Circular breathing on saxophone has become almost common place. Rhassan is the only person I’ve ever seen do it on the flute. The man was a giant for many reasons. He let nothing stop him, not racism, not his blinding as a child nor a stroke when he was older. He overcame every obstacle on his way to gifting the world with his music and his playful joy. I was fortunate enough to see/hear him many times. It changed my life.🙏
@poncccceolymusica998
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/l599q9CYcryZlZM.html (Absolutely not sharing this to try to contradict you, just thought you'd enjoy this guy!)
@jeffgrush3795
Жыл бұрын
your words they are salt.. for truth, not Salty, ✌️
@WindmillJazz
Жыл бұрын
i would have loved to see this man perform live.
@UncleWally3
9 ай бұрын
On a cold winter’s night the early 70’s I was lucky to experience Kirk perform in a small club in Montréal. He felt his way on the stage, opened with the drums, seamlessly handed them off then took the piano, handed that off. Then the show began and the rest was indescribable. He exited as he entered and, here I am, over fifty years later, still picking through what he left on the stage.
@RobBunney-pu2rc
5 ай бұрын
@UncleWally3 What a beautiful rembrance. You are very lucky. I can only dream.
@samstone93688 ай бұрын
I'm ashamed to say I've played flute for 44 years and never heard of Kirk until today. Brilliant. I have catching up to do.
@parker_pubs
6 ай бұрын
Check out Eric Dolphy & Yusef Lateef while you're at it
@samstone9368
6 ай бұрын
@@parker_pubs Thanks! I'll do that.
@tbcass10 жыл бұрын
True virtuoso player with a sense of humor. He inspired Ian Anderson to take up the flute.
@NancyR3454
Жыл бұрын
Definitely can see and hear the influence!
@dormouse978 жыл бұрын
And then you remember he was blind as well, respect through the roof for this guy
@TheJollycoppers
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously? I never ever knew that, in all these years.
@TheJollycoppers
3 жыл бұрын
@Le Continental Google said he was blind from birth (NY Times article). So, anyway, it was news to me. My older brother was/is a jazz guy. I really only knew "Serenade for a Cuckoo, and that was because of Jethro Tull. I should've given Kirk more of a listen back in the day.
@walterhayley7252
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJollycoppers , not actually blind from birth. He had an eye condition and his nurse gave him an improperly mixed dosage of his medication.
@nelsonsoucasaux27513 жыл бұрын
No doubt, the greatest influence upon Ian Anderson... this has to be recognized.
@rabdanely Жыл бұрын
Jethro Tull was also among the rockers who admired him. They also produced a serenade to a cuckoo version
@georgerarmstrong5 ай бұрын
An absolute genius with great backing musicians.
@TheRegart6 жыл бұрын
That rhythm section behind him is killing it!
@antonettegibbons7960
Жыл бұрын
For sure
@brettk42942 жыл бұрын
You cant find musicians like this anymore.
@markallan54843 жыл бұрын
Rahsaan is my favourite reedman of all time. His exuberance and sheer love of music is breathtaking.
@postatility97032 жыл бұрын
Can you be a great entertainer AND a serious Jazz musician?This question has persisted for years.Rahsaan was and is clearly one of the definitive answers of all time.He created his own world,bringing joy to music lovers throughout the entire planet.
@chickyrogue8485
Жыл бұрын
Bright moments
@watermelone_man
Жыл бұрын
Kirk and dizzy for sure
@dojufitz8 жыл бұрын
Roland was in another world....Basic straight jazz players could not compete with this man....and sometimes that is saying something.....
@octoberskye10495 жыл бұрын
Unbelievably brilliant! The world has lost true magic magic without him. Come back to us... 🐯
@Ewerb7 Жыл бұрын
A true original and a musical genius! So under recognized!
@mario7frankielee7 жыл бұрын
i had a dream that he, jimmy and sun ra played at my funeral. how good sounds that!
@garyji
3 жыл бұрын
Now that would truly be a funeral that was out of this world…or any other for that matter.
@Seti1501
Жыл бұрын
Those three Cats would probably play you back to life!
