Bright Moments (Rahsaan Roland Kirk album)
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| Bright Moments | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | June 8–9, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
Bright Moments is a live album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, recorded at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, in June 1973 and released in 1974.[4][5] It contains performances by Kirk with Ron Burton, Todd Barkan, Henry Mattathias Pearson, Robert Shy and Joe "Habao" Texidor.
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk's live club gigs were usually engaging, freewheeling affairs, full of good humor and a fantastically wide range of music. The double album Bright Moments (reissued as a double CD) is a near-definitive document of the Kirk live experience, and his greatest album of the '70s. The extroverted Kirk was in his element in front of an audience, always chatting, explaining his concepts, and recounting bits of jazz history. Even if some of his long, jive-talking intros can sound a little dated today, it's clear in the outcome of the music that Kirk fed voraciously off the energy of the room... Bright Moments empties all the major items out of Kirk's bag of tricks, providing a neat microcosm of his talents and displaying a consummate and knowledgeable showman. In short, it's nothing less than a tour de force."[1]
Neil Tesser gave the album 4.5 stars in his DownBeat review.[3] He writes that Kirk, "grips an audience via the sincerity and exuberance of his sayings and playings. The bright moments shine often . . . Rahsaan’s a modern master with awesome technique, and he is so versatile that the word cannot fully apply to anyone else . . . Rahsaan’s musical fanaticism and sheer joy draw you into the world seen only by his inner eye, and when you leave, you're exhausted but fulfilled. He’s taken you on the trip he promised—and them some".[3]
