Domino (Rahsaan Roland Kirk album)

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Domino
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Studio album by
Roland Kirk
ReleasedNovember 1962 (1962-11) [1] [2] [3]
RecordedApril 18, September 6, 1962
Genre Jazz
Length50:31
Label Mercury, Verve (reissue)
Producer Jack Tracy
Roland Kirk chronology
We Free Kings
(1962)		Domino
(1962)		 Reeds & Deeds
(1963)

Domino is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roland Kirk, released on Mercury Records in November 1962. [1] [2] [3] It was reissued in 2000 on Verve with bonus tracks featuring sessions with Herbie Hancock. It includes Kirk's tribute to Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, "Where Monk and Mingus Live", in a medley with the former's "Let's Call This".

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer states: "The expanding musical universe of Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues its orbit on Domino. While always true to his exceptional talents, Kirk's previous efforts are somewhat derivative when compared to his later and more aggressive sound. On Domino, the genesis of his more assertive presence is thoroughly evident." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Domino" (Don Raye, Jacques Plante, Louis Ferrari) – 3:16
  2. "Meeting on Termini's Corner" (Roland Kirk) – 3:41
  3. "Time" (Richie Powell) – 3:13
  4. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) – 3:40
  5. "A Stritch in Time" (Kirk) – 5:06
  6. "3-in-1 Without the Oil (Kirk) – 2:35
  7. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) – 4:49
  8. "Rolando" (Kirk) – 3:47
  9. "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 4:26
  10. "E.D." (Kirk) – 2:36

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Where Monk and Mingus Live"/"Let's Call This" (Kirk)/(Thelonious Monk) – 4:12
  2. "Domino" [alternate version] – 4:07
  3. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:15
  4. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" – 2:18
  5. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" – 2:21
  6. "Someone to Watch Over Me" [breakdown take] (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
  7. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:38
  8. "Termini's Corner" (Kirk) – 2:35
  9. "Termini's Corner" [breakdown take] – 2:28
  10. "Termini's Corner" – 2:45
  11. "Termini's Corner" – 4:10
  12. "When the Sun Comes Out" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:48
  13. "When the Sun Comes Out" – 2:05
  14. "When the Sun Comes Out" – 2:44
  15. "Time Races With Emit" [erroneously issued as "Ad Lib"] (Kirk) – 0:22

Personnel

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  2. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Cash Box (November 3, 1962). "Mercury To Weekly LP Sked" (PDF). Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved May 2, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Billboard (November 17, 1962). "Domino". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved May 2, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 Planer L. AllMusic Review. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 827. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 403.
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