@michaelnash10908 жыл бұрын
I saw him many times at the village vanguard in the 70s watching these videos brought tears
@ulrichhangartner6279
6 жыл бұрын
Lautstärke erhöhen
@jackhammer111
6 жыл бұрын
he played a street festival just of the OSU campus in the early seventies. He actually grew up in Columbus oh. Seeing him, I mean hearing him was one of my unforgettable experiences. I was turned on to him a few years before with Jethro Tull's version of this song which is not bad but I found this Kirk to be like a mad scientist who blows you away more and more the harder you listen. Ian Anderson met him when he played the same night at the famous 1969 Newport Jazz Festive. As Ian Anderson himself puts it a few years ago, "Rahsaan was a lot like Captain Beefheart. They’re cut from the same cloth. There’s something about these colourful shamans. They can tease us, but we go along with it, because we know they’re touched by genius, but at the same time there’s a little bit of the snake oil for sale.” But his solos are on the level of the great bee bop masters. He rarely played in anyone else's band. When he played in Columbus he to the organizers to find a bass player and a drummer and he showed up by himself. He just called out a key, hummed and tapped out a grove using the valves on a sax, stomped his foot on the beginning downbeat and they guys played their asses off grinning ear to ear behind him. They were the best local players, and he made them better. Thsi singular event held on a makeshift stage on Pearly Alley just off High street remarkably, had been declared a cop-free zone. Kirk had a vial of cocain around his neck and snorted up from time to time exchanges hit of doobies while holding out the coke spoon to the people in front of the stage. I was as wild a night as I've ever seen, and musically he played his ass off. Comes on wearing in a black biker jacket with 3 saxes around his neck with cazooes whistles, slide whistles and lord knows what else draped around him. He LOVED sound.
@timpaull6124
4 жыл бұрын
I'm just a little jelly...! That's awesome man!
@mario7frankielee
3 жыл бұрын
Ulrich Hangartner verstanden👮🏽♂️ yes sir👮🏽♂️
@michelelaraia7358
3 жыл бұрын
3801° (mi) piace
@SalamaSond3 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary. Even Zappa cited Roland Kirk as an influence.
@Blackgeoff1
2 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of that but it's easily understood ... Zappa loved people who had their own thing to do. Zappa loved originals.
@markcollins1497
10 ай бұрын
They shared the stage at one point
@priscillasalzberg53492 жыл бұрын
The video of him at two different angles at the same time blows my mind. It's better than today's modern videos.
@GTX11233 жыл бұрын
Check out Jethro Tull's cover of this song from their first album "This Was Jethro Tull". Ian Anderson (vocals / flute) has said that Roland Kirk was a huge influence on his style in many ways. There are about 8 different things Roland Kirk does in this particular video that you'll hear Ian Anderson copy in much of Jethro Tull's earlier material.
@dynasticlight1073
2 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe I saw Tull a few times .They did this tune and it's great . Ian did not do the circular breathwork to this degree, also cannot play three wind instruments simultaneously..
@moussetache1815
2 жыл бұрын
Jethro Tull fan here, yes I discovered Kirk thanks to this cover, although it took some time to know it was one haha.
@GTX1123
2 жыл бұрын
@@moussetache1815 I'll never forget it - back in 2003 I was in a shopping mall walking around a Sears store, when their Musak started playing this. It was one of my better shopping experiences. It really put me in the mood to buy something, LOL.
@walterhayley7252
2 жыл бұрын
@@dynasticlight1073 , I've read several Anderson interviews where he mentions Kirk's influence. No "maybe" about it...
@ianmorton41362 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten how great this guy is.
@danibosnjak2902 Жыл бұрын
My idol. I am not able to do a lot of things he was doing but never say no. He was a true ambassador of American culture in anyway. So many influences . I am just in love with him
@mgmmgm15993 ай бұрын
IT IS FANTASTIC.
@johnpowell74379 жыл бұрын
Why would someone vote this down? This is a great video of a genius musician doing his thing.
@dcfire22225 жыл бұрын
Roland Kirk, much love, RIP, from a great fan!
@Patricahill664 жыл бұрын
He was greatest player ever, I saw him many years ago, God he was wonderful.
@matthewmaus3 жыл бұрын
Magical - and a hard slap in the face for anyone who ever thought they could walk in his footsteps...xxx
@jada904 жыл бұрын
If time travel was a casual thing I'd love to go back and check this out live
@ajimenez78724 жыл бұрын
This is not the first time I see someone playing a couple of instruments at the same time and play them with outstanding accuracy. A true genius of the jazz era.
