1965 studio album by Roland Kirk
I Talk with the Spirits is a 1965 album by American jazz musician Roland Kirk .[ 3] Kirk plays only flutes for this album, not the saxophone or other instruments he commonly used. It contains the first appearance of the song "Serenade to a Cuckoo", later covered by Jethro Tull .
Track listing
All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated
"Serenade to a Cuckoo" – 4:33
Medley: "We'll Be Together Again "/"People " (Carl Fisher , Frankie Laine )/(Bob Merrill , Jule Styne ) – 4:40
"A Quote from Clifford Brown" – 4:24
"Trees" (Joyce Kilmer , Oscar Rasbach ) – 6:20
"Fugue'n and Alludin'" – 0:44
"The Business Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" – 5:03
"I Talk with the Spirits" – 3:56
"Ruined Castles " (Rentarō Taki ) – 1:20
"Django " (John Lewis ) – 4:50
"My Ship " (Ira Gershwin , Kurt Weill ) – 5:00
Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, September 16–17, 1964
Personnel
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader WithStanley Turrentine With others
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One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims , 1974)
Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin , 1962)
Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981)
The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson , 1959)
Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge , 1991)
That's It! (Booker Ervin , 1961)
Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963)
The House That Love Built (Frank Foster , 1982)
Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon , 1961)
Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon , 1975)
Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton , 1961)
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)
Weary Blues (Langston Hughes , Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather , 1958)
Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk , 1964)
I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964)
Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965)
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus , 1957)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959)
Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959)
I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney , 1982)
Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983)
Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987)
Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)