Album
Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata
1971 · Jazz
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata is a Jazz album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
In the hands of a different instrumentalist <i>Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata</i> might be called a collection of musical sketches, but there is far too much breadth and muscle in Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s playing for anything he does to ever qualify as a “sketch.” This collection of 13 short pieces offers a variety of styles and settings, although its theme is simplicity. The songs are short, and usually feature Kirk’s horn — or combination of horns — alone with a minimal rhythmic backing. At a time when many of Kirk’s jazz peers were embracing the seemingly limitless potential of synthesizer technology, Kirk proves that he could make just as many sounds utilizing only his arsenal of aerophones. The buzzing, multi-phonic lines of “Breath-A-Thon,” “Raped Voices” and “Island Cry” are at once surreal and deeply earthy. As a whole, the album is a brilliant example of Kirk’s ability to merge seemingly disparate ideas: ominousness and amusement; urban and rural; the strikingly modern and the ancient. In some ways <i>Natural Black</i> is Kirk’s most avant-garde album, but it is also one of his most fun.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said3:05
- A2Island Cry3:52
- A3Runnin' From The Trash2:12
- A4Day Dream3:40
- A5The Ragman And The Junkman Ran From The Businessman They Laughed And He Cried3:02
- A6Breath-A-Tron1:55
Side B
- B1Rahsaanica3:40
- B2Raped Voices1:54
- B3Haunted Feelings2:25
- B4Prelude Back Home3:44
- B5Dance Of The Lobes2:05
- B6Harder & Harder Spiritual2:32
- B7Black Root3:17
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- raw
- intense
- spiritual
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Joe TexidorWASHBOARD, TRIANGLE, PERCUSSION , TAMBOURINE WASHBOARD, TRIANGLE, TAMBOURINE WASHBOARD, TRIANGLE, TAMBOURINE, PERCUSSION
- Maurice McKinleyCONGAS
- Roland KirkCLARINET, FLUTE, PIPE, HARMONIUM, PICCOLO FLUTE, BASS DRUM, CYMBAL, BELLS, TIMPANI, GONG, TENOR SAXOPHONE, LINER NOTES HARMONIUM, PICCOLO FLUTE, BASS DRUM, BELLS, TIMPANI, GONG, TENOR SAXOPHONE, LINER NOTES, SAXOPHONE , SAXOPHONE , CLARINET , CLARINET , FLUTE, FLUTE , PIPE , PERCUSSION , CYMBAL , MUSICAL BOX , BODY PERCUSSION TENOR SAXOPHONE , SAXOPHONE , CLARINET , FLUTE, FLUTE , PIPE , HARMONIUM, PICCOLO FLUTE , BASS DRUM, PERCUSSION , CYMBAL , BELLS, MUSICAL BOX , BODY PERCUSSION , TIMPANI , GONG, SOUNDS
- Sonelius SmithPIANO
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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