I saw Rahsaan at Radio City Music Hall--a benefit concert for him following a stroke. Dizzy, Sonny Stitt, they were all there. We never assumed Roland Kirk would make it. But though paralyzed on one side of his body, he showed up, all horns strapped to him. And he blew the roof off that place--the final performer to appear. It was an act of sheer courage and will by a super-talented musician--"A man's reach should exceed his grasp" R. Browning. That's Rahsaan Kirk. Extraordinary musician.
you prolly dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can stream pretty much all the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my gf for the last days :)
Jesus H. Christ - just those names alone, some of the most legendary musical creators EVER - Roland, Lenny, the very Stanley Clarke, the holy crap McCoy Tyner, and one of history's greatest musical geniuses of all, the Quincy Jones. Just hearing their names at the same time races my heart. And each of them is in TOP form here. OMG. OMFG.
Rahsaan is the best evidence that there are indeed extraterrestrials. He's the monster of all monsters. Right there with Tatum in my opinion. He really swings out in this one. There are times where I wish he'd concentrate more on just one sax or flute, but my god, he was on fire this night. Doesn't hurt to have Mr.'s Tyner and Clarke building it for him. And he does acknowledge McCoy with that quote. I'm just in tears. Thanks for posting.
Just a stunning performance...and what a great band. Tyner is Tyner, and it's a pleasure to hear Clarke and White in a straight-ahead acoustic setting.
When this collection of masters came to the Paramount Theater in Oakland, I was sitting about 6 rows deep! Later, McCoy said in an interview that this was the only chance he and Rahsaan ever played together.
Ya can feel his aurra power I bought a few CDs of him and he said God loves black sound even after a stroke that left him in a wheelchair he was playing better than most with two hands!
Holy Fugggggghing Shitttttt. *Rahsaan Roland Kirk in his life's finest performance.* Stanley Fugcking Clarke!! McCoyFugcking Mother Fugcking Tyner!!! Lenny White even! Holy Fugggggghing Shiiiiiit. And not just because of their names. Not just a historic and incredible assemblage, "God level" times ten. No, this really is a historical music moment. When the highest musical genius (and I do mean that) Quincy Jones gets all gushy in the introduction - HE knew what was about to happen.
I saw Rahsaan Roland Kirk in a small club, in Toronto in 1975. He was absolutely amazing, and I remember being blown away. He also 'acknowledged' my 21st birthday and sang happy birthday to me! Who gets that lucky?! Very sad that he died so young.
Great clip! Roland Kirk was blind and I understand he was untrained musically---this is raw talent. And no one else has come forward to blow 3 horns at once. This cat is on fire!
You're not lying. BTW I just thought of another contender that many would mistakenly fail to mention at the top of the heap, Bluesette. IF you need to get up to speed there's a Toots Thielmans playlist on my homepage here. I don't profit; I just collected some of his IMO masterpieces. Probably thinking that one day that you would be flabbergasted by them :)
I remember seeing this on the local PBS station in Kansas City, KCPT. This blew me away! The first time I had ever seen/heard circular breathing. Needless to say, I became a Rahsaan Roland Kirk fan immediately!
Thank you for this posting,,, absolutely a GENIUS,, I saw him in Cleveland quite a few times in the early 60's,,, it was a stunning and exciting experience,,, I've never been the same, Love Rahsaan!!!!!!
i remember seeing this on tv in 75, same effect, incredible, i was a fan before i saw this and always thought how fantastic it was for all to see this man pour it out live......listen, listen......listen to his tune......
I saw Roland Kirk at the Village Vanguard, New Years' Eve. I think that it was 1972-3. I'll never forget the experience. Seeing this clip reminds me of just how awesome a musician he was.
saw him at Fillmore east 1971 with Tower of Power and Santana.I was a kid who loved rock.I was leveled.Unreal night.I so dislike to say it ,but those were the days-left at 630 Am to get to my 8th grade home room and Santana was still playing while I adjusted my eyes to the morning light.What a player.