@CptEtgar4 ай бұрын
this is amazing
@grahamt337 ай бұрын
One of a kind as man and musician - NOBODY sounds like him
@loveyouall6610 жыл бұрын
DAMN! FANTSTIC. YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS MAN HAD A TRUE LOVE AFFAIR WITH MUSIC.
@saxophonelyk
9 жыл бұрын
Music loved him as much as how much he loved music
@loveyouall66
9 жыл бұрын
WHAT YOU SAY IS VERY TRUE.
@priscillasalzberg5349 Жыл бұрын
This song is so vintage and yet still so classical and original and such a masterpiece.
@Captain-Nostromo3 жыл бұрын
He was an fantastic musician. Listen when he plays "This masquerade" you can find it here on KZread
@coryholland18112 жыл бұрын
The foot stomp at the beginning of his solo is seriously cool. Listen to the way he interacts with the rhythm section. The phrasing, the technique, the grit, the funk. What a player!
@ianbeddowes53625 жыл бұрын
I saw and heard Roland Kirk live in a small club in Birmingham England and there was, fortunately for me, a small audience. I watched him from less than 2 metres. What an experience. Ian Anderson is just a pale carbon copy.
@Eleventhearlofmars
4 жыл бұрын
The last part of your comment is total bollocks, Anderson had already started to play that way before he knew who Roland Kirk was, plus Ian was a singer songwriter, guitarist and flautist so was a man of many talents by the time one of his band members ( Jeffrey Hammond) told him his flute playing style sounded like Roland Kirks, Anderson did not copy that style.
@ia3850
4 жыл бұрын
Ian Anderson played lots of flute styles, and its ridicoulus to compare him with Kirk.
@tomtrana34495 ай бұрын
Jethro Tull' s cover on their debut "This was" brought me here.
@Paradoxataur9 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD! WOW! That just blew my mind. Who was the person that clicked thumbs down? Shame!
@fenderstratguy
8 жыл бұрын
+Paradoxataur he was probably trying to click thumbs up and got so excited he missed!
@Eleventhearlofmars
4 жыл бұрын
He may of thought it was Ian Anderson playing? 😂
@sulatlalaki
3 жыл бұрын
It was a troll. Never mind the naysayers.
@Gino7113 Жыл бұрын
Wonderland !
@Scalairefr9 жыл бұрын
What an unique way of playing flute ! Beautifull !
@donald6276 жыл бұрын
A musical genius!...to say the least!!
@kenbronowski37653 жыл бұрын
Just. So. Damn. Good. Without Roland Kirk, no Ian Anderson.
@michaelpagan3914
Жыл бұрын
Anderson was a songwriter 1st and foremost.
@edmundhamill2916 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@davidforshaw49984 ай бұрын
👍 Great stuff!" 🎵=🔑
@ParkinsonProduction6 жыл бұрын
Blows my mind every time.
@biserkasertic12084 жыл бұрын
He was a inspiration for Ian Anderson 🎵
@robertrichman6873
4 жыл бұрын
True that. In fact Jethro Tull covered this song on their very first LP, "This Was". Enc. - a link to the remixed version by master engineer, Steve Wilson. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGx3psR_YM_enc4.html
@biserkasertic1208
4 жыл бұрын
@@robertrichman6873 Thanks, I have this record, but didn't hear Wilsons remix. 👍
@lowellthomasjr.4688 жыл бұрын
He was extraordinary !
@williamgregory184811 ай бұрын
“How many instruments can you play?” Rahsaan Roland Kirk: “Yes.”
@appogiatura3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I am blown away.
@mnbluestube8 ай бұрын
BRAVO!
@crazygirlfun13 жыл бұрын
Holy $h!t this is fire!
@fuckcensorshipforeal8 жыл бұрын
I just can't find the word for this legend
@joeroganofficial5433
5 жыл бұрын
Rad
@T.Ramby11
3 жыл бұрын
Scrumtrulescent.
@XianVivre4 жыл бұрын
Listening to this, you can really hear how Kirk was an inspiration to the early works of Ian Anderson. Two great masters of the flute.
@jwmc41 Жыл бұрын
A pure artist who let nothing get in his way. Humbling!
@massimomarchesin87082 жыл бұрын
Roland Kirk grandissimo fiatista jazz già molto avanti rispetto agli standard musicali del suo tempo penso si era negli anni 50 o giù di lì ed è stato fonte di ispirazione per un' altro grandissimo come Lui ,JAN ANDERSON dei mitici JETHRO TULL !!!!!!
