THE ROLAND KIRK QUARTET / MEETS THE BENNY GOLSON ORCHESTRA (Mercury)

Ａ）Virgil Jones, Richard Williams, trumpet; Charles Greenlea, Tom McIntosh, trombone; Don Butterfield, tuba; Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute; Harold Mabern, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Albert Heath, drums; Benny Golson, arranger, conductor.
A&R Studios, NYC, June 11, 1963

Ｂ）Roland Kirk, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute; Harold Mabern, piano #1-4; Abdullah Rafik, bass #1-4; Sonny Brown, drums #1-4.
A&R Studios, NYC, June 12, 1963

A1. Ecclusiastics (A)
A2. By Myself (A)
A3. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (A)
A4. Roland Speaks (A)
A5. Variations On A Theme By Hindemith (A)

B1. I've Got Your Number (B)
B2. Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step (B)
B3. April Morning (B)
B4. Get In The Basement (B)
B5. Abstract Improvisation (B)

Ａ面はオーケストラによる演奏ですが５人のホーン奏者は脇役に徹しているので主役は勿論 R.Kirk だけど B.Golson の編曲と指揮下なので大人しめの R.Kirk 、B面は＋ピアノトリオなので期待大となりますが同じく大人しめで "Domino" に近い感じです。普通のジャズファンなら問題なく楽しめる一枚。R.Kirk ファンなら物足りなさを感じるかもしれませんが、シッカリ聴くと Kirk 臭に気付き聴けば聴くほど味がでるスルメ盤でしょう。
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square は個人的に好きな曲で同曲を聴くと必ず "JOANIE SOMMERS / JOHNNY GET ANGRY (Warner Bros. Records) 収録の曲を聴きたくなります。