Roland Kirk

• DIGIPACK EDITON

• LIMITED MINI LP REPLICA JAPANESE EDITION WITH OBI

The young Roland Kirk at the height of his powers – recording here on the UK scene, long before he added the Rahsaan to his name – and heading up a very cool combo with the legendary Stan Tracey on piano!

Stan's presence here is wonderful – as Tracey was in many ways the Thelonious Monk or Herbie Nichols of the London scene – a modernist piano genius whose accompaniment of Roland here is akin to the work of Jaki Byard on some of Kirk's other albums – as the pair move deftly and wonderfully with the mix of imagination and wit that both of them brought to their music!

Rhythm accompaniment is wonderful too – deft drums from Ronnie Stephenson and bass from Malcolm Cecil. Kirk blows tenor, stritch, and manzello – sometimes all three at once – and titles include the long tracks "Angelica", "Days Of Wine & Roses", "Close Your Eyes", and "Three For The Festival".

PERSONNEL:

• Ronald Kirk (tenor sax, flute, stritch, mancello)
• Stan Tracey - (piano)
• Malcolm Cecil - (double bass)
• Ronnie Stephenson - (drums)

Recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, October 15, 1963

TRACKS:

• 01. Close Your Eyes
• 02. Days of Wine and Roses
• 03. Angelica
• 04. Three For the Festival