@moedinyu7172 Жыл бұрын
Cooooo! I learned the intro on my guitar jus now!! Thank yall!!!!
@TasteTheRad1um8 жыл бұрын
Dammit, I quit! (packs flute away) RRK was sick as hell, fun to watch too.
@fodiliousmemnon3441
8 жыл бұрын
Packs internet away, gets flute out...jams like hell with similar musical humans....voila!
@markschafer1828
7 жыл бұрын
Tera Toma Ray Oh no...no. never quit. ...Music is Life..imagine. .had Roland quit? ?
@michaeltamanikaiyaroi1412 жыл бұрын
Love this music thanks for sharing
@andragg Жыл бұрын
This is the guy who got me hooked on jazz and started it all with the singing into the flute and vocal sounds plus multi-instrumental techniques. He was even adventurous enough to have played live with The Mothers of Invention. On top of all this, he was blind! Ian who?
@hjs675211 ай бұрын
RK is the coolest cat
@EdwardsOperation Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Can see where Ian Anderson gets some of his inspiration from! And I've seen Tull do that recorder up the nose trick, too!
@raulagarcia4744 Жыл бұрын
Spirit!
@55sonero7 жыл бұрын
Nunca lo habia escuchado y es, maravilloso! la pieza la escuche con Jethro Tull hace 45 anos, pero esto es buenisimo.
@eranimongelos5749 Жыл бұрын
Great !!!!!
@truebetold65 Жыл бұрын
PBS needs to do a documentary on this legend.
@kincamell22 жыл бұрын
Love
@clouddog23935 ай бұрын
One of the classic Jazz compositions along with Brubeck's "take five ", Monks "round midnight" and many others . Got into Kirk through the" Inflated tear" album .
@user-ks3ol3lw3b4 ай бұрын
This has been here for a long time - I see the standard complaints about downvotes. Remember them?
@davidmcadam63606 жыл бұрын
Come back Rahsaan. We want your like again!!!!
@GTX11233 жыл бұрын
This is Hard-Bop / Post-Bop / Soul-Bop at its absolute best...
@dcfire22225 жыл бұрын
He is a Legend! RIP RRK, much love.
@fyahvibration01092 жыл бұрын
Best Flaute and Sax ❤️❤️😍😍🎷🎷 KIRK LEGGEND 💣
@josedelatorre47542 ай бұрын
Otra exquisitez de RRK.
@kellinthetrashcan28676 жыл бұрын
I'm doing this song in Jazz band and just.... Wow
@fatpatMC8 жыл бұрын
dude is prolly my favorite of all time yo even moreso than horace silver n yusef lateef......n thats some shit right there.
@mario7frankielee7 жыл бұрын
he`s the jimmy hendrix on flute and strich
@nathanliu7610
5 жыл бұрын
mario7frankielee he actually is jimmy favorite musician
@killercour
4 жыл бұрын
Coz hes black?
@mario7frankielee
4 жыл бұрын
i know and i have this thing with „untrained „ singing voices i love jimmys voice and rashans
@mario7frankielee
4 жыл бұрын
LandoCowDelicion can‘t tell i‘m colorblind
@darudesandstorm5993
3 жыл бұрын
@@nathanliu7610 captain beefheart was also obsessed with rahsaan
@Harry52997 жыл бұрын
One of the GREATS!
@andrea222134 жыл бұрын
What a remarkable man. The term 'life force' could have been invented for him.
@karinparker94028 жыл бұрын
Yikes!........Magnificent!!!!
@IDidNotAsk4ThisHandle3 жыл бұрын
Bro.Ron from WeAllBeTV brought me here☺ #Amazing
@swordfish527 жыл бұрын
Gotta love it !!
@dcfire22225 жыл бұрын
I wish he was still here!This man was it! The greatest!
@blackholeofnothing89405 жыл бұрын
Incredible technique, what a circular breathing!!!
@surfcollector3 жыл бұрын
Ok, now I know where Ian Anderson copped all his early licks.
@markallan5484
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Rahsaan influenced Ian heavily.
@sulatlalaki
3 жыл бұрын
Right?
@phil9593
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah..Jethro Tull covered this song on their first album. So he certainly wasn’t hiding this influence!
