Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse [2CD]

Format: 2CD 
Catalogue No.: HCD-2080
Barcode: 0617270122976
Release Date: 05 Dec 2025
Genre: Jazz

 ‘Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse’ is a never-before-released recording of the luminous multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded live at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on August 12 and 19, 1967 with pianist Rahn Burton, bassist Steve Novosel and drummer Jimmy Hopps.
 Released in cooperation with Kirk’s widow, Dorthaan Kirk of the Rahsaan Roland Kirk Estate, this infectious music was originally recorded by radio DJ Jim Wilke for KING-FM radio. 
 Transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab.
 Includes an extensive booklet with rare photographs from Jan Persson, Tom Copi, Rolf
Ambor and others, newly commissioned liner notes by authors John Kruth and May Cobb, and interviews and testimonials from saxophone icons James Carter and Chico Freeman, trombonist Steve Turre, Dorthaan Kirk, Adam Dorn - son of long-time Kirk producer and champion Joel Dorn, and others.

Tracklisting
CD1
The Jump Thing
Alfie
Mingus-Griff Song
Medley: Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye, I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), Sophisticated Lady, Satin Doll
Medley: Blues for C & T, Happy Days Are Here Again, Down By The Riverside

CD2
Ode To Billie Joe
Prelude To A Kiss
Funk Underneath
Lovellevelliloqui
Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
Making Love After Hours
I Should Care