Circular breathing! I had the privilege of seeing him perform twice in my lifetime, which I will never forget. Once at the Shrine Auditorium, when I was a teenager for $6.00, and at Concert by the Sea, shortly before he transcended. His spirit and energy didn't die. Roland Kirk Works! Oh, they had a metal chair on stage in L.A. He tried tearing it up, too. Not much success, so he went off on the gong he had next to him up on the stage.
""Seeking....seeking...I'm seeking," he said out loud. I remember that.
iv'e never seen a musician play 3 saxes at the same time , use a sea clam as a horn , break a chair (for sound) play percussion (smash the shit out of a gong and circular breathe the hole time = Rahsaan Roland Kirk
You see why I love him and why I believe that he's the greatest performer there every has been oh wow what a performance he's true to it as long as I live I will never forget ROLAND KIRK
"What's the use of frequenting Plato, when a saxophone can just as well offer a glimpse of another world?", Emil Michel Cioran said.
This music really turns me on…
Hey, Captain Kirk, we’re entering hyperspace !
Hold on tight, its gonna be a bumpy ride. This is the clip where he blows all his horns and gizmos sounding like a convoy of runaway trains hurtling faster and faster down a mountain as if he's yelling "get the hell out of my way" until everything comes crashing down in a pile of noise as he blows a conch shell before smashing a chair into smithereens.
Was lucky to see him several time in SF and will never forget him leading everyone out of the Both/And nightclub and strolling up and down foggy Divisadero St. like the Pied Piper of Wild and Crazy, assisted by his seeing-eye Dude Joe Texidor.