Recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York, New York in 1969 and The Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island on July 7, 1968. Originally released on Atlantic (1534).
One of Roland Kirk's very best albums, 1969's VOLUNTEERED SLAVERY is a half-studio, half-live smorgasbord that comes closer than possibly any of his dozens of other releases to capturing all of his many musical sides. Opening with the classic call-and-response soul jazz title track, side one features two brilliant pop covers, Stevie Wonder's "Ma Cherie Amour" and a scorching reinterpretation of Bacharach-David's "I Say a Little Prayer," reworked into a eulogy for the recently slain Bobby Kennedy. Between those two comes the brief but stirring "Search for the Reason Why," a gospel-tinged hippiesque singalong that in lesser hands might sound drippy. Side two, recorded at 1968's Newport Jazz Festival, is built around the brilliant "Tribute to John Coltrane," a three-song medley that pays tribute without imitation, and the legendary "Three for the Festival," Kirk's wild yet controlled solo played simultaneously on three different reed instruments. This is a jazz classic.
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 3/7/70, p.48
"...[ROLAND KIRK] is one of the absolute best jazz musicians in the world, as good as the best on all the axes he plays....[he's] got an amazing sense of humor in everything he does..."
Roland Kirk - Saxophone [Tenor], Horns [Stritch, Manzello], Flute, Flute [Nose], Gong, Whistle, Vocals
Roland Kirk Spirit Choir - Vocals
Vernon Martin - Bass
Charles Crosby , Jimmy Hopps , Sonny Brown - Drums
Ron Burton - Piano
Dick Griffin - Trombone
Charles McGhee - Trumpet
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