Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- MatchRahsaan Roland Kirk
- 65%Sam Rivers
- 63%Anthony Braxton
- 62%Albert Ayler
- 62%Eric Dolphy
- 62%Jackie McLean
- 59%Ornette Coleman
- 58%Archie Shepp
- 58%Charlie Mingus
- 54%Art Ensemble of Chicago
- 52%John Coltrane
Biography
7 August 1936, Columbus, Ohio, USA, d. 5 December 1977, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Originally named Ronald, Kirk changed it to Roland and added Rahsaan after a dream visitation by spirits who told him to. Blinded soon after his birth, Kirk became one of the most prodigious multi-instrumentalists to work in jazz, with a career that spanned R&B, bop and the New Thing jazz style. According to Joe Goldbergs sleeve notes for... Read more