Reeds & Deeds

Reeds & Deeds
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	1963
Recorded	February 25 & 26, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Roland Kirk chronology
Domino (1962) Reeds and Deeds (1963) The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963)

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Reeds & Deeds is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Mercury label in 1963 and features performances by Kirk with Virgil Jones, Charles Greenlee, Harold Mabern, Abdullah Rafik, Walter Perkins, Tom McIntosh and Richard Davis with arrangements by Benny Golson.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Land of Peace" (Leonard Feather) - 5:52
2. "Lonesome August Child" - 4:33
3. "Limbo Boat" - 3:00
4. "Hay Ro" - 3:02
5. "Waltz of the Friends" - 4:40
6. "This Is Always" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:17
7. "Reeds and Deeds" - 5:18
8. "Song of the Countrymen" - 6:54

• Recorded in New York on February 25 (tracks 1-5) and February 26 (tracks 6-8), 1963

Personnel

• Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
• Virgil Jones: trumpet
• Charles Greenlee: trombone (tracks 1-5)
• Harold Mabern: piano
• Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 1-5)
• Walter Perkins: drums
• Tom McIntosh: trombone (tracks 6-8)
• Richard Davis: bass (tracks 6-8)
• Benny Golson: arranger (tracks 6-8)

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 8 August 2009