I know there is a separate, individual thread for it, but 2015's The Epic, by Kamasi Washington (Parts 1, 2 and 3). Nearly 3 hours, or 3 CDs/albums worth, great value/nice LP box too...
We're in the same noob boat with Kirk (and nearly all other jazz artists for that matter). Congrats on getting that Mosaic set - pretty sure you won't be disappointed! I recently saw that Kirk had a 3 CD set Dog Years in the Fourth Ring that I've got in the queue.
That's a nice compilation of unreleased or mostly unreleased material, I forget the details. It may not be the first thing I would recommend but any fan of Kirk's would really enjoy it.
GERRY MULLIGAN / NIGHT LIGHTS / PHILIPS / 1963 / UCCU-9529 JAZZ THE BEST MINI LP GOLD CD Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax, piano) Art Farmer (trumpet, flügelhorn) Bob Brookmeyer (trombone) Jim Hall (guitar) Bill Crow (bass) Dave Bailey (drums)
Platform 1 – Takes Off (Clean Feed Records) — With Magnus Broo, Steve Swell, Ken Vandermark, Michael Vatcher, Joe Williamson
For all you new Kirk enthusiasts, find a way to get this (or most of it), and worry about the rest later:
Yep, that's the best Kirk collection. As I said earlier I'm not a Kirk specialist, but in my view his Mercury years were his heyday.
Yup. I can do without some of the goofiness of the Atlantic years. I am not a huge fan of Joel Dorn's producing, in general. He did lots of great things for jazz, but IMHO, production was not one of them. He was no Nesuhi This is another interesting Kirk-related item, much more so than the McDuff one, IMO:
Mal Waldron: Mal - 1: Mal Waldron – Piano Idrees Sulieman – Trumpet Gigi Gryce – Alto saxophone Julian Euell – Bass Arthur Edgehill – Drums Hackensack '56.
I'm curious as to how the LP's turned out with 30+ minutes of dense, mega-multi-tracked music on each side.
On it! Thanks for the suggestions... Listen to Rahsaan - The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk (Box Set) by Roland Kirk on @AppleMusic. https://itun.es/us/uh6e Different cover, but I think the music is the same; no book though Listen to Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology by Roland Kirk on @AppleMusic. https://itun.es/us/tyP2m Gonna have to dig deeper for this one-the only Apple Music offer I see is free spirits...
The Whammies – Play the music of Steve Lacy (Driff Records) — Jorrit Dijkstra, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jeb Bishop, Mary Oliver, Nate McBride, Han Bennink
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Penumbra Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet/ tenor & soprano sax/ alto flute/ piano; Darek Oleszkiewicz, bass; Michael Stephans, drums; Daryl Munyungo Jackson; percussion.
It's analyzed in the dedicated thread but bears repeating. The consensus, more or less, is that there was a slight reduction in volume overall, although dynamics are retained. I have a copy, and trust me nothing is lost. The album sounds beautiful and huge just as it should. There was also some discussion regarding excess noise on side one. A clip was posted that, honestly, sounded terrible. I listened to my copy several times since with particular attention to the section cited and I don't hear anything. Mine is dead quiet. It wasn't an isolated incident however with several other members stating they could hear the noise on their copy to one degree or another.
FME [Free Music Ensemble] – Underground (Okka Disk) — Paal Nilssen-Love, Nate McBride, Ken Vandermark
Reading this thread made me dig out some Kirk and I'm spinning this master work. Personally, I think his Atlantic stuff is his best work. I certainly reach for it more often.
That iTunes cover is the same as the cover inside the physical box set. I got started with Roland Kirk with the box. I still play it even though I bought most of the full albums since.
Thanks for the mention, I'll wade through the thread when I get a chance. Good to hear that the" dynamics are intact", although I find the album to be pretty dynamically compressed, at least for a Jazz album. Although, considering the size of the band and production source I'm not terribly surprised. Good to hear you got a clean copy. It's a shame that vinyl has become such a crap-shoot when it comes to pressing quality, frustrating for the investment involved.
Ahh, but the book is the key. Great pix too. That cover is what's inside the slipcover so same material.
Mal Waldron Quintet: Hard Talk Recorded live on May 4, 1974 at the East-West-Festival in Nürnberg Germany.
Did I mention that I have been enjoying "here comes the whistleman..?" Well, I am an I think it is terrific! Actually listened to it three or four times last night, and once on the way to work today... Kirk has quite the personality, too...
^^^^*^*^If you get his live album Bright Moments you'll get to hear a lot of personality from Kirk. NP Lee Morgan - Taru (Blue Note) LT series from unrleased recordings from 1968. Benny Maupin George Be son John Hicks Reggie Workman Billy Higgins
Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music Eddie Gale - trumpet, thumb piano, steel drum, bird whistle Russell Lyle - tenor saxophone, flute Jo Ann Gale Stevens - guitar, vocals James "Tokio" Reid, Judah Samuel - bass Richard Hackett, Thomas Holman - drums Elaine Beener - lead vocals Sylvia Bibbs, Barbara Dove, Evelyn Goodwin, Art Jenkins, Fulumi Prince, Edward Walrond, Sondra Walston, Mildred Weston, Norman Wright - vocals One of the progenitors of Kamasi's Epic.