| Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
| Cover: | Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle.jpg |
| Recorded: | January 22, 1973 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Joel Dorn |
| Prev Title: | A Meeting of the Times |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Bright Moments |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, released in August 1973.[1] The album features performances by Charles McGhee, Dick Griffin, Harry Smiles, Sanford Allen, Julien Barber, Selwart Clarke, Gayle Dixon, Al Brown, Kermit Moore, Rahn Burton, Henry Mattathias Pearson, Robert Shy, Sonny Brown, Ralph MacDonald, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Jeanne Lee.[2]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "this is yet another criminally underappreciated Rahsaan Roland Kirk recording from the last phase of a remarkable career. This is perhaps Kirk's most experimental recording in that it involves his most involved performing on multiple horns and flutes — including his infamous and wonderful nose flute — and working with drones on a more surface level. Given Kirk's system of playing three horns at once, the drone horn was always a part of his sonic architecture. The difference here is that the melodic and improvisational lines take a back seat... There are numerous metaphors and metonyms here, but they will not come to the listener until later, when she or he regains the conscious notion of breathing".[3]
All compositions by Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, nose flute, black mystery pipes, alto saxophone
trombone
cello
piano