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Here Comes the Whistleman

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Released
  
1965

Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)
  
Slightly Latin (1965)

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 14, 1965

Artist
  
Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

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Producers
  
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Joel Dorn

Similar
  
Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums, Jazz albums

Here Comes the Whistleman is a live album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk recorded in March 1965 at Atlantic Studios in New York. It was his first release on the Atlantic label and features performances by Kirk with Lonnie Liston Smith, Major Holley and Charles Crosby. 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".

Contents

Roland kirk step right up here comes the whistleman


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

  • Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet
  • Lonnie Liston Smith: piano
  • Jaki Byard: piano
  • Major Holley: bass
  • Charles Crosby: drums

    • Songs

    1Roots (Live in Atlantic Studios)5:49
    2Here Comes the Whistleman (Live in Atlantic Studios)4:05
    3I Wished on the Moon (Live in Atlantic Studios)5:54

    References

    Here Comes the Whistleman Wikipedia
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