reveilles!
    come on wake up!....coke

  • @mrgagegreen
    @mrgagegreen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gene De Lisa dont be a gimmick Genie Boy. Be real like Rahsaan was. He was an incredible talent never to be discounted by the likes of you, a gimmick prone individual

  • @LoveandHavoc
    @LoveandHavoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody who thinks that snuff is out of their mind. If it was snuff it wouldn't be hilarious and these 20 year old kids in the 70s wouldn't be that interested. That's forsure some blow 😂

  • @eastweymouthchris
    @eastweymouthchris 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah that is exactly what he was doing. Does music suck nowadays or what?

  • @rohofmann
    @rohofmann 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL WTF!
    Coke for free people!

  • @markweiss1934
    @markweiss1934 ปีที่แล้ว

    fast cheap and out of control

  • @centralscrutinizer40
    @centralscrutinizer40 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ian Anderson- Jethro Tull you copy cat!!!!

    • @dzuckerberg
      @dzuckerberg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Marshall there is no shame in learning from a master.

  • @GeneDeLisa
    @GeneDeLisa 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    gimmick

  • @FunkyDigo
    @FunkyDigo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:51