1971 Atlantic. This isn't a jazz album. This is a soul album. Kirk is serious - it's an album of mostly interpretations of pop songs but this is not a commercial pop jazz album. Not covers......interpretations. Kirk is making a point and getting to the roots of jazz. The counter argument, at the time of its release, was this was too "populist" a recording. Too "Pop". The argument is silly. This is a workout..growls, chants, wild energy....the first time I heard this it stopped me in my tracks.
Personnel: Rahsaan Roland Kirk (vocals, guitar, flute, stritch, manzello, tenor saxophone, trumpet, gong); Cissy Houston, Princess Patience Burton (vocals); Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, Billy Butler (guitar); Charles McGhee (trumpet); Dick Griffin (trombone); Richard Tee, Sonelius Smith (piano); Mickey Tucker (organ); Khalil Mhrdi, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Arthur Jenkins, Jr., Arthur Jenkins , Richard Landrum (congas); Joe Habad Texidor (percussion).
Tracklist
Ain't No Sunshine
What's Goin' On
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
I Love You Yes I Do
My Girl
Which Way Is It Going
One Nation
Never Can Say Goodbye
Old Rugged Cross
Make It With You
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Title track - a blues jam with vocals by Kirk and Cissy Houston and Sonelius Smith on piano....check his runs. "Jump up and down on it!"
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