Triple Threat (Roland Kirk album)

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Triple Threat
Triple Threat (album).jpg
Studio album by
Roland Kirk
ReleasedJuly 1957 (1957-07)[1]
RecordedNovember 9, 1956
GenreJazz
Length38:40
LabelKing
Roland Kirk chronology
Triple Threat
(1957) 		Introducing Roland Kirk
(1960)
Third Dimension Cover
Third Dimension Kirk.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]

Triple Threat is the debut album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk originally released on the King label in July 1957,[1] later re-released on the Bethlehem label as Third Dimension and on the Affinity label as Early Roots.[4] The original album received limited distribution and only became widely known after it was rereleased a few years prior to Kirk's death.[5] It features performances by Kirk with James Madison, Carl Pruitt and Henry Duncan.[4] The album features the first recorded examples of Kirk's trademark playing of multiple wind instruments at the same time as well as two tracks ("Stormy Weather" and "The Nearness of You") where he overdubbed manzello and tenor saxophone. Kirk would later state that the album "was about the third overdub record in black classical music".[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Roland Kirk except where noted.

  1. "Roland's Theme" - 2:51
  2. "Slow Groove" - 6:52
  3. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:38
  4. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:34
  5. "A La Carte" - 2:22
  6. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:40
  7. "Triple Threat" - 2:29
  • Recorded in New York City on November 9, 1956

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (20 July 1957). "July Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ AllMusic Review
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 869.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 6 August 2009
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kruth, J. (2000) Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Welcome Rain pg. 42
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