The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra

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Released 1964 Artist Rahsaan Roland Kirk Label Mercury Records		Recorded June 11 & 12 1963 Release date 1964 Genre Jazz

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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 1964 and features performances by Kirk's Quartet and Benny Golson's Orchestra.

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