- Rip, Rig and Panic (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Rip, Rig and Panic
Type = Album
Artist =Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Released = December 1965
Recorded = January 13, 1965
Genre =Jazz
Length = 35:05
Label = Limelight
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic (5/5)Jurek, Thom. [http://wm05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvfoxq85ldke All Music Guide review] ]
Last album = "Slightly Latin " (1965)
This album = "Rip, Rig and Panic" (1965)
Next album = "Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith " (1967)"Rip, Rig and Panic" is a 1965 jazz album by saxophonist
Roland Kirk . It was recorded atRudy Van Gelder 's studio by a quartet that sees Kirk accompanied byElvin Jones (drums),Jaki Byard (piano), andRichard Davis (bass), who have been described as "the most awesome rhythm section he ever recorded with". The group works through a set made up primarily of original Kirk compositions. Kirk made a lot of references to pioneers of Jazz. „No Tonic Press“ is a reference toLester Young , „From Bechet, Byas, And Fats“ is a hommage toSidney Bechet ,Don Byas , andFats Waller , and „Once In A While“ was inspired byClifford Brown . Kirk also mentioned the work ofEdgar Varese , the compositions "Poeme electronique" and "Ionisation", an stimulation for the album.The title of the album was explained by Kirk in the liner notes as follows: “Rip means
Rip Van Winkle (or Rest in Peace?); it´s the way people, even musicians are. They´re asleep. Rig means like rigor mortis. That´s where a lot of peoples mind are. When they hear me doing things they didn´t think I could do they panic in their minds,”The LP's title later provided the name for 1980s English funk group
Rip Rig & Panic (withNeneh Cherry ).The album was well received by the jazz critics.
Richard Cook andBrian Morton rated the "Emarcy"-edition of the album with the second highest grade in theirPenguin Guide to Jazz ; theAll Music Guide rated the album with five stars.Track listing
:Tracks written by Kirk, except where noted
# "No Tonic Pres" – 4:34
# "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards,Bud Green ) – 4:02
# "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats" – 6:31
# "Mystical Dream" – 2:39
# "Rip, Rig & Panic" – 7:00
# "Black Diamond" (Milt Sealey) – 5:23
# "Slippery, Hippery, Flippery" – 4:56Notes
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