Released 1961 Kirk's Work
(1961) We Free Kings
(1961) Release date 1961 Label Prestige Records | Length 33:02 Artist Rahsaan Roland Kirk Producer Esmond Edwards Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded Van Gelder Studio, July 11, 1961 Similar Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums, Jazz albums | ||
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Kirk's Work (also reissued as Funk Underneath) is an album by Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff. Prestige Records released the album in 1961, with Original Jazz Classics and Concord Music Group issuing subsequent re-releases.
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- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Rudy Van Gelder engineered the recording on July 11, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Esmond Edwards supervised the session. Van Gelder remastered the recording for the Concord 2007 re-release.
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Critical reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes Kirk's Work as "a largely forgotten Kirk album, but one which generally deserves the classic reissue billing." Ron Wynn has described the album as "a fine reissue of Kirk in a soul-jazz and mainstream vein." Allmusic notes a "swinging R&B vibe pervasive throughout the album," judging that "while certainly not the best in his catalog, it is a touchstone album that captures the early soulful Rahsaan Roland Kirk."
Track listing
All music composed by Roland Kirk, except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1Three for DizzyJack McDuff5:11
2Makin' WhoopeeJack McDuff5:07
3Funk UnderneathJack McDuff6:15