Roland Kirk's Finest Hour

Original Release Date:  June 5, 2001

Track Listing

• 1. Stompin' Grounds
• 2. Blue Rol
• 3. Serenade to a Cuckoo
• 4. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
• 5. Ecclusiastics
• 6. When the Sun Comes Out
• 7. Gifts and Messages
• 8. I Believe in You
• 9. My Ship
• 10. Half a Triple
• 11. Once in a While
• 12. No Tonic Pres
• 13. Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
• 14. E.D.

Credits

• Herbie Hancock: Piano
• Elvin Jones: Drums
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Quincy Jones: Producer
• Wynton Kelly: Piano
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Tenor), Flute (Wood), Stritch, Manzello, Nose Flute
• Tete Montoliu: Piano
• Horace Parlan: Piano
• Walter Perkins: Drums
• Lonnie Liston Smith: Piano
• Grady Tate: Drums
• Bill Kirchner: Liner Notes, Selection, Sequencers
• Ronnie Boykins: Bass
• Jaki Byard: Piano
• Steve Ellington: Drums
• Benny Golson: Arranger
• Roy Haynes: Drums
• Albert "Tootie" Heath: Drums
• Virgil Jones: Trumpet
• Peter Keepnews: Notes Editing
• Harold Mabern: Piano
• Wendell Marshall: Bass
• Tom McIntosh: Trombone
• J.C. Moses: Drums
• Bobby Scott: Producer
• Creed Taylor: Producer
• Jack Tracy: Producer
• Chuck Stewart: Photography
• Hollis King: Art Direction
• Ben Young: Research
• Michael Fleming: Bass
• Charles Greenlea: Trombone
• Dawn Agard: Package Design
• Jeff Willens: Digital Assembly
• Crystal-Joy Albert: Vocals
• Cynthia Sesso: Photo Research
• Carlos Kase: Research, Restoration
• Bryan Koniarz: Production Supervisor
• Sherniece Smith: Art Producer