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Reeds & Deeds
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	June 1963 (1963-06)
Recorded	February 25 & 26, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Roland Kirk chronology
Domino (1962) Reeds & Deeds (1963) The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963)

Reeds & Deeds is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was released through Mercury Records in June 1963. It includes performances by Kirk with Virgil Jones, Charles Greenlee, Harold Mabern, Abdullah Rafik, Walter Perkins, Tom McIntosh and Richard Davis, with arrangements by Benny Golson.

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Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Land of Peace" (Leonard Feather) - 5:52
2. "Lonesome August Child" - 4:33
3. "Limbo Boat" - 3:00
4. "Hay Ro" - 3:02
5. "Waltz of the Friends" - 4:40
6. "This Is Always" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:17
7. "Reeds and Deeds" - 5:18
8. "Song of the Countrymen" - 6:54

• Recorded in New York on February 25 (tracks 1–5) and February 26 (tracks 6–8), 1963

Personnel

• Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
• Virgil Jones: trumpet
• Charles Greenlee: trombone (tracks 1–5)
• Harold Mabern: piano
• Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 1–5)
• Walter Perkins: drums
• Tom McIntosh: trombone (tracks 6–8)
• Richard Davis: bass (tracks 6–8)
• Benny Golson: arranger (tracks 6–8)

References

1. Ostrow, Marty; Howard, Ira, eds. (June 15, 1963). "Mercury's 20 New LPs Keyed to Summer Listening" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 7.
2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography accessed 8 August 2009
3. AllMusic Review
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 869.

• 1963 albums
• Mercury Records albums
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums