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Title: Roland Kirk - We Free Kings

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Jazz, Post-Bop/Soul Jazz, Columbus, Ohio / New York, New York 5/26

Matrix #: MG-20679

Condition: VG, sounds good, lots of background noise, looks a little scuffed up CC | Members: Roland K (35' - 77')

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Kirk became blind as a child but built one of jazz’s most physical performance styles, often playing multiple horns at once through circular breathing and sheer force of technique.
2. Studio Lore We Free Kings helped establish his early reputation on Mercury, showing that his multi-reed approach was not a novelty act but a serious extension of blues, bop, and gospel language.
3. Scene Ecology Kirk later added “Rahsaan” to his name and became a bridge between hard-bop audiences, avant-garde jazz circles, and younger listeners drawn to his theatrical live presence.

5/26/2026 CC