ubu roi: Bright Moments! Rahsaan live at the Village Vanguard (1974)

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Bright Moments! Rahsaan live at the Village Vanguard (1974)

This is my own fixed version of a show shared on dime in several versions. This here was an upgrade and it sounds very, very good, considering it's an audience tape from the 70s!

All I did was fix some marks, add some fades and some such, sound was left unchanged, except of course for the compression to MP3 @ 320 kbs. Links in comments, as usual.

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk and the Vibration Society
Village Vanguard, New York City (USA)
April 4, 1974

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, stritch, manzello, flute, clarinet, etc.
Kenny Rogers, baritone sax
Hilton Ruiz, piano
Henry "Pete" Pearson, bass
John Goldsmith, drums

CD1/58:33
1. Hackensack (Thelonious Monk) 12:43 [cuts in during opening theme]
2. A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) 10:38
3. Blow the Man Down (10:23)
4. If I Loved You (9:02)
5. Band Intros + Bright Moments Intro (1:43)
6. Bright Moments (6:29)
7. Flytown Nose Blues (6:03)
8. Satin Doll (1:32)

CD2/46:22
1. Miles' Mode (?) (8:10) [cuts in]
2. [blues tune] (10:21)
3. Clickity Clack (5:18)
4. Sophisticated Lady (4:15)
5. C-Jam Blues / Rockin' in Rhythm(?) (9:10)
6. Flytown Nose Blues (6:50)
7. Satin Doll (1:20)
8. Trane outro (0:58)

TT: 104:55
Sound: A- / Source: 1st gen. / EX aud

11 comments:

ubu said...: DL links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/94528041/Roland_Kirk_1974-04-04_NYC.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/94533230/Roland_Kirk_1974-04-04_NYC.part2.rar; March 08, 2008 4:24 PM
Anonymous said...: ubu-this looks great but having a little trouble downloading.are both links "part1"? much appreciated!

John V.; March 09, 2008 4:34 PM
ubu said...: The first link is part 1 (100MB, the second is part 2 (34MB) - to be honest, I don't see what could be a problem here. To piece it together, open part 1 in winrar (www.rarlab.com) and if you'll extract it, the whole thing will be there in one folder.; March 09, 2008 5:28 PM
John V said...: ubu-the problem has become obvious. i'm a mo-mo.it works fine for me now.thank you for sharing this and your patience.

John V.; March 09, 2008 9:06 PM
ubu said...: Glad to hear that, enjoy the music then!; March 09, 2008 11:22 PM
Anonymous said...: GREAT stuff, F. Thank you!
A blog admirer from Jerusalem...

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Barak; March 10, 2008 6:42 AM
ubu said...: Good to see you around here, Barak! Hope all's well!; March 10, 2008 7:17 PM
kevinffm said...: thanks ubu; April 17, 2008 9:18 AM
Hubert said...: First of all, a very warm thank you from France for sharing Kirk's tunes and more generally for your blog! But I'm wondering if those tunes were really recorded at the Village Vanguard or at the "Keystone Korner", San Francisco (same session than "Bright moments"). Do you have the answer ?; July 27, 2008 12:25 PM
ubu said...: Well, I don't know why you ask that question, hubert - my info says Village Vanguard, that's all I know, that's why it says Village Vanguard and not Keystone Korner...; July 27, 2008 1:55 PM
giveitaname said...: Thanks big!!!; October 01, 2008 3:22 AM

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Saturday, March 08, 2008

Bright Moments! Rahsaan live at the Village Vanguard (1974)

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