Released 1965 Release date 1965 | Recorded March 14, 1965 | |
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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.- "Roots" - 4:09
- "Here Comes the Whistleman" - 4:53
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) - 4:48
- "Making Love After Hours" - 4:20
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:54
- "Aluminum Baby" (Jaki Byard) - 4:41
- "Step Right Up" - 4:41
Personnel
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(Text) CC BY-SA