Roland Kirk – The Early Years (Bethlehem)

click here to download the album in 320 kbps mp3 format

Here’s Roland at the ripe young age of 20, in a NYC session for the Bethlehem label on 9 November 1956. The 320 kbps mp3 files were converted from FLAC files (part-1 | part-2) that I grabbed from the If You Had Two Coats blog.

Personnel:

Roland Kirk (tenor sax)
James Madison (piano)
Carl Pruitt (bass)
Henry Duncan (drums)

Track Listing:

1) Roland’s Theme
2) Slow Groove
3) Stormy Weather
4) Nearness of You
5) La Carte
6) Easy Living
7) Triple Threat

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I am the creator and site administrator at The Basement Rug. I have been collecting LP's and CD's for more than 30 years. I post themed compilations and out-of-print and otherwise hard to find albums.