What a great video----this man was the master of his own power jazz-----he was a musical shaman and there may never be another like him.......woooooooooooooooow
I saw Kirk 8n a night club in Chicago called the Brown Shoe which was in the basement on Wells Street. That's where the Jazz Showcase was for a while in Chicago. Kirk was on stage when a woman at the back of the club would not stop talking and laughing and at one point he stopped the band and ithere was dead silence in the club. Then Kirk, who was blind, described her in such detail down to what she was wearing, where she had gone to school, and what her life was like that she had to leave the club in tears. Then he went back to his song.
Jazz never returned to the height of this moment. I think Quincy fully realized that this was an epochal moment. When a man of the transcendentally superlative musical mastery as Quincy Jones gets all gushy in the introduction, grab your popcorn. And he didn't even get around to mentioning possibly the finest jazz pianist in history, IN TOP FORM, as well!! OR possibly the finest modern bassist ever either! (Maybe he did that earlier in the show.) This is major shit. Major. Hands down.
it was a small but a club full of wonderful sounds over the years....and Mr. Kirk's playing brought it all into place with his multi instrumentals...R.I.P. Sir
This was my first TREASURE find when I worked in a mom & pop music store in Macon, GA... When I found "Bright Moments", I swear I did not listen to any other music for 3 months!!! RIP Rahsaan! We love YOU!
@Davelovesjazz, This performance was broadcast on the PBS affiliate Channel 11 in Chicago. I remember when it aired. There were 2 Down Beat Awards shows that were recorded for the weekly TV show "Soundstage." Both shows were a hour long.
@1967ax Man. I really dug your Art Tatum Story... bless you for your comments..the fist thing that was heard by my brother and I was 'Domino"....we were about 16 years old- Roland and Wes Montgomery changed our lives forever after that fateful day... we are still performing.
It only seems "flashy" today in this homogenized day and age, but something to remember, guys like Rassahan and his ilk were totally stretching limits then, nobody was jerking each other off how great they were, it was just music stretching limits...this tune is just absolutely mindblowing, McCoy on the piano, he played on some of the best Coltrane sides IMO...thanks again for posting this!!!!!
I saw the man in the mid-70's in Auckland, New Zealand at a small venue. It was such a knockout. In one part of the show he was playing nose flute and alto and tenor at the same time!
Rasaahn was an underrated saxophone hero in the annals of saxophone heroes. Love that man. Pedal Up is one of my favorite cuts of his for the reason depicted in this video. It kicks ass!
@sitarnut Sir, you have excellent taste. I didn't know The Rahsaan played with Mr. Montgomery. That would have been life changing for me too. Being a guitar player, I can only say that Wes humbles me. George Benson owes his career to that man. -bill charles
These are not only top musicians, but true scientists. Watching performance may be a little bit unsettling, but the end result is overwhelmingly pleasant. I'm on my way to Borden's.
I'd never read Jonny Greenwood's blog until Radiohead fans started posting here! It's cool that he's got lots of people to check out some music that perhaps they wouldn't normally listen to. Glad that most people enjoy what they see and hear in this video. Please check out my other videos. I've got lots of rare jazz stuff to share over the coming weeks.
I just checked out Rahsaan on Wiki and found this: Kirk's technique of humming while playing the flute was adopted later by many other players, including Jeremy Steig and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, (who covered the Kirk tune "Serenade to a Cuckoo" on Jethro Tull's first album This Was in 1968).
I too followed the link. I had never heard of him. He definitely knows how to circle breathe, i'm gonna look up more of his stuff now, thanks DEAD AIR SPACE!
The piano player is McCoy Tyner, he jammed with Coltrane on some of his greatest sides...I wrote this earlier, gotta write it again, cause McCoy is the man...
Roland is the greatest multi-instrumentalist the world has ever seen- he still scares me to death, AND is also, perhaps the greatest TENOR player ever- I LOVE John Coltrane, and I'm NOT comparing- he just grooves me more- this is just a personal opinion......listen to him cut everyone on stage on the CD with Mingus at Carnegie Hall. From down in the gut-bucket clear into outer space- that's my MAN!
Of course McCoy is on the piano 'cause he won't play keys for anyone but genius which is why he was with Wayne Shorter on all the incredible Blue Note recordings and why he was here with RRK.
