RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK
THE CASE OF THE 3 SIDED DREAM
IN AUDIO COLOR (1975)
REMASTER
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REMASTER
320 KBPS
Perhaps I am an apologist for Rahsaan Roland Kirk, I don't know. If I am then I should be smacked, because he needed no one to make apologies for him. The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color is a case in point. The namby-pamby jazz critics, those "serious" guys who look for every note to be in order before they'll say anything positive, can shove it on this one. They panned the hell out of it in 1975, claiming it was "indulgent." Okay. Which Kirk record wasn't? Excess was always the name of the game for Kirk, but so was the groove, and here on this three-sided double LP, groove is at the heart of everything. Surrounding himself with players like Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Richard Tee, Hilton Ruiz (whose playing on "Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs" is so greasy, so deliciously dirty it's enthralling), Steve Gadd, and others from that soul-jazz scene, it's obvious what you're gonna get, right? Nope. From his imitations of Miles Davis and John Coltrane on "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" to his screaming, funky read on "High Heel Sneakers" to his Delta-to-New-Orleans version of "The Entertainer," Kirk is deep in the groove. But the groove he moves through is one that is so large, so universal, deep, and serene, that it transcends all notions of commercialism versus innovation. Bottom line, even with the charming tape-recorded ramblings of his between tunes, this was his concept and it works like a voodoo charm. Here's one for the revisionists: This record jams.
1. Conversation
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. Horses (Monogram Republic)
4. High Heel Sneakers
5. Dream
6. Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs
7. The Entertainer (Done In The Style Of The Blues)
8. Freaks For The Festival
9. Dream
10. Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies
11. Dream
12. The Entertainer
13. Dream
14. Dream
15. Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies
16. Dream
17. Freaks For The Festival
18. Horses
19. Bye Bye Blackbird
20. Conversation
21. Telephone Conversation
5 comments:
What a beautiful human being was Rahsaan, Rahsaan. Watched him walk off the stage at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago years and years ago. Walked outside the club and back in. Never missed a note. The man was blind. Don't know how he did it, but I was there. Beautiful man and always beautiful music. Deep;sure. That was his mind. Thank god for recordings. Love ya for posting this. John - Atlanta, Georgia, UsA.
0.2 Kb is all i get from the link...
Any suggestions? The file got mangled?
Love rahsaan and have listened since early seventies
Download it and you'll see....
Thank you Mr Moodswings, for swinging my moods!
Silly me, it was all "a box in a box with a key..."
Great description of a great record!!
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