Volunteered Slavery
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Volunteered Slavery | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 5:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Spirits Up Above | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ma Cherie Amour | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Search for the Reason Why | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 2:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Say a Little Prayer | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 8:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Roland's Opening Remarks (Live At Newport Jazz Fesitval, 1968) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 0:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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One Ton (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, 1968) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 5:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ovation & Roland's Remarks (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, 1968) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 1:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Tribute to John Coltrane: Lush Life, Afro-Blue & Bessie's Blues | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 8:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Three for the Festival (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, 1968) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 5:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
iTunes Review
A mix of live recordings from 1968's Newport Jazz Festival and New York studio recordings made later that same month, Volunteered Slavery shows Rahsaan Roland Kirk being propelled by the energy of the late '60s toward a moment of ecstatic liberation. The title song epitomizes Kirk’s irrepressible personality. It starts as a funky vamp, while the band chants: “Volunteered slavery has got me on the run/Volunteered slavery has got me havin’ fun.” As the band picks up steam, Kirk hollers over it: “If you wanna know how it is to be free, you got to spend all day in bed with ME!” The song is testament to a musician who refused to believe in boundaries, whether physical, sexual, social, or musical. For perhaps the first time in his career, Kirk was working with a band that could match his swagger. As he says to the Newport audience in his introduction to “One Ton”: “It’s not gonna get any lighter.” This set returns Kirk to the meatiest, dirtiest roots of the blues, while advancing a philosophy of black liberation that (while analogous to his peers) belongs wholly to Kirk.
Customer Reviews
So much flows from this river of sound......
It was 1969. I was in high school. My best pal and I read the review of this album in ROLLING STONE and immediately knew we had to have it. Once purchased, our souls were filled with the power, warmth, and humor of The Man Who Would Be Rhassan. ONE TON will blow your mind.The way he translates the Stevie Wonder classic MA CHERIE AMOUR is liberating. And he turns a Burt Bacharach song into a freakin' STOMP! Words seem inadequate to describe the joy of this record, so stop reading mine and experience it for yourself...."take it outta my time."
Rahasaan Roland Kirk
This is my all time favorite album
My Favorite
The one I like best.
Biography
Born: August 7, 1936 in Columbus, OH
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s
Top Albums and Songs By Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Volunteered Slavery | Volunteered Slavery | 5:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 6:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Say a Little Prayer | Volunteered Slavery | 8:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Theme for the Eulipions | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 9:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Georgia Brown | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'll Be Seeing You | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 6:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Loving You | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 4:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Tribute to John Coltrane: Lush Life, Afro-Blue & Bessie's Blues | Volunteered Slavery | 8:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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There Will Never Be Another You | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 5:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Giant Steps | The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man | 6:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
