Reeds & Deeds

Reeds & Deeds is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was released through Mercury Records in June 1963.^[1] It includes performances by Kirk with Virgil Jones, Charles Greenlee, Harold Mabern, Abdullah Rafik, Walter Perkins, Tom McIntosh and Richard Davis, with arrangements by Benny Golson.^[2]

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Reeds & Deeds
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	June 1963 (1963-6)
Recorded	February 25 & 26, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Roland Kirk chronology
Domino (1962) Reeds & Deeds (1963) The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1963)

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Land of Peace" (Leonard Feather) - 5:52
2. "Lonesome August Child" - 4:33
3. "Limbo Boat" - 3:00
4. "Hay Ro" - 3:02
5. "Waltz of the Friends" - 4:40
6. "This Is Always" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:17
7. "Reeds and Deeds" - 5:18
8. "Song of the Countrymen" - 6:54

• Recorded in New York on February 25 (tracks 1–5) and February 26 (tracks 6–8), 1963

Personnel

• Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
• Virgil Jones: trumpet
• Charles Greenlee: trombone (tracks 1–5)
• Harold Mabern: piano
• Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 1–5)
• Walter Perkins: drums
• Tom McIntosh: trombone (tracks 6–8)
• Richard Davis: bass (tracks 6–8)
• Benny Golson: arranger (tracks 6–8)