Left & Right (album)


Left & Right is an album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, released on the Atlantic label in 1969. It contains performances by Kirk with Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Frank Wess, Rahn Burton, Vernon Martin and Roy Haynes, with Warren Smith, Richard Williams, Dick Griffin, Benny Powell, Pepper Adams, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Hopps, Daniel Jones and Gerald "Sonny" Brown featuring on an extended track with orchestration by Gil Fuller.

Critical reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "The title of this album, Left and Right, no doubt refers to the sides of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's brain, which were both heavily taxed in the composing, arranging, conducting, and playing of this recording... This is an extreme for Rahsaan — extremely brilliant and thoroughly accessible".

Track listing

  1. "Black Mystery Has Been Revealed" – 1:17
  2. "Expansions: Kirkquest/Kingus Mingus/Celestialness/A Dream of Beauty Reincarnated/Frisco Vibrations/Classical Jazzical/El Kirk" – 19:37
  3. "Lady's Blues" – 3:46
  4. "IX Love" – 3:40
  5. "Hot Cha" – 3:23
  6. "Quintessence" – 4:11
  7. "I Waited for You" – 2:54
  8. "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" – 3:55

Personnel