Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Kirk, 1972
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahir	Ronald Theodore Kirk
Lahir	(1935-08-07)7 Agustus 1935 Columbus, Ohio, A.S
Meninggal	5 Desember 1977(1977-12-05) (umur 42) Bloomington, Indiana
Genre	Jazz, hard bop, soul jazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, mainstream jazz
Pekerjaan	Musisi, komposer, arranger, pemimpin band
Instrumen	Tenor saxophone, klarinet, stritch, manzello, nose flute, seruling, cor anglais, keyboards, perkusi
Tahun aktif	1955–1977
Label	King, Chess, Prestige, Mercury, Limelight, Verve, Atlantic, Warner Bros.
Artis terkait	Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (7 Agustus 1935 – 5 Desember 1977)^[1] adalah seorang pemusik jazz multi-instrumentalist yang memainkan saksofon tenor, seruling, dan banyak instrumen lainnya. Ia terkenal karena vitalitasnya di atas panggung, di mana improvisasi virtuoso diiringi oleh olok-olok komik, ocehan politik, dan kemampuan memainkan beberapa instrumen secara bersamaan.

Referensi

1. Kernfeld, Barry. "Kirk, Roland." The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. Ed. Barry Kernfeld. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved on 2009-02-01. "The year of his birth has been widely given as 1936, but his birth certificate gives 1935 and confirms Ronald, not Roland."

Pranala luar

• Diskografi Rahsaan Roland Kirk di Discogs
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography at Jazz Discography Project
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Cases of the Three Sided Dream, a documentary by Adam Kahan
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk Sound??, film of Kirk with John Cage at UbuWeb
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk and The Vibration Society performing live (October 1972), video, thirteen.org
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk quintet. Diarsipkan 2009-02-03 di Wayback Machine. Three for Festival and Volunteered Slavery, live performance (1975), video, jazzonthetube.com