Roland Kirk

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bandleader composer human jazz musician multi-instrumentalist

Roland Kirk, better known as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist famed for his virtuosic ability to play multiple wind instruments simultaneously and his adventurous, avant-garde approach to improvisation.

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Label	Occurrences
Rahsaan Roland Kirk	5
Roland Kirk canonical	2

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1977 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rahsaan Roland Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct	Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack McDuff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaki Byard NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Ronald Theodore Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
causeOfDisability	infant illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1935-08-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1977-12-05 ⓘ
disability	blindness ⓘ
education	Ohio State School for the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	African American ⓘ
genre	avant-garde jazz ⓘ hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ
influenced	Ian Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ modern jazz saxophonists ⓘ
influencedBy	Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument	clarinet ⓘ flute ⓘ harmonica ⓘ manzello NERFINISHED ⓘ nose flute ⓘ piccolo ⓘ stritch NERFINISHED ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ
movement	civil rights movement supporter ⓘ
notableFor	circular breathing technique ⓘ playing multiple wind instruments simultaneously ⓘ politically charged stage monologues ⓘ use of sirens and unconventional sound-makers in performance ⓘ
notableWork	album "Blacknuss" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Bright Moments" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "I Talk with the Spirits" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Rip, Rig and Panic" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "The Inflated Tear" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Volunteered Slavery" NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	clarinetist ⓘ composer ⓘ flutist ⓘ jazz saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Columbus, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bloomington, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Limelight Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