Kirk's Work
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | July 11, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:02 | |||
| Label | Prestige | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards (supervision) | |||
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Kirk's Work (also reissued as Funk Underneath) is an album by Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff. Prestige Records released the album in 1961, with Original Jazz Classics[1] and Concord Music Group issuing subsequent re-releases.
Rudy Van Gelder engineered the recording on July 11, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Esmond Edwards supervised the session. Van Gelder remastered the recording for the Concord 2007 re-release.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |   [2] |
R&B vibe pervasive throughout the album," judging that "while certainly not the best in his catalog, it is a touchstone album that captures the early soulful Rahsaan Roland Kirk."[5]
Track listing
All music is composed by Roland Kirk, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Three for Skater's Waltz" | Charles Emile Waldteufel (arr. Kirk) | 4:23 |
Personnel
- Roland Kirk – siren
- Jack McDuff – Hammond organ
- Joe Benjamin – bass
- Arthur Taylor – drums
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ISBN 0-87930-308-5
- AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
