{"product_id":"the-inflated-tear","title":"The Inflated Tear","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRoland Kirk was an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist, who lost his sight at a very early age, and played unconventional jazz, which was not entirely free but in which melodic and very beautiful phases alternated with moments of complete dissonance and conjured up his urban background, especially reflecting his view of the world as a handicapped man. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKirk was not only famous for his unique sound achieved through his playing several instruments simultaneously and his innovative approach to music but also for his dynamic live performances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn November 1967 Kirk left EmArcy for Atlantic \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audiovenue.uk\/product-category\/media\/180-gram-vinyl\/\"\u003eRecords\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, leading his quartet through a highly introspective, somewhat melancholy programme, which was based in the blues and groove traditions of the mid-60s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKirk himself played flutes, the stritch, manzello and tenor saxophones, the whistle, clarinet and more – precisely those instruments that had created his unique sound, particularly when some of these instruments were played simultaneously by him. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJazz critics who had previously criticised Kirk’s sound now praised him once they had heard the restrained and elegantly layered “Black And Crazy Blues”, the breathtakingly executed Creole “Love Call”, the razor-sharp soul in “The Inflated Tear” and the gyrating lyricism of the winds in “Fly By Night” – and quite rightly so. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRoland Kirk convinced his listenership anyway and sold over 10,000 copies of the present LP in the very first year of its release. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis is Roland Kirk in his most competent and visionary form; his reading of jazz harmony and capricious sonances is virtually incomparable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roland Kirk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59231388860751,"sku":"5494","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0887\/6785\/6975\/files\/images_db47fcf4-e739-4976-a08e-715c5dae7c41.jpg?v=1792762584","url":"https:\/\/secondlinerecords.com\/products\/the-inflated-tear","provider":"Second Line Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}