@jeffnewell7118
3 жыл бұрын
Well, almost. Roland wrote and played the song in F minor. Ian played it in G minor, which put him in a technically much easier key. One where he could play closer to the D minor licks that permeate most of his songs. Ian's exciting and innovative rock style made for a great show but he has nowhere near the musical and technical abilities of Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Those double-time, double-tongue runs are amazing! I don't know him but I bet Ian would agree with me. From interviews, he seems like a well-grounded and humble man. I'm a big fan of both of these idiom-bending flutists!
@malekmo63
3 жыл бұрын
So did Dave Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator as did many British acts of this era!!!
@AlmostDailyRider Жыл бұрын
Where do you think Ian Anderson got his inspiration?
@donaldstuart22784 жыл бұрын
The great Roland Kirk.
@arame294 жыл бұрын
A freak of nature. His widow, Betty, works at WBGO radio
@user-rv5tv7fz1q9 ай бұрын
Супер!!! в 1977 году запал на него
@mickdead7369 Жыл бұрын
One of a kind genius. Invented the singing into the flute technique too.
@bethannkastelic13812 жыл бұрын
Awesome player played with bunky g some. Was super
@antonettegibbons7960 Жыл бұрын
And Ian killed it
@johnalward25817 жыл бұрын
my hat is off! I bow low. a musical genius.
@stuartdinkes8048
7 жыл бұрын
THERE WILL BE NO ONE LIKE HIM IN THIS LIFE TIME!! HE WAS LIKE COLTRANE&HENDRIX YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN IN THIS LIFE.
I saw him at Ronnie Scotts in London 1972. The power went out due to a coal miners strike, and they set up candles on every table. Kirk said "We don't need no power to play our music" and he was guided to each table while soloed over the band.
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Circular breathing on saxophone has become almost common place. Rhassan is the only person I’ve ever seen do it on the flute. The man was a giant for many reasons. He let nothing stop him, not racism, not his blinding as a child nor a stroke when he was older. He overcame every obstacle on his way to gifting the world with his music and his playful joy. I was fortunate enough to see/hear him many times. It changed my life.🙏
@poncccceolymusica998
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/l599q9CYcryZlZM.html (Absolutely not sharing this to try to contradict you, just thought you'd enjoy this guy!)
@jeffgrush3795
Жыл бұрын
your words they are salt.. for truth, not Salty, ✌️
@WindmillJazz
Жыл бұрын
i would have loved to see this man perform live.
@UncleWally3
9 ай бұрын
On a cold winter’s night the early 70’s I was lucky to experience Kirk perform in a small club in Montréal. He felt his way on the stage, opened with the drums, seamlessly handed them off then took the piano, handed that off. Then the show began and the rest was indescribable. He exited as he entered and, here I am, over fifty years later, still picking through what he left on the stage.
@RobBunney-pu2rc
5 ай бұрын
@UncleWally3 What a beautiful rembrance. You are very lucky. I can only dream.
I'm ashamed to say I've played flute for 44 years and never heard of Kirk until today. Brilliant. I have catching up to do.
@parker_pubs
6 ай бұрын
Check out Eric Dolphy & Yusef Lateef while you're at it
@samstone9368
6 ай бұрын
@@parker_pubs Thanks! I'll do that.
True virtuoso player with a sense of humor. He inspired Ian Anderson to take up the flute.
@NancyR3454
Жыл бұрын
Definitely can see and hear the influence!
And then you remember he was blind as well, respect through the roof for this guy
@TheJollycoppers
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously? I never ever knew that, in all these years.
@TheJollycoppers
3 жыл бұрын
@Le Continental Google said he was blind from birth (NY Times article). So, anyway, it was news to me. My older brother was/is a jazz guy. I really only knew "Serenade for a Cuckoo, and that was because of Jethro Tull. I should've given Kirk more of a listen back in the day.
@walterhayley7252
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJollycoppers , not actually blind from birth. He had an eye condition and his nurse gave him an improperly mixed dosage of his medication.
No doubt, the greatest influence upon Ian Anderson... this has to be recognized.
Jethro Tull was also among the rockers who admired him. They also produced a serenade to a cuckoo version
An absolute genius with great backing musicians.
That rhythm section behind him is killing it!
@antonettegibbons7960
Жыл бұрын
For sure
You cant find musicians like this anymore.
