The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Mercury label in November 1963 and contains performances by Kirk's Quartet and Benny Golson's Orchestra.[1][2][4]
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1963[1][2] | |||
Recorded | June 11–12, 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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Benny Golson chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Reception
The reviewer for Cash Box noted that their playing together "proves to be worthy and natural as the two come up with some first-rate jazz blendings."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.
- "Ecclusiastics" (Charles Mingus) - 4:27
- "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:20
- "Roland Speaks" (Roland Kirk, Benny Golson) - 3:04
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) - 5:13
- "Variations on a Theme by Hindemith" - 3:28
- "I've Got Your Number" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 5:55
- "Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step" - 3:41
- "April Morning" - 3:43
- "Get in the Basement" - 4:03
- "Abstract Improvisation" - 1:58
- Recorded in New York on June 11 (tracks 1-5) & June 12 (tracks 6-10), 1963
Personnel
- The Roland Kirk Quartet
- Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
- Harold Mabern - piano (tracks 1–9)
- Abdullah Rafik - bass (tracks 6–9)
- Sonny Brown - drums (tracks 6–9)
- The Benny Golson Orchestra (tracks 1–5)
- Benny Golson - conductor, arranger
- Richard Williams, Virgil Jones - trumpet
- Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh - trombone
- Don Butterfield - tuba
- Richard Davis - bass
- Albert Heath - drums
References
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