2011.01.17 Eric Person on Rahsaan Roland Kirk podcast 1 of 3

2020-07-28

Saxophonist Eric Person and I have been listening to music together for over 3 decades. We both love a musician who is The Total Package. - You need to know the entire history of the music inside and out; - You have to write, play and lead a band at the highest level; - You gotta have chops on your instrument that make the other cats' heads spin; - You need to be able to entertain a crowd, whether they came to hear some smokin' jazz or just canoodle in the back row. If you can d...

Saxophonist Eric Person and I have been listening to music together for over 3 decades. We both love a musician who is The Total Package.

- You need to know the entire history of the music inside and out;

- You have to write, play and lead a band at the highest level;

- You gotta have chops on your instrument that make the other cats' heads spin;

- You need to be able to entertain a crowd, whether they came to hear some smokin' jazz or just canoodle in the back row.

If you can do one or two of those things really well, you're a total monster. But how many can do ALL of them as well as anyone? We can debate it all night but when day breaks, it's still going to be a pretty short list. One name that's going to be near the top: Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

Eric Person joined me at WKCR for a Deep Focus on Rahsaan in January of 2011. Once again, the WKCR archives did not fail. Treasures abound!

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