Roland Kirk‘s ‘Volunteered Slavery’ is an album recorded on July 7, 1968 at Newport Jazz Festival, and on July 22 & 23, 1969 in studio and released in 1969 by Atlantic.
1 . Volunteered Slavery
2 . Say A Little Prayer
3 . Three For Festival / Volunteered Slavery (Bologna, 1973)
Track listing : 1.Volunteered Slavery (Roland Kirk) – 05:43 . 2.Spirits Up Above (Roland Kirk) – 03:37 . 3.My Cherie Amour (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 03:20 . 4.Search for the Reason Why (Roland Kirk) – 02:07 . 5.I Say a Little Prayer (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 07:59 . 6.Roland’s Opening Remarks (Roland Kirk) – 0:41 . 7.One Ton (Roland Kirk) – 05:02 . 8.Ovation and Roland’s Remarks (Roland Kirk) – 01:42 . 9.A Tribute to John Coltrane: Lush Life/Afro-Blue/Bessie’s Blues (Billy Strayhorn/Mongo Santamaría/John Coltrane) (Roland Kirk) – 08:14 . 10.Three for the Festival (Roland Kirk) – 04:23 .
Musicians : Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, nose flute, whistle, voice, Stylophone . Charles McGhee – trumpet on (1 – 5) . Dick Griffith – trombone on (1 – 5) . Ron Burton – piano . Vernon Martin – bass . Charles Crosby – drums on (1) . Sonny Brown – drums on (2 – 5) . Jimmy Hopps – drums on (6 – 10) . Joe Habad Texidor – tambourine . The Roland Kirk Spirit Choir – Vocals (Background) on (1 – 5) .
Production Produced by Joel Dorn . William Arlt – Remixing . Riece Hamel – Engineer . Bob Liftin – Engineer .
Packaging : Haig Adishian – Cover Design . Ray Ross – Cover Photo, Photography . Raymond Ross – Photography . Eddie Williams – Liner Notes .
Recorded July 7, 1968 at 1968 Newport Jazz Festival, July 22 & 23 1969 in studio.
Released in 1969 by Atlantic.
(Source Roland Kirk – Volunteered Slavery | Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Legendary Jazz Saxophonist)
