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* LongTitle: Not uncommon for Kirk's song/albums.
** On the album ''Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata'', he has a song titled ''The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried''.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played (including, but not limited to)... the tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, nose flute, cor anglais, keyboards, and percussion, among other things. He was a virtuosic improviser whose outspoken, unpredictable, and often comic onstage presence was seen by some as a gimmick. Oh, and did we mention that [[BlindMusician he's blind?]]

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played (including, but not limited to)... the tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, nose flute, cor anglais, keyboards, and percussion, among other things.things, often playing multiple instruments at the same time. He was a virtuosic improviser whose outspoken, unpredictable, and often comic onstage presence was seen by some as a gimmick. Oh, and did we mention that [[BlindMusician he's blind?]]
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* NewSoundAlbum: Kirk's sound over his career varied, moving from bebop, to swing, to soul jazz, to hard bop, to free jazz, and back again.

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* NewSoundAlbum: Kirk's sound over his career varied, moving from bebop, to swing, to soul jazz, to hard bop, to free jazz, and back again.again.
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->''I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.''
-->--Rahsaan Roland Kirk



* ConceptAlbum: Kirk's 1975 album ''The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color'' is a concept album in which he talks to the voices that he hears in his dreams, at one point discussing the growing trend of computers in society, through a chorus of several different overlapping recordings of Kirk's voice.
* ElectronicMusic: Kirk incorporated elements of ''musique concrète'' in his albums, especially ''The 3 Sided Dream'', where environmental tape loops, recordings of other artists, and backwards tapes can be heard.



* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Kirk is no stranger to this idea.
** One of Kirk's instruments was one he dubbed the ''black mystery pipes'', which was really just a section of a garden hose that he managed to play.
** Whistles, alarm clocks, and sirens were not uncommon during concerts.



** On the album ''Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata'', Kirk has a song titled ''The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried''.

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** On the album ''Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata'', Kirk he has a song titled ''The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried''.



* NewSoundAlbum: Kirk's sound over his career varied, moving from bebop, to swing, to soul jazz, to hard bop, to free jazz, and back again.
* RetroactiveRecognition: You may have heard the sound of Kirk's flute playing before in the theme from Film/AustinPowers, which was recorded during a short stint that Kirk did with ''Quincy Jones''.

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* NewSoundAlbum: Kirk's sound over his career varied, moving from bebop, to swing, to soul jazz, to hard bop, to free jazz, and back again.
* RetroactiveRecognition: You may have heard the sound of Kirk's flute playing before in the theme from Film/AustinPowers, which was recorded during a short stint that Kirk did with ''Quincy Jones''.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played (including, but not limited to)... the tenor saxophone, clarinet, stritch, manzello, nose flute, flute, cor anglais, keyboards, and percussion, among other things. He was a virtuosic improviser whose outspoken, unpredictable, and often comic onstage presence was seen by some as a gimmick. Oh, and did I mention that [[BlindMusician he's blind?]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Rahsaan Roland Kirk holding his tenor saxophone, stritch, & manzello, while playing a conch shell.]]

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played (including, but not limited to)... the tenor saxophone, clarinet, stritch, manzello, nose flute, nose flute, cor anglais, keyboards, and percussion, among other things. He was a virtuosic improviser whose outspoken, unpredictable, and often comic onstage presence was seen by some as a gimmick. Oh, and did I we mention that [[BlindMusician he's blind?]]



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* MeaningfulRename: Kirk was born "Ronald Theodore Kirk", but he soon changed his first name to "Roland" after being driven by a dream that he had. Later, he added "Rahsaan" to his name after hearing it in ''another'' dream.

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LongTitle: Not uncommon for Kirk's song/albums.
** On the album ''Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata'', Kirk has a song titled ''The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried''.
* MeaningfulRename: Kirk was born "Ronald Theodore Kirk", but he soon changed his first name to "Roland" after being driven by a dream that he had. Later, he added "Rahsaan" to his name after hearing it in ''another'' dream.dream.
* NewSoundAlbum: Kirk's sound over his career varied, moving from bebop, to swing, to soul jazz, to hard bop, to free jazz, and back again.
* RetroactiveRecognition: You may have heard the sound of Kirk's flute playing before in the theme from Film/AustinPowers, which was recorded during a short stint that Kirk did with ''Quincy Jones''.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played (including, but not limited to)... the tenor saxophone, clarinet, stritch, manzello, nose flute, flute, cor anglais, keyboards, and percussion, among other things. He was a virtuosic improviser whose outspoken, unpredictable, and often comic onstage presence was seen by some as a gimmick. Oh, and did I mention that [[BlindMusician he's blind?]]

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* EpicRocking: Kirk's circular breathing ability allowed him to play saxophone without stopping to take a breath for extended periods of time.
** On the song "Saxophone Concerto" from his album ''Prepare Thyselves To Deal With A Miracle'', Kirk plays non-stop for over 20 minutes.
* LongTitle:
* MeaningfulRename: Kirk was born "Ronald Theodore Kirk", but he soon changed his first name to "Roland" after being driven by a dream that he had. Later, he added "Rahsaan" to his name after hearing it in ''another'' dream.

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