I saw Rahsaan at Radio City Music Hall--a benefit concert for him following a stroke. Dizzy, Sonny Stitt, they were all there. We never assumed Roland Kirk would make it. But though paralyzed on one side of his body, he showed up, all horns strapped to him. And he blew the roof off that place--the final performer to appear. It was an act of sheer courage and will by a super-talented musician--"A man's reach should exceed his grasp" R. Browning. That's Rahsaan Kirk. Extraordinary musician.
you prolly dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can stream pretty much all the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my gf for the last days :)
@Jeremy Andy definitely, I have been using instaflixxer for months myself =)
Jesus H. Christ - just those names alone, some of the most legendary musical creators EVER - Roland, Lenny, the very Stanley Clarke, the holy crap McCoy Tyner, and one of history's greatest musical geniuses of all, the Quincy Jones. Just hearing their names at the same time races my heart.
And each of them is in TOP form here. OMG. OMFG.
Rahsaan is the best evidence that there are indeed extraterrestrials. He's the monster of all monsters. Right there with Tatum in my opinion. He really swings out in this one. There are times where I wish he'd concentrate more on just one sax or flute, but my god, he was on fire this night. Doesn't hurt to have Mr.'s Tyner and Clarke building it for him. And he does acknowledge McCoy with that quote. I'm just in tears. Thanks for posting.
Never before and never again will the world get to experience this blind shaman of jazz music. Truly an improvisational genius like none other.
Just a stunning performance...and what a great band. Tyner is Tyner, and it's a pleasure to hear Clarke and White in a straight-ahead acoustic setting.
He went "My Favorite Things" 4 about 1 bar at the 3:19 mark. Cold!
Nice
Roland is the nicest Monster ever! Gives me goosebumps and tears. WOW!!!!! He looks great in the Tux and tophat suits him!
Such an mazing musician. Thanks for the post...
Come on people! Keep this great!
When this collection of masters came to the Paramount Theater in Oakland, I was sitting about 6 rows deep! Later, McCoy said in an interview that this was the only chance he and Rahsaan ever played together.
Saw this amazing musician three times in Manchester and once in Preston and he was beyond genius ,a true one-off.
No one like this today! What a monster of music! Much love!
mcoy Tyner one of the best to play the keys.
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fo reel nigga
Saw him years ago in D.C.
Will never forget it!
A master.
One of the Brightest Moments of my life was seeing Rahsaan at the Village Vanguard in the early '70's.
He is "the black master of black classical music, Yes Indeed!"
American Classic Music
Ya can feel his aurra power I bought a few CDs of him and he said God loves black sound even after a stroke that left him in a wheelchair he was playing better than most with two hands!
I actually saw this when it was on television. Astounding and inspiring.
Holy Fugggggghing Shitttttt. *Rahsaan Roland Kirk in his life's finest performance.* Stanley Fugcking Clarke!! McCoyFugcking Mother Fugcking Tyner!!! Lenny White even! Holy Fugggggghing Shiiiiiit. And not just because of their names.
Not just a historic and incredible assemblage, "God level" times ten. No, this really is a historical music moment.
When the highest musical genius (and I do mean that) Quincy Jones gets all gushy in the introduction - HE knew what was about to happen.
I saw Rahsaan Roland Kirk in a small club, in Toronto in 1975. He was absolutely amazing, and I remember being blown away. He also 'acknowledged' my 21st birthday and sang happy birthday to me! Who gets that lucky?! Very sad that he died so young.
Great clip! Roland Kirk was blind and I understand he was untrained musically---this is raw talent. And no one else has come forward to blow 3 horns at once. This cat is on fire!
One of the greatest Jazz songs of all time!
You're not lying.
BTW I just thought of another contender that many would mistakenly fail to mention at the top of the heap, Bluesette. IF you need to get up to speed there's a Toots Thielmans playlist on my homepage here. I don't profit; I just collected some of his IMO masterpieces. Probably thinking that one day that you would be flabbergasted by them :)
@@Bill_Woo Thanks, I will check it out.
One of the most mind blowing performances I've ever witnessed.
Wow, Roland's horns with McCoy's piano, what a combination!! Did they record much together? This is fantastic
They way Mcoy Tyner attacks the piano is like watching a prize fighting boxing match. Vicious and so graceful.
