KIRK,ROLAND
WE FREE KINGS (VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES) - LP

UPC: 602475813002
Label: VERVE
Format: LP
Release Date: June 13, 2025
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Known as a then-young Kirk's more consistent works, 1962's We Free Kings is a solid balance of bop with complimenting soul, backed by two different rhythm sections - one including Hank Jones (piano) & Wendell Marshall (bass) and the other with Richard Wyands (piano) & Art Davis (bass) while Charlie Persip (drums) maintains throughout. The repertoire is primarily a showcase of Kirk's skill is a composer, though his take on Bird's "Blues for Alice" is not to be missed.

Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

TRACK LIST:

Side One:

1. Three for the Festival
2. Moon Song
3. A Sack Full of Soul
4. The Haunted Melody
5. Blues for Alice

Side Two:

1. We Free Kings
2. You Did It, You Did It
3. Some Kind of Love
4. My Delight