Volunteered Slavery
by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Type: Album
- Released: 1969
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 30:36
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Ron Burton, Vernon Martin, Jimmy Hopps
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A dynamic album that captures the full, electrifying range of a Rahsaan Roland Kirk performance, split between live tracks from the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival and studio recordings. The live tracks are joyous, gospel-infused anthems that showcase Kirk's charismatic and high-energy style, often inviting audience participation. It's a key document of the soulful, ecstatic, and communal side of 60s jazz.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, ensemble, soulful, powerful
Tracklist
- Volunteered Slavery (5:43)
- Spirits Up Above (3:38)
- My Cherie Amour (3:21)
- Search for the Reason Why (2:58)
- I Say a Little Prayer (7:59)
- Roland's Opening Remarks (0:15)
- One Ton (5:00)
- Ovation and Roland's Remarks (1:42)
Credits
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk - primary artist, tenor saxophone, flute, nose flute, gong, whistle, horns [stritch, manzello], vocals, written-by
- Roland Kirk Spirit Choir - backing vocals
- Vernon Martin - bass
- Haig Adishian - design [cover]
- Charles Crosby - drums
- Jimmy Hopps - drums
- Sonny Brown - drums
- William Arlt - engineer [remix]
- George Piros - lacquer cut by
- Ed Williams - liner notes
- Raymond Ross - photography by [cover]
- Ron Burton - piano
- Joel Dorn - producer
- Bob Liftin - recorded by
- Reice Hamel - recorded by
- Dick Griffin - trombone
- Charles McGhee - trumpet
- Henry Cosby - written-by
- Stevie Wonder - written-by
- Sylvia Moy - written-by
- Bacharach And David - written-by