Rahsaan Roland Kirk Vibrations in the Village: Live at Village Gate

[cliffpeterson]

RSD release November 28, 2025

Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate is an ultra-rare recording of the brilliant multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded live at the hallowed Village Gate in New York City, New York on November 26, 1963 with pianists Horace Parlan, Melvin Rhyne, and Jane Getz, along with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Sonny Brown. Released in cooperation with Kirk's widow, Dorthaan Kirk of the Rahsaan Roland Kirk Estate, this music was originally recorded for a documentary film on Kirk that was being made. After the concert, the filmmaker passed away, and the tapes remained tucked away with the original recording engineer in storage for the next 62 years until now. 

Transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, Vibrations in the Village was pressed at the respected audiophile pressing plant Le Vinylist in Quebec, Canada. The limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP edition includes an extensive booklet with rare photographs from Jan Persson, Tom Copi, Raymond Ross and others, newly-commissioned liner notes by authors John Kruth and May Cobb, and interviews and testimonials from Jane Getz, saxophone icons James Carter and Chico Freeman, trombonist Steve Turre, Adam Dorn - son of long-time Kirk producer and champion Joel Dorn, and others.

SIDE A 
Jump Up And Down - Fast (15:34)
Ecclusiastics (5:52)

SIDE B  
All the Things You Are (7:33)  
We'll Be Together Again (7:43)

SIDE C  
My Delight (12:37)
Baritone Oboe Blues (10:20)

SIDE D  
Termini's Corner (6:28)
Falling In Love With Love (5:44)  
Three For the Festival (6:09)  

Edited October 6 by cliffpeterson

[felser]

Thanks, I'm in on eventual CD.

[EKE BBB]

[Dub Modal]

So all three pianists playing at the same time? 

[mikeweil]

Melvin Rhyne had played with Rahsaan very early in his career, c. 1955. This must have been a happy reunion. Rhyne was in New York for a session with Wes Montgomery for Riverside.

12 hours ago, felser said:

Thanks, I'm in on eventual CD.

https://resonancerecords.org/product/rahsaan-roland-kirkvibrations-in-the-village-live-at-the-village-gate-cd

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, Dub Modal said:

So all three pianists playing at the same time? 

Horace Parlan was Kirk's regular pianist at the time. Getz and Rhyne probably sat in -  as I said, Rhyne had played with Kirk when both were still unknown, before Kirk recorded his first LP for Bethlehem.

[kh1958]

Note that both Roland Kirk sets are available for pre-order on the Resonance site, with a December 5, 2025 release date.

[colinmce]

Right up my alley, that ~62-65 era Kirk stuff is my favorite of his.

also very fascinated to hear some more Jane Getz from this period

[jazzbo]

2 hours ago, colinmce said:

Right up my alley, that ~62-65 era Kirk stuff is my favorite of his.

also very fascinated to hear some more Jane Getz from this period

I'm with you on both counts.

[felser]

8 hours ago, mikeweil said:

 

https://resonancerecords.org/product/rahsaan-roland-kirkvibrations-in-the-village-live-at-the-village-gate-cd

Thank you!

[Holy Ghost]

5 hours ago, felser said:

Thank you!

+ 1. Yeah!

[Late]

 

[jazzbo]

I got both of those (cd version) in yesterday. Hope to listen to them in the next few days. (Unfortunately my laptop charger died and I won't have a new one til sometime Friday, and I'm almost out of juice, so no reports for 72 hours or so).

[Stompin at the Savoy]

23 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

I got both of those (cd version) in yesterday. Hope to listen to them in the next few days. (Unfortunately my laptop charger died and I won't have a new one til sometime Friday, and I'm almost out of juice, so no reports for 72 hours or so).

Note to self: next time I buy a laptop make sure it uses a USB C charger!

[jazzbo]

Ah, I'll only buy Apple laptops, they've moved away from USB charging. A weakness perhaps, but I love them, don't like Wiindows.

[king ubu]

Anyone in Europe got these? I keep getting mails about delays, by now delivery is scheduled for March to July. Guess I'll stop my billionaire sh*t shop orders and try elsewhere...

[pglbook]

I bought the Live at the Village Gate lp on RSD and finally got a chance to play it in full last night. 

The music and sound quality are great. A winner all around. It also includes a nice large booklet. 

One small error to note though...the hype sticker on the clear plastic outer sleeve state that this is a 1967 live show. That is wrong. The Village Gate is a 1963 live show. I knew that prior to buying it but it was funny to see the hype sticker state 1967 rather than 1963 (the other RSD Kirk release, Live at the Penthouse, is the 1967 show). The record cover fortunately lists the correct 1963 date. The wrong date is only on the hype sticker. 

An excellent Kirk live show, in a nice package, with very nice sound quality.