Bright Moments

Artist: Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 081227140922
EAN: 0081227140922
ASIN: B00000332I

Release Date: 1993-09-28

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Tracks:

Introduction
Pedal Up
You'll Never Get To Heaven
Clickety Clack
Prelude To A Kiss
Talk (Electric Nose)
Fly Town Nose Blues

Tracks:

Talk (Bright Moments)
Bright Moments Song
Dem Red Beans And Rice
If I Loved You
Talk (Fats Waller)
Jitterbug Waltz
Second Line Jump

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Customer Reviews:

A Genius Punches In For Work, And You Are There.......2005-12-13

Roland Kirk in person was something you just don't forget. He seemed able to do anything, and capable of doing anything. Some of his on stage raps and antics got him thrown out of clubs - flagged for life. "Volunteered Slavery" has some excellent live tracks, as does "Here Comes The Whistle Man", but Bright Moments does the best job of putting you inside the experience of a Rahsaan club date. It's a real musical journey and shows what a marvelous student of jazz he was. From the tasty tribute to Fats Waller, Jitterbug Waltz, to the NOLA visit, Dem Red Beans and Rice, Roland takes you traveling through space and time. The title track is an anthem delivered tenderly on flute, a loving dedication to the entire audience. (Kirk's flute playing ranked him #2 after Dolphy.) When he breaks out You'll Never Get To Heaven, and If I loved You, you can almost hear the club creaking on its foundations, he simply wears them out. Roland got his hat, no more live shows. But thanks to this CD, you can get pretty close.

One of my favorite records ever.......2005-06-18

Rahsaan Roland Kirk is one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting character in the history of American music. To top it off he was extremly talanted player. This recording is one of the few recordings I believe if one opens itself to, will take you out the doldrums no matter what tradegy has happened in this lifetime. Everything is essential here - the music, the crowd, the excellent sound, the rants, ect

What more needs to be said?.......2004-01-05

As Mr Kirk's musical/historical life has been well documented, I can only add a few things.

I first heard Rahsaan , listening outside a famous (and now defunkt) Chicago nightclub years years ago, and was one of many musical epifanies I have had the pleasure to experience thru the years.

I rank Rahsaan Roland Kirk as one in my pantheon of musical , almost other worldly inspirations.
(If curious, this includes Hermeto Pascoal, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Coltrane, Mingus, Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Astor Piazzola, Gil Evans, ..you see the foto unfold, no?

This recording, "ao vivo"(live) is a great chance for those who were not lucky enough to hear the mestre perform, in person or on filme.

This recording gives much time to Rahsaan's priceless onstage verbalisings, revealing even more of his soul and mind than the sounds of his various reeds/winds articulate!

Musically, with his "craque" grupo (longtime associates), there are so many highlights ;

"Pedal Up", a modal homanagem to Coltrane

A luscious "Jitterbug Waltz" , equal parts "tradition" and Kirk's "de-composition" of the Fats Waller classic

As always, Rahsaan mines the great popular musics of Bert Bacharach and burns "You Will Never Get to Heaven"

"Prelude to a Kiss", Rahsaanelligtonia
,and of course his classic "Bright Moments"(talk and "song"!)

First rate Rahsaan , and only 1000000000 stars of course!

I was there!.......2003-08-06

Rahsaan was always very talkative and funny. I first saw him at a small club in Berkeley around 1972. Between sets as he was being led to the front of the club by one of his musicians, I told him I was doing a review of his performance for the college newspaper. He just said, "no falsehoods!"
I got to see him this last time at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1974 and the crowd hung on to every note and every sentence. I remember Rahsaan being very funny especially with his nose flute and the way he'd make rumbling noises when he played the regular flute. And he was always making funny statements during songs such as--"try playing like this, Herbie Mann!" He was a joy to see and hear.

Well worth the wait.......2001-06-16

This is another one of those recordings that took awhile to turn up in CD, but it was worth the wait. There may be Rahsaan releases that are more significant as jazz works, but this one is full of great and varied tunes, great playing and great times. A good place to start with Rahsaan, and also an excellent example of a live album that really conveys the "feel" of the performance and atmosphere. As a musician and personality, the guy is huge (you don't see a lot of great nose flute players anymore). And a master interpreter. The cover of "You'll Never Get to Heaven" alone is worth the price of admission!!

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