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Here Comes the Whistleman
Live album by
Roland Kirk
Released1967
RecordedMarch 14, 1965
GenreJazz
LabelAtlantic
ProducerRoland Kirk, Joel Dorn
Roland Kirk chronology
Rip, Rig and Panic
(1965) 		Here Comes the Whistleman
(1967) 		Slightly Latin
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Here Comes the Whistleman is a live album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk recorded in March 1965 at Atlantic Studios in New York, and released in 1967. It was his first release on the Atlantic label and features performances by Kirk with pianists Lonnie Liston Smith and Jaki Byard, bassist Major Holley and drummer Charles Crosby.[2] The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states " His band for the occasion is stellar... This is the hard jump blues and deep R&B Roland Kirk band".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.
  1. "Roots" - 4:09
  2. "Here Comes the Whistleman" - 4:53
  3. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) - 4:48
  4. "Making Love After Hours" - 4:20
  5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:54
  6. "Aluminum Baby" (Jaki Byard) - 4:41
  7. "Step Right Up" - 4:41
  • Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NY on March 14, 1965
  • A recent version of the album has longer tracks. There's on-stage chatter etc.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 11 August 2009
  2. ^ Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 11 August 2009
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