Roland Kirk: The Inflated Tear (1967) 1998
Track list:
01. The Black and Crazy Blues
02. A Laugh for Rory
03. Many Blessings
04. Fingers in the Wind
05. The Inflated Tear
06. The Creole Love Call
07. A Handful of Fives
08. Fly by Night
09. Lovellevelliloqui
+bonus track (*not on original LP)
10. I’m Glad There Is You [*]
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – tenor sax, Manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexafone;
Ron Burton – piano;
Steve Novosel – bass;
Jimmy Hopps – drums;
Dick Griffith – trombone (#8)
Recorded: Webster Hall, New York City;
#1,5,6: November 27, 1967
#2-4,7-10: November 30, 1967
Released: June 14, 1968
Label: Atlantic
SC 1502
75207 [1998, CD, re-mastered, re-issue]
Producer: Joel Dorn
Recording Engineer: Paul Goodman
Original Liner Notes: ‘Casey’ Bailey
Original Cover Design: Stanislaw Zagorski
Re-mastered (1998) by: Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
Re-issue (1998) Liner Notes: Joel Dorn