For me , he is the best
@@stefanblue660 Yes. He and Bill Evans - stunning.
Wow, I've never seen him perform with Stanley Clarke! This is a great version too! Bright Moments to all you beautiful people out there.
I remember seeing this on the local PBS station in Kansas City, KCPT. This blew me away! The first time I had ever seen/heard circular breathing. Needless to say, I became a Rahsaan Roland Kirk fan immediately!
Thanks so much for posting this excellent video of some of the true masters of jazz. Priceless!
He was blind! knocked it out of the park! The greatest!
Thank you for this posting,,, absolutely a GENIUS,, I saw him in Cleveland quite a few times in the early 60's,,, it was a stunning and exciting experience,,, I've never been the same, Love Rahsaan!!!!!!
Brings tears to my eyes..Always caught him at the Jazz Workshop in Boston..Rahsaan was a real mensch..thank you for posting this.
i remember seeing this on tv in 75, same effect, incredible, i was a fan before i saw this and always thought how fantastic it was for all to see this man pour it out live......listen, listen......listen to his tune......
Most amazing & talented musician to appear in many years. BRAVO, Roland!
The Circle Breathing Dragon, there will never be another..
Great!
You bet! He was sent from God!
thanks johnny for showing me this...awesome!!!!!
I saw Roland Kirk at the Village Vanguard, New Years' Eve. I think that it was 1972-3. I'll never forget the experience. Seeing this clip reminds me of just how awesome a musician he was.
It always amazes me to see the ingenuity and talent of truly great Jazz musicians.
this is Awesome. Thanks Jonny for the link.
Somebody else from the 60s-70s I can listen to...
saw him at Fillmore east 1971 with Tower of Power and Santana.I was a kid who loved rock.I was leveled.Unreal night.I so dislike to say it ,but those were the days-left at 630 Am to get to my 8th grade home room and Santana was still playing while I adjusted my eyes to the morning light.What a player.
I can't get this tune out of my head. The energy on this cut is ridiculous! Soooo....sick.
What a great video----this man was the master of his own power jazz-----he was a musical shaman and there may never be another like him.......woooooooooooooooow
I saw Kirk 8n a night club in Chicago called the Brown Shoe which was in the basement on Wells Street. That's where the Jazz Showcase was for a while in Chicago. Kirk was on stage when a woman at the back of the club would not stop talking and laughing and at one point he stopped the band and ithere was dead silence in the club. Then Kirk, who was blind, described her in such detail down to what she was wearing, where she had gone to school, and what her life was like that she had to leave the club in tears. Then he went back to his song.
how awesome! I wish i was alive to have had an opportunity to see him live!
Humanities peak moment. Downhill from here!
Basically...
Jazz never returned to the height of this moment.
I think Quincy fully realized that this was an epochal moment.
When a man of the transcendentally superlative musical mastery as Quincy Jones gets all gushy in the introduction, grab your popcorn.
And he didn't even get around to mentioning possibly the finest jazz pianist in history, IN TOP FORM, as well!! OR possibly the finest modern bassist ever either! (Maybe he did that earlier in the show.)
This is major shit. Major. Hands down.
This is just great! Much love!
Awesome story, Betty! Thank you for sharing.
it was a small but a club full of wonderful sounds over the years....and Mr. Kirk's playing brought it all into place with his multi instrumentals...R.I.P. Sir
Thank you for posting this video.!!!!
This is so great!
Thanks for uploading! Gorgeous!
This was my first TREASURE find when I worked in a mom & pop music store in Macon, GA... When I found "Bright Moments", I swear I did not listen to any other music for 3 months!!! RIP Rahsaan! We love YOU!
@Davelovesjazz,
This performance was broadcast on the PBS affiliate Channel 11 in Chicago. I remember when it aired. There were 2 Down Beat Awards shows that were recorded for the weekly TV show "Soundstage." Both shows were a hour long.
@1967ax Man. I really dug your Art Tatum Story... bless you for your comments..the fist thing that was heard by my brother and I was 'Domino"....we were about 16 years old- Roland and Wes Montgomery changed our lives forever after that fateful day... we are still performing.
This is splendid! Total inspiration. :-)
Roland Kirk there'll never be another!