Rahsaan is my favourite reedman of all time. His exuberance and sheer love of music is breathtaking.
Can you be a great entertainer AND a serious Jazz musician?This question has persisted for years.Rahsaan was and is clearly one of the definitive answers of all time.He created his own world,bringing joy to music lovers throughout the entire planet.
@chickyrogue8485
Жыл бұрын
Bright moments
@watermelone_man
Жыл бұрын
Kirk and dizzy for sure
Roland was in another world....Basic straight jazz players could not compete with this man....and sometimes that is saying something.....
Unbelievably brilliant! The world has lost true magic magic without him. Come back to us... 🐯
A true original and a musical genius! So under recognized!
i had a dream that he, jimmy and sun ra played at my funeral. how good sounds that!
@garyji
3 жыл бұрын
Now that would truly be a funeral that was out of this world…or any other for that matter.
@Seti1501
Жыл бұрын
Those three Cats would probably play you back to life!
I saw him many times at the village vanguard in the 70s watching these videos brought tears
@ulrichhangartner6279
6 жыл бұрын
Lautstärke erhöhen
@jackhammer111
6 жыл бұрын
he played a street festival just of the OSU campus in the early seventies. He actually grew up in Columbus oh. Seeing him, I mean hearing him was one of my unforgettable experiences. I was turned on to him a few years before with Jethro Tull's version of this song which is not bad but I found this Kirk to be like a mad scientist who blows you away more and more the harder you listen. Ian Anderson met him when he played the same night at the famous 1969 Newport Jazz Festive. As Ian Anderson himself puts it a few years ago, "Rahsaan was a lot like Captain Beefheart. They’re cut from the same cloth. There’s something about these colourful shamans. They can tease us, but we go along with it, because we know they’re touched by genius, but at the same time there’s a little bit of the snake oil for sale.” But his solos are on the level of the great bee bop masters. He rarely played in anyone else's band. When he played in Columbus he to the organizers to find a bass player and a drummer and he showed up by himself. He just called out a key, hummed and tapped out a grove using the valves on a sax, stomped his foot on the beginning downbeat and they guys played their asses off grinning ear to ear behind him. They were the best local players, and he made them better. Thsi singular event held on a makeshift stage on Pearly Alley just off High street remarkably, had been declared a cop-free zone. Kirk had a vial of cocain around his neck and snorted up from time to time exchanges hit of doobies while holding out the coke spoon to the people in front of the stage. I was as wild a night as I've ever seen, and musically he played his ass off. Comes on wearing in a black biker jacket with 3 saxes around his neck with cazooes whistles, slide whistles and lord knows what else draped around him. He LOVED sound.
@timpaull6124
4 жыл бұрын
I'm just a little jelly...! That's awesome man!
@mario7frankielee
3 жыл бұрын
Ulrich Hangartner verstanden👮🏽♂️ yes sir👮🏽♂️
@michelelaraia7358
3 жыл бұрын
3801° (mi) piace
Extraordinary. Even Zappa cited Roland Kirk as an influence.
@Blackgeoff1
2 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of that but it's easily understood ... Zappa loved people who had their own thing to do. Zappa loved originals.
@markcollins1497
10 ай бұрын
They shared the stage at one point
The video of him at two different angles at the same time blows my mind. It's better than today's modern videos.
Check out Jethro Tull's cover of this song from their first album "This Was Jethro Tull". Ian Anderson (vocals / flute) has said that Roland Kirk was a huge influence on his style in many ways. There are about 8 different things Roland Kirk does in this particular video that you'll hear Ian Anderson copy in much of Jethro Tull's earlier material.
@dynasticlight1073
2 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe I saw Tull a few times .They did this tune and it's great . Ian did not do the circular breathwork to this degree, also cannot play three wind instruments simultaneously..
@moussetache1815
2 жыл бұрын
Jethro Tull fan here, yes I discovered Kirk thanks to this cover, although it took some time to know it was one haha.
@GTX1123
2 жыл бұрын
@@moussetache1815 I'll never forget it - back in 2003 I was in a shopping mall walking around a Sears store, when their Musak started playing this. It was one of my better shopping experiences. It really put me in the mood to buy something, LOL.
@walterhayley7252
2 жыл бұрын
@@dynasticlight1073 , I've read several Anderson interviews where he mentions Kirk's influence. No "maybe" about it...
