Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Day 94
#60 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935–1977), born Ronald Theodore Kirk. Became blind at an early age. American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments and able to play several instruments simultaneously. Albums include: We Free Kings (1961), Rip, Rig & Panic (1965) and The Inflated Tear (1967).
Multi-instrumentalist. Multi-coloured. Overlaying the sax image in different colours aimed to express playing the different instruments simultaneously.
0.5 hour
Listen…
to excerpt from ‘Rip Rig and Panic’