Album · 1977
Tracklist
A1 Serenade to a Cuckoo 3:40
A2 This Masquerade 5:31
A3 Sugar 3:27
A4 Los Angeles Negro Chorus 0:26
A5 Steppin` Into Beauty 6:42
A6 Christmas Song 3:34
B1 Bagpipe Medley 2:38
B2 Mary McLeod Bethune 0:24
B3 Bright Moments 4:14
B4 Lyriconon 4:10
B5 Night in Tunisia 4:59
B6 J. Griff`s Blues 7:41
Line-up/Musicians
Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute
Hilton Ruiz: piano, keyboards (tracks A1-A3, A5,B1 & B4-B6)
Henry Pete Pearson: bass (tracks A1, B1, B4 & B6)
Sonny Barkan: drums (tracks A1,B1 & B6)
Todd Barkan: percussion (tracks A1,B1 & B6)
Steve Turre: trombone (tracks A2-A3, A5 & B5)
Cornell Dupree: guitar (tracks B2 & B5)
Richard Tee: keyboards (tracks A2 & B5)
William S. Fischer: synthesizer (tracks B2 & B5)
Gordon Edwards: electric bass (tracks A2 & B5)
James Madison: drums (tracks A2 & B5)
Ruddley Thibodeaux: percussion (tracks A2 & B5)
Milton Suggs: bass (tracks A3 & A5)
Walter Perkins: drums (tracks A3 & A5)
Tony Waters: percussion (tracks A3 & A5)
Michael Hill: vocals (tracks A3 & A5)
Trudy Pitts: organ (track A6)
William Butler: guitar (track A6 & B4)
Bill Carney: drums (track A6)
Sanford Allen: violin (track A6)
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke: viola (track A6)
Kermit Moore: cello (track A6)
William S. Fischer: arranger, conductor (track A6)
Howard Johnson: tuba (track B3)
Romeo Penque: baritone saxophone, oboe (track B3)
Buster Williams: bass (track B3)
Charlie Persip: drums (track B3)
Joe Habao Texidor: percussion, vocals (track B3)
Betty Neals, Maeretha Stewart, Milt Grayson, Arthur Williams, Randy Peyton, Hilda Harris, Adrienne Albert, Francine Caroll: vocals (track B3)
Frank Foster: arranger (track B3)
Jerry Griffin: drums (track B4)
About this release
Warner Bros. Records – BS 2982
Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on 18 July 1975 (tracks A1, B2 & B6) and Regent Sound Studios, New York City, 1975 & 1976
Thanks to snobb for the addition