I had forgotten how great this guy is.
My idol. I am not able to do a lot of things he was doing but never say no. He was a true ambassador of American culture in anyway. So many influences . I am just in love with him
IT IS FANTASTIC.
Why would someone vote this down? This is a great video of a genius musician doing his thing.
Roland Kirk, much love, RIP, from a great fan!
He was greatest player ever, I saw him many years ago, God he was wonderful.
Magical - and a hard slap in the face for anyone who ever thought they could walk in his footsteps...xxx
If time travel was a casual thing I'd love to go back and check this out live
This is not the first time I see someone playing a couple of instruments at the same time and play them with outstanding accuracy. A true genius of the jazz era.
this is amazing
One of a kind as man and musician - NOBODY sounds like him
DAMN! FANTSTIC. YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS MAN HAD A TRUE LOVE AFFAIR WITH MUSIC.
@saxophonelyk
9 жыл бұрын
Music loved him as much as how much he loved music
@loveyouall66
9 жыл бұрын
WHAT YOU SAY IS VERY TRUE.
This song is so vintage and yet still so classical and original and such a masterpiece.
He was an fantastic musician. Listen when he plays "This masquerade" you can find it here on KZread
The foot stomp at the beginning of his solo is seriously cool. Listen to the way he interacts with the rhythm section. The phrasing, the technique, the grit, the funk. What a player!
I saw and heard Roland Kirk live in a small club in Birmingham England and there was, fortunately for me, a small audience. I watched him from less than 2 metres. What an experience. Ian Anderson is just a pale carbon copy.
@Eleventhearlofmars
4 жыл бұрын
The last part of your comment is total bollocks, Anderson had already started to play that way before he knew who Roland Kirk was, plus Ian was a singer songwriter, guitarist and flautist so was a man of many talents by the time one of his band members ( Jeffrey Hammond) told him his flute playing style sounded like Roland Kirks, Anderson did not copy that style.
@ia3850
4 жыл бұрын
Ian Anderson played lots of flute styles, and its ridicoulus to compare him with Kirk.
Jethro Tull' s cover on their debut "This was" brought me here.
OH MY GOD! WOW! That just blew my mind. Who was the person that clicked thumbs down? Shame!
@fenderstratguy
8 жыл бұрын
+Paradoxataur he was probably trying to click thumbs up and got so excited he missed!
@Eleventhearlofmars
4 жыл бұрын
He may of thought it was Ian Anderson playing? 😂
@sulatlalaki
3 жыл бұрын
It was a troll. Never mind the naysayers.
Wonderland !
What an unique way of playing flute ! Beautifull !
A musical genius!...to say the least!!
Just. So. Damn. Good. Without Roland Kirk, no Ian Anderson.
@michaelpagan3914
Жыл бұрын
Anderson was a songwriter 1st and foremost.
Fantastic
👍 Great stuff!" 🎵=🔑
Blows my mind every time.
He was a inspiration for Ian Anderson 🎵
@robertrichman6873
4 жыл бұрын
True that. In fact Jethro Tull covered this song on their very first LP, "This Was". Enc. - a link to the remixed version by master engineer, Steve Wilson. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGx3psR_YM_enc4.html
@biserkasertic1208
4 жыл бұрын
@@robertrichman6873 Thanks, I have this record, but didn't hear Wilsons remix. 👍
He was extraordinary !
“How many instruments can you play?” Rahsaan Roland Kirk: “Yes.”
Fantastic. I am blown away.
BRAVO!
Holy $h!t this is fire!
I just can't find the word for this legend
@joeroganofficial5433
5 жыл бұрын
Rad
@T.Ramby11
3 жыл бұрын
Scrumtrulescent.
Listening to this, you can really hear how Kirk was an inspiration to the early works of Ian Anderson. Two great masters of the flute.
A pure artist who let nothing get in his way. Humbling!
Roland Kirk grandissimo fiatista jazz già molto avanti rispetto agli standard musicali del suo tempo penso si era negli anni 50 o giù di lì ed è stato fonte di ispirazione per un' altro grandissimo come Lui ,JAN ANDERSON dei mitici JETHRO TULL !!!!!!
Cooooo! I learned the intro on my guitar jus now!! Thank yall!!!!
Dammit, I quit! (packs flute away) RRK was sick as hell, fun to watch too.
