Rebroadcast July 27, 2020.
Saxophonist Eric Person and I have been listening to music together for over 3 decades. We both love a musician who is The Total Package.
– You need to know the entire history of the music inside and out;
– You have to write, play and lead a band at the highest level;
– You gotta have chops on your instrument that make the other cats’ heads spin;
– You need to be able to entertain a crowd, whether they came to hear some smokin’ jazz or just canoodle in the back row.
If you can do one or two of those things really well, you’re a total monster. But how many can do ALL of them as well as anyone? We can debate it all night but when day breaks, it’s still going to be a pretty short list. One name that’s going to be near the top: Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Eric Person joined me at WKCR for a Deep Focus on Rahsaan in January of 2011. Once again, the WKCR archives did not fail. Treasures abound!
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