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Mercury V.S.O.P. Jazz Series, Direct From Digital Master

Some Instruments played by Roland Kirk are named "Manzello" or "Stritch".
A Manzello is a historic King-Saxello. A Stritch is a Buescher-Es-Alto Saxophone in adapted design (These informations taken from the Roland-Kirk-Articel in wikipedia)

HI-FInformation
This session was recorded monaurally and stereophonically at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City, with Tommy Nola at the controls and Jack Tracy supervising. Rhythm section microphones used were a Neuman U 48 on piano, RCA 44 on the bass, and a Telefunken U 47 on drums, A Neuman KM 54 was used on Roland Kirk's horns, with an Electro Voice 667 suspended above it at forehead level to pick up his flute. The entire session was recorded at 15 inches per second on Ampez tape recorders.

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Recorded Aug. 16 and 17, 1961, at Nola Recording Studios, New York City. Personnel on asterisked tracks: Roland Kirk, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, and flute; Richard Wyands, piano; Art Davis, bass; Charlie Persip, drums, Personnel on remaining tracks: Kirk; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Persip, drums.

PUBLISHERS:
MRC Music, Inc.: A1, A3, A4, B1 to B4.
Famous Music Corp.: A2.
Bird's Music: A5.