RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975-2004) Atlantic Masters | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Perhaps I am an apologist for Rahsaan Roland Kirk, I don't know. If I am then I should be smacked, because he needed no one to make apologies for him. The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color is a case in point. The namby-pamby jazz critics, those "serious" guys who look for every note to be in order before they'll say anything positive, can shove it on this one. They panned the hell out of it in 1975, claiming it was "indulgent." Okay. Which Kirk record wasn't? Excess was always the name of the game for Kirk, but so was the groove, and here on this three-sided double LP, groove is at the heart of everything. Surrounding himself with players like Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Richard Tee, Hilton Ruiz (whose playing on "Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs" is so greasy, so deliciously dirty it's enthralling), Steve Gadd, and others from that soul-jazz scene, it's obvious what you're gonna get, right? Nope. From his imitations of Miles Davis and John Coltrane on "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" to his screaming, funky read on "High Heel Sneakers" to his Delta-to-New-Orleans version of "The Entertainer," Kirk is deep in the groove. But the groove he moves through is one that is so large, so universal, deep, and serene, that it transcends all notions of commercialism versus innovation. Bottom line, even with the charming tape-recorded ramblings of his between tunes, this was his concept and it works like a voodoo charm. Here's one for the revisionists: This record jams.
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Tracklist :
1    Conversation    0:57
2    Bye Bye Blackbird 2:37
Written-By – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
3    Horses (Monogram/Republic)    0:19
4    High Heel Sneakers 4:48
Written-By – Robert Higginbotham
5    Dream    0:52
6    Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs 6:52
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
7    The Entertainer (Done In The Style Of The Blues) 6:00
Written-By – Scott Joplin
8    Freaks For The Festival 4:00
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
9    Dream    1:31
10    Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies 6:22
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
11    Dream    0:59
12    The Entertainer 6:12
Written-By – Scott Joplin
13    Dream    1:05
14    Dream    0:24
15    Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies 7:53
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
16    Dream    0:50
17    Freaks For The Festival 5:34
Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
18    Horses    0:19
19    Bye Bye Blackbird 2:37
Written-By – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
20    Conversation    0:53
21    Telephone Conversation    12:40
Credits :
Arranged By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (pistas: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 to 14, 16, 18, 20, 21)
Arranged By, Conductor – Arthur Jenkins (pistas: 4, 10, 15), William Eaton (pistas: 7, 8, 17)
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Bass – Francisco Centeno, Metathias Pearson, Bill Salter
Congas – Lawrence Killian
Congas, Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Drums – John Goldsmith, Sonny Brown, Steve Gadd
Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Keith Loving
Keyboards – Arthur Jenkins, Hilton Ruiz, Richard Tee
Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Flute, Trumpet, Saxophone [Manzello], Arranged By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk