The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra explained

The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Mercury label in November 1963 and contains performances by Kirk's Quartet and Benny Golson's Orchestra.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

The reviewer for Cash Box noted that their playing together "proves to be worthy and natural as the two come up with some first-rate jazz blendings."

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Ecclusiastics" (Charles Mingus) - 4:27
2. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:20
3. "Roland Speaks" (Roland Kirk, Benny Golson) - 3:04
4. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) - 5:13
5. "Variations on a Theme by Hindemith" - 3:28
6. "I've Got Your Number" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 5:55
7. "Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step" - 3:41
8. "April Morning" - 3:43
9. "Get in the Basement" - 4:03
10. "Abstract Improvisation" - 1:58

• Recorded in New York on June 11 (tracks 1–5) & June 12 (tracks 6–10), 1963

Personnel

The Roland Kirk Quartet

• Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
• Harold Mabern - piano (tracks 1–9)
• Abdullah Rafik - bass (tracks 6–9)
• Sonny Brown - drums (tracks 6–9)

The Benny Golson Orchestra (tracks 1–5)

• Benny Golson - conductor, arranger
• Richard Williams, Virgil Jones - trumpet
• Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh - trombone
• Don Butterfield - tuba
• Richard Davis - bass
• Albert Heath - drums

Notes and References

1. News: Mercury Records . New from Mercury Records . 2 September 2019 . Billboard . The Billboard Publishing Co. . 23 November 1963.
2. News: Editorial Staff . Cash Box . The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orch. . 10 September 2019 . The Cash Box . The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY . 30 November 1963.
3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/roland-kirk/catalog/#mercury-mg-20844 Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography