I Talk with the Spirits explained

I Talk with the Spirits
Type:	Album
Artist:	Roland Kirk
Cover:	I Talk with the Spirits.jpg
Recorded:	September 16–17, 1964
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:40
Label:	Limelight
Producer:	Bobby Scott
Prev Title:	Gifts & Messages
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Rip, Rig and Panic
Next Year:	1965

I Talk with the Spirits is a 1965 album by American jazz musician Roland Kirk.^[1] Kirk plays only flutes for this album, not the saxophone or other instruments he commonly used. It contains the first appearance of the song "Serenade to a Cuckoo", later covered by Jethro Tull.

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated

1. "Serenade to a Cuckoo" – 4:33
2. Medley: "We'll Be Together Again"/"People" (Carl Fisher, Frankie Laine)/(Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 4:40
3. "A Quote from Clifford Brown" – 4:24
4. "Trees" (Joyce Kilmer, Oscar Rasbach) – 6:20
5. "Fugue'n and Alludin'" – 0:44
6. "The Business Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" – 5:03
7. "I Talk with the Spirits" – 3:56
8. "Ruined Castles" (Rentarō Taki) – 1:20
9. "Django" (John Lewis) – 4:50
10. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 5:00

• Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, September 16–17, 1964

Personnel

• Roland Kirk

flute, alto flute, amplified flute, African wood flute, vocal interjections, cuckoo clock, music box

• Bobby Moses

vibraphone

• Horace Parlan

piano, celeste

bass

• Walter Perkins

drums, percussion

• Crystal-Joy Albert: vocals

Notes and References

1. Album Reviews . Billboard . 30 . 1965-04-24 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . en.