so ya haven't posted in a long ass time but, I've been busy, doing stuff ya know. Riding bikes, collecting pine cones with the Sugar Pine Foundation, sleeping on the ground, drinkin whiskey and supping on miso soup and rice.
Roland Kirk, Rashaan Roland Kirk, man didn't get lot of love from the critics when he was with us, called him sideshow and worst. Players knew, Coltrane was a fan, he was one of very few folks who got free reign when working with Mingus, along with Eric Dolphy pretty good company I would say. People seem to get what he was trying these days due to the hard work of Joel Dorn, who worked with him when he was with us, and dumbasses like me who made it my business to spread the word. I first heard Roland while in high school from the herbal dealing jazz flautist who lived above my dentist's office. My friends had no use for the music but something clicked with me. The flute guy would put on "I talk with the Spirits" and go on about the percussive work of Ro's flute playing and somehow I thought yeah you're right. So really check his stuff out especially from his Black Classical Music, right before his stroke, which incidently didn't really stop the man, He could play two horns at once before so this guy could still play with one hand and play he did, so get on the Rashaan train and Prepare to meet a Miracle. till next time we'll keep the light on for you