I'm glad you were so mature about it.
One of the ten greatest things on YT ever!
It only seems "flashy" today in this homogenized day and age, but something to remember, guys like Rassahan and his ilk were totally stretching limits then, nobody was jerking each other off how great they were, it was just music stretching limits...this tune is just absolutely mindblowing, McCoy on the piano, he played on some of the best Coltrane sides IMO...thanks again for posting this!!!!!
This is music!
Oh man, Rahsaan is awesome! and together with McCoy, Lenny and Stanley! There are no words!
Where is everyone!
Why was Roland never envited to Monterey jazz fest.
What a bummer.
Once In a Lifetime!!
Roland at his blowing best, a real one-man wall of sound. Many thanks Dave
Awesome work from a true giant of jazz..
I saw the man in the mid-70's in Auckland, New Zealand at a small venue. It was such a knockout. In one part of the show he was playing nose flute and alto and tenor at the same time!
The Great Roland Kirk with McCoy Tyner on Piano out of sight.................Awesome!
The first time I heard "We Free Kings" I was hooked. He was a mad genius!
Awesome musicians! Incredible talent right there.
Qué barbaridad!! Bestial. Cuánta fuerza y rabia en su música.
Yo no escucho rabia, yo escucho potencia, elegancia, destreza, y sobre todo una musicalidad y un genio indiscutible...
Rasaahn was an underrated saxophone hero in the annals of saxophone heroes. Love that man. Pedal Up is one of my favorite cuts of his for the reason depicted in this video. It kicks ass!
amazing musicians
A great GREAT musician, unparallelled musicality.
@sitarnut Sir, you have excellent taste. I didn't know The Rahsaan played with Mr. Montgomery. That would have been life changing for me too. Being a guitar player, I can only say that Wes humbles me. George Benson owes his career to that man. -bill charles
These are not only top musicians, but true scientists. Watching performance may be a little bit unsettling, but the end result is overwhelmingly pleasant. I'm on my way to Borden's.
I'd never read Jonny Greenwood's blog until Radiohead fans started posting here! It's cool that he's got lots of people to check out some music that perhaps they wouldn't normally listen to.
Glad that most people enjoy what they see and hear in this video. Please check out my other videos. I've got lots of rare jazz stuff to share over the coming weeks.
Holy shit! What an honor!!!
Great! Great! Great! What a talent!
You can not get any better!
original! I am proud to be named after such a great man
I just checked out Rahsaan on Wiki and found this: Kirk's technique of humming while playing the flute was adopted later by many other players, including Jeremy Steig and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, (who covered the Kirk tune "Serenade to a Cuckoo" on Jethro Tull's first album This Was in 1968).
truly a jazzzz genieus i love his skills
I too followed the link. I had never heard of him. He definitely knows how to circle breathe, i'm gonna look up more of his stuff now, thanks DEAD AIR SPACE!
McCoy! Stan is the man!
Mind Blowing!!!🤯 My lungs would've Collapsed 😂😂
This is great!
The piano player is McCoy Tyner, he jammed with Coltrane on some of his greatest sides...I wrote this earlier, gotta write it again, cause McCoy is the man...
Brilliant. The secret words here are 'circular breathing'. Totally cool, never heard anything like it.
amazing
omg!! o_O
thank you Jonny!!
"Bright Moments"
Roland is the greatest multi-instrumentalist the world has ever seen- he still scares me to death, AND is also, perhaps the greatest TENOR player ever- I LOVE John Coltrane, and I'm NOT comparing- he just grooves me more- this is just a personal opinion......listen to him cut everyone on stage on the CD with Mingus at Carnegie Hall. From down in the gut-bucket clear into outer space- that's my MAN!
Thanx for the info.
i.'m glad theres actual footage of this cat because i never would of believed it
@boombox1177 that's what makes jazz music so popular and unique, its individuality.
AWESOME!
THANK YOU JONNY
Of course McCoy is on the piano 'cause he won't play keys for anyone but genius which is why he was with Wayne Shorter on all the incredible Blue Note recordings and why he was here with RRK.
I dislike anyone that dislikes this video. Brilliant!
Incredible !
Just much love!