'Rahsaan Roland Kirk's live club gigs were usually engaging, freewheeling affairs, full of good humor and a fantastically wide range of music. The double album Bright Moments (reissued as a double CD) is a near-definitive document of the Kirk live experience, and his greatest album of the '70s. The extroverted Kirk was in his element in front of an audience, always chatting, explaining his concepts, and recounting bits of jazz history. Even if some of his long, jive-talking intros can sound a little dated today, it's clear in the outcome of the music that Kirk fed voraciously off the energy of the room. Most of the tracks are long (seven minutes or more), demonstrating Kirk's wealth of soloing ideas in a variety of styles (and, naturally, on a variety of instruments). 'Pedal Up' is a jaw-dropping demonstration of Kirk's never-duplicated three-horns-at-once technique, including plenty of unaccompanied passages that simply sound impossible.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments - Amazon.com Music. Thank you, Rahsaan wherever you are for all the bright moments! Published 8 months ago. Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977). And other jazz musicians. The live album Bright Moments (1973) is an example of one of his shows.

Global Mapper V11.01-bean. There's more quintessential Kirk weirdness on 'Fly Town Nose Blues,' which heavily features an instrument called the nose flute, and the title track has a healthy dose of Kirk singing through his (traditional) flute. His repertoire is typically eclectic: Ellington's 'Prelude to a Kiss'; a groovy Bacharach pop tune in 'You'll Never Get to Heaven'; a lovely version of Fats Waller's 'Jitterbug Waltz'; and a stomping, exultant New Orleans-style original, 'Dem Red Beans and Rice.'

Perhaps the best, however, is an impassioned rendition of the ballad standard 'If I Loved You,' where Kirk's viscerally raw, honking tone hints in a roundabout way at the avant-garde without ever losing its melodic foundation. Bright Moments empties all the major items out of Kirk's bag of tricks, providing a neat microcosm of his talents and displaying a consummate and knowledgeable showman.

In short, it's nothing less than a tour de force.' ~ AMG Label: Atlantic Records Catalog#: SD 2-907 Released: 1973 Genre: Jazz Credits: Bass - Henry Pearson Drums - Robert Shy Engineer - Biff Davies, Ed Barton, Jack Crymes Flute, Saxophone [Tenor], Flute [Nose] - Rahsaan Roland Kirk* Percussion - Joe Habao Piano - Ron Burton Producer - Joel Dorn Synthesizer - Todd Barkan Notes: Recorded live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California. DISC 1: 1.Introduction 2.Pedal Up 3.You'll Never Get To Heaven 4.Clickety Clack 5.Prelude To A Kiss 6.Talk (Electric Nose) 7.Fly Town Nose Blues DISC 2: 1.Talk (Bright Moments) 2.Bright Moments Song 3.Dem Red Beans And Rice 4.If I Loved You 5.Talk (Fats Waller) 6.Jitterbug Waltz 7.Second Line Jump. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

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