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Title: Giant chops!!!
Review: The thing to look out for is the release date on this CD. There are earlier releases without the same track listings or sequence. Nonetheless, earlier releases still have 21 tracks of "fine" R Kirk compositions and covers. This release of at least two sessions, showcase 6+ Kirk originals and some great covers, along with his virtuosity and humour on various reeds and horns, including stritch. Both quartets on these dates in 1962, the first Wynton Kelly, Vernon Martin and Roy Haynes, the second Andrew Hill, Martin and Henry Duncan more than ably keep the pace with the man - an absolute giant of the jazz idiom.
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