Recorded January 13, 1965 Artist Roland Kirk Quartet Label Limelight Records | Length 35:05 Release date December 1965 Genre Jazz | |
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Released December 1965 (1965-12) Studio Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Rip, Rig and Panic
(1965) Here Comes the Whistleman
(1965) Similar Now Please Don't You, I Talk with the Spirits, The Inflated Tear, We Free Kings, Slightly Latin | ||
Rip rig and panic you re my kind of climate 12 inch mix
Rip, Rig and Panic is a 1965 jazz album by saxophonist Roland Kirk. It was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio by a quartet of Kirk, Jaki Byard (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums); they were described as "the most awesome rhythm section he ever recorded with". The set is made up primarily of original Kirk compositions.
Contents
- Rip rig and panic you re my kind of climate 12 inch mix
- Rip rig and panic do the tightrope 12 inch version
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The title of the album was explained by Kirk in the liner notes as follows: "Rip means Rip Van Winkle (or Rest in Peace?); it's the way people, even musicians are. They're asleep. Rig means like rigor mortis. That's where a lot of peoples mind are. When they hear me doing things they didn't think I could do they panic in their minds". Kirk made a lot of references to pioneers of jazz. "No Tonic Pres" is a reference to Lester Young; "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats" is a homage to Sidney Bechet, Don Byas, and Fats Waller; and "Once in a While" was inspired by Clifford Brown. Kirk also mentioned the work of Edgar Varèse, the compositions Poeme electronique and Ionisation, as inspiration for the album.
The LP's title later provided the name for 1980s English funk group Rip Rig + Panic (with Neneh Cherry).
Rip rig and panic do the tightrope 12 inch version
Reception
The album was well received by jazz critics. Richard Cook and Brian Morton rated the Emarcy edition of the album with the second highest grade in their Penguin Guide to Jazz; Allmusic awarded the album five stars.
Track listing
All compositions by Roland Kirk except where indicated.
- "No Tonic Pres" – 4:34
- "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 4:02
- "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats" – 6:31
- "Mystical Dream" – 2:39
- "Rip, Rig & Panic" – 7:00
- "Black Diamond" (Milt Sealey) – 5:23
- "Slippery, Hippery, Flippery" – 4:56
Personnel
Songs
1No Tonic PresElvin Jones4:33
2Once in a WhileElvin Jones - Rahsaan Roland Kirk4:01
3From Bechet - Byas and FatsElvin Jones6:31