The Inflated Tear

Infobox Album
Name = The Inflated Tear
Type = Album
Artist = Roland Kirk


Released = June 14, 1968
Recorded = November 27–30, 1967
Genre = Jazz
Length = 37:43
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Joel Dorn
Reviews = *Allmusic (5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4zkku325an6k link]
Last album = "Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith' (1967)
This album = "The Inflated Tear" (1968)
Next album = "Left and Right" (1968)

"The Inflated Tear" is an album by Roland Kirk released in 1968. One of his most popular albums, it established his reputation as a Jazz composer and earned him a modicum of respect in music circles who had previously written him off as a sideshow.

It was re-released in 1998 by Rhino featuring a bonus track and extensive liner notes.

Track listing

#"The Black and Crazy Blues (Roland Kirk) - 6:07
#"A Laugh for Rory" (Kirk) - 2:54
#"Many Blessings" (Kirk) - 4:45
#"Fingers in the Wind" (Kirk) - 4:18
#"The Inflated Tear" (Kirk) - 4:58
#"The Creole Love Call" (Duke Ellington) - 3:53
#"A Handful of Fives" (Kirk) - 2:42
#"Fly by Night" (Kirk) - 4:19
#"Lovellevellilloqui" (Kirk) - 4:17

;CD bonus track

10. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey/Paul Mertz) - 2:12

Personnel

*Roland Kirk - tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, English horn or flexafone
*Ron Burton - piano
*Steve Novosel - bass
*Jimmy Hopps - drums
*Dick Griffith - trombone