@fodiliousmemnon3441
8 жыл бұрын
Packs internet away, gets flute out...jams like hell with similar musical humans....voila!
@markschafer1828
7 жыл бұрын
Tera Toma Ray Oh no...no. never quit. ...Music is Life..imagine. .had Roland quit? ?
Love this music thanks for sharing
This is the guy who got me hooked on jazz and started it all with the singing into the flute and vocal sounds plus multi-instrumental techniques. He was even adventurous enough to have played live with The Mothers of Invention. On top of all this, he was blind! Ian who?
RK is the coolest cat
Excellent. Can see where Ian Anderson gets some of his inspiration from! And I've seen Tull do that recorder up the nose trick, too!
Spirit!
Nunca lo habia escuchado y es, maravilloso! la pieza la escuche con Jethro Tull hace 45 anos, pero esto es buenisimo.
Great !!!!!
PBS needs to do a documentary on this legend.
Love
One of the classic Jazz compositions along with Brubeck's "take five ", Monks "round midnight" and many others . Got into Kirk through the" Inflated tear" album .
This has been here for a long time - I see the standard complaints about downvotes. Remember them?
Come back Rahsaan. We want your like again!!!!
This is Hard-Bop / Post-Bop / Soul-Bop at its absolute best...
He is a Legend! RIP RRK, much love.
Best Flaute and Sax ❤️❤️😍😍🎷🎷 KIRK LEGGEND 💣
Otra exquisitez de RRK.
I'm doing this song in Jazz band and just.... Wow
dude is prolly my favorite of all time yo even moreso than horace silver n yusef lateef......n thats some shit right there.
he`s the jimmy hendrix on flute and strich
@nathanliu7610
5 жыл бұрын
mario7frankielee he actually is jimmy favorite musician
@killercour
4 жыл бұрын
Coz hes black?
@mario7frankielee
4 жыл бұрын
i know and i have this thing with „untrained „ singing voices i love jimmys voice and rashans
@mario7frankielee
4 жыл бұрын
LandoCowDelicion can‘t tell i‘m colorblind
@darudesandstorm5993
3 жыл бұрын
@@nathanliu7610 captain beefheart was also obsessed with rahsaan
One of the GREATS!
What a remarkable man. The term 'life force' could have been invented for him.
Yikes!........Magnificent!!!!
Bro.Ron from WeAllBeTV brought me here☺ #Amazing
Gotta love it !!
I wish he was still here!This man was it! The greatest!
Incredible technique, what a circular breathing!!!
Ok, now I know where Ian Anderson copped all his early licks.
@markallan5484
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Rahsaan influenced Ian heavily.
@sulatlalaki
3 жыл бұрын
Right?
@phil9593
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah..Jethro Tull covered this song on their first album. So he certainly wasn’t hiding this influence!
@jeffnewell7118
3 жыл бұрын
Well, almost. Roland wrote and played the song in F minor. Ian played it in G minor, which put him in a technically much easier key. One where he could play closer to the D minor licks that permeate most of his songs. Ian's exciting and innovative rock style made for a great show but he has nowhere near the musical and technical abilities of Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Those double-time, double-tongue runs are amazing! I don't know him but I bet Ian would agree with me. From interviews, he seems like a well-grounded and humble man. I'm a big fan of both of these idiom-bending flutists!
@malekmo63
3 жыл бұрын
So did Dave Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator as did many British acts of this era!!!
Where do you think Ian Anderson got his inspiration?
The great Roland Kirk.
A freak of nature. His widow, Betty, works at WBGO radio
Супер!!! в 1977 году запал на него
One of a kind genius. Invented the singing into the flute technique too.
Awesome player played with bunky g some. Was super
And Ian killed it
my hat is off! I bow low. a musical genius.
@stuartdinkes8048
7 жыл бұрын
THERE WILL BE NO ONE LIKE HIM IN THIS LIFE TIME!! HE WAS LIKE COLTRANE&HENDRIX YOU WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN IN THIS LIFE.
Una forza della natura, diventata arte.
Grandissimo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still love iT!
Where are these musicians today?
I saw him at Ronnie Scotts in London 1972. The power went out due to a coal miners strike, and they set up candles on every table. Kirk said "We don't need no power to play our music" and he was guided to each table while soloed over the band.
Great!
un genio!!!!
Christ, this is excellent
Dam good