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  • One is inclined to forgive occasional omissions, even those as significant as Ahmad Jamal, Dorothy Donegan or Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

    Anthology by Committee Stuart Isacoff 2011

  • We know Kyp Malone from his work with Brooklyn rockers TV on the Radio, but last year he released a fascinating album, "Rain Machine," that drew its influence from the raging jazz of the likes of Albert Ayler and Rahsaan Roland Kirk; at times Mr. Malone seemed to be converting the fire in their sax solos into his vocals.

    Sounds of the Serious and the Animated Jim Fusilli 2010

  • Saxophonists Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman and Rahsaan Roland Kirk seemed, to him, "reasons to change your life."

    Brooklynite Writes Jazz With a Poet's Pen Larry Blumenfeld 2011

  • Even better to see would be video of when they disrupted the taping of I think Mike Douglas, which is what led to Rahsaan getting the spot on Sullivan.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » For Jazz Fans in DC, A Great Concert on October 10 2009

  • This is also the title of the first painting in the catalog, a picture of either three musicians playing saxophones with the sound pouring from the instruments as squiggly drips of red paint, or a picture of one musician with three heads each playing a saxophone, a sort of Picassoid Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

    Javier Vasquez - Jazzamoart 2006

  • This is also the title of the first painting in the catalog, a picture of either three musicians playing saxophones with the sound pouring from the instruments as squiggly drips of red paint, or a picture of one musician with three heads each playing a saxophone, a sort of Picassoid Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

    Javier Vasquez - Jazzamoart 2006

  • Later, in 1970, another vivid dream came to him, bearing the new name, including spelling, he would come to be known by, Rahsaan.

    Rahsaan as Orpheus 2007

  • FORT COLLINS, Colorado (Ticker) -- Chris Pittman caught two touchdown passes and Rahsaan Sanders ran for 123 yards as

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • FORT COLLINS, Colorado (Ticker) -- Chris Pittman caught two touchdown passes and Rahsaan Sanders ran for 123 yards as

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • But Rahsaan Sanders scored on a 21-yard run with 47 seconds left to give Colorado State a 24-10 lead at the intermission.

    NCAA Division I College Football - Brigham Young vs. Colorado State 2002

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