Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real is the final album recorded by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk featuring performances by Kirk with string section and orchestra.[3] It was recorded following a stroke which left him partially paralysed.[4]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "The final album Rahsaan Roland Kirk ever recorded remains one of his finest. Post-stroke, Kirk struggled with his conception of the music he was trying to make. Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real is the payoff... The all-inclusive vision Kirk has of a music embraces all emotions and attitudes and leaves no one outside the door. This is Kirk's Black Classical Music, and it is fully realized on this final track and album".[5]
Track listing
Personnel
- Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, harmonica, electric kalimba, clarinet, flute, vocals
- Steve Turre: trombone (tracks (1, 4, 7 & 8)
- Hilton Ruiz: keyboards (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
- Phil Bowler: bass (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 8)
- Sonny Brown: drums (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 8)
- Percy Heath: cello (tracks 4 & 8)
- Sammy Price: piano (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
- Tiny Grimes: guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6)
- Arvell Shaw: bass (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6)
- Gifford McDonald: drums (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6)
- William S. Fischer: arranger, electric piano (track 1)
- Eddie Preston: trumpet (track 1)
- Jimmy Buffington: french horn (track 1)
- Harold Kohon, Sanford Allen, Kathryn Kienke, Regis Iandiorio, Tony Posk, Yoko Matsuo, Doreen Callender: violin (track 1)
- Selwart Clarke, Linda Lawrence, Julien Barber: viola (track 1)
- Eugene Moye, Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles Fambrough: cello (track 1)
References