biography
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Kirk, Rahsaan Roland
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originally Ronald T Kirk
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1936–77)
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| biography:
| Blind jazz musician and composer, born in Columbus, Ohio, USA, whose work combined elements of bebop and free jazz. He was a virtuoso performer on saxophones, flutes, and many other wind instruments, including the ‘manzello’ and the ‘stritch’, sometimes playing two or three at the same time; another novelty was ‘voice-over’, singing across the mouthpiece of his flute. He worked with the Charles Mingus Workshop in the early 1960s, and later led the band Vibration Society. |
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