Editing Rahsaan Roland Kirk (section)

== Legacy and influence ==
* [[Ian Anderson]], leader and flautist of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] recorded a version of Kirk's "Serenade to a Cuckoo" on their first album ''[[This Was]]'' (1968). Roland Kirk was the very reason Anderson thought he could bring a flute into rock music. Anderson learned Kirk's vocalizing style on the flute and Anderson's flute playing became the signature element of Jethro Tull's sound. Kirk and Anderson took the flute's refined upper crust classical nature and commonized it. Anderson got to know Kirk at the 1969 [[Newport Jazz Festival]] where they both performed the same night. Anderson said of Kirk "There's something about these colourful shamans. They can tease us, but we go along with it, because we know they're touched by genius, but at the same time there's a little bit of the snake oil for sale."<ref name="jazztimes.com">{{cite web |last1=Himes |first1=Geoffrey |title=Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Cult of Kirk |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/rahsaan-roland-kirk-the-cult-of-kirk/ |website=jazztimes |date=May 9, 2019|access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Coffin]], the saxophonist in [[Béla Fleck]] and the Flecktones was heavily influenced by Kirk's music and says he learned through Kirk that it's OK to experiment with an instrument. He used Kirk's multi-horn inventions with the Flecktones and on his solo album ''Mutopia''.<ref name="jazztimes.com"/>
* Guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]] "idolized" Kirk, and even hoped to collaborate with him one day.<ref name="Saunders">Saunders, William (2010), ''Jimi Hendrix London'', Roaring Forties Press. {{ISBN|978-0-9843165-1-9}}</ref>
* [[Frank Zappa]] had been influenced by Kirk's music to a considerable extent early in his career. In the liner notes to his 1966 debut album with [[The Mothers of Invention]], ''[[Freak Out!]]'', Zappa cites Kirk as one of many in a lengthy list of personal musical influences.<ref>[http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Category:Freak_Out!_%28The_List%29 Freak out wiki] killuglyradio.com</ref><ref>Corcelli, John,
 [https://books.google.com/books?id=8e7aDgAAQBAJ&q=frank+zappa+roland+kirk&pg=PT53 ''Frank Zappa FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Father of Invention''], BackBeat Books, 2016.</ref> Kirk and Zappa performed live together at least once, at the 1969 Boston Globe Jazz Festival.<ref>[http://www.afka.net/articles/1969-05_Down_Beat.htm Afka net article], ''Down Beat'', 5/1969 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425222736/http://www.afka.net/articles/1969-05_Down_Beat.htm |date=April 25, 2016 }}.</ref>
*[[Derek Trucks]], a huge Kirk fan, recorded Kirk's composition "Volunteered Slavery" with [[The Derek Trucks Band|his namesake group]] for the 2004 album ''Live at Georgia Theatre'', the 2006 studio album ''Songlines'', and the DVD ''Songlines Live''. He said that hearing Kirk's music "felt much the same way those Hendrix records felt, that he was blowing the rules wide open..."<ref name="jazztimes.com"/>
* [[David Jackson (rock musician)|David Jackson]], of [[Van der Graaf Generator]], was also highly influenced by the style and technique of Kirk, and he plays multiple saxophones simultaneously since at least 1969.<ref>Christopulos, J., and P. Smart, ''Van der Graaf Generator – The Book'', Phil and Jim Publishers, 2005, p. 55. {{ISBN|0-9551337-0-X}}.</ref>
* Guitarist [[Michael Angelo Batio]] said in a 2008 interview with ''[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]]'' that Kirk's playing of two saxophones at once inspired him to create his "double guitar".<ref>[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/michael_angelo_batio_i_always_wanted_my_guitars_to_be_different_and_unique.html "Michael Angelo Batio: I always wanted my guitars to be different and unique"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406202147/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/michael_angelo_batio_i_always_wanted_my_guitars_to_be_different_and_unique.html |date=April 6, 2010 }}, Joe Matera interview, 2008, [[Ultimate Guitar Archive]].</ref>
* T.J. Kirk was a band named after the three artists it tributed: [[Thelonious Monk]], [[James Brown]], and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Formed by eight-string guitarist [[Charlie Hunter]] as a side group to his own self-titled band, the band's other members include [[Scott Amendola]], [[Will Bernard]], and John Schott.<ref>Bill Meredith [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tj-kirk-p165793 T.J. Kirk – Biography], ''[[AllMusic]]''.</ref>
* [[Paul Weller]] cited the Kirk album ''[[I Talk with the Spirits]]'' (1964) as one of his "Most Influential Albums" in an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/guest-list-paul-weller-799dzwj9qdr|title=Guest List: Paul Weller|newspaper=The Times|date=8 August 2009|access-date= February 12, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Björk]] named ''The Inflated Tear'' as one of her favorite jazz pieces, calling it "primitive and instinctive", "open to nature", and "punk".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1993-07-10 |title=Rebellious Jukebox |journal=Melody Maker |pages=46}}</ref><ref>{{Cite podcast |url=https://pod.link/bjork |title=Debut |website=Björk: Sonic Symbolism |publisher=Mailchimp |date=2022-09-01 |time=21:45}}</ref>
* [[Davey Payne]]'s twin saxophone solo on "[[Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick]]" (Ian Dury & the Blockheads, 1978) was inspired by Kirk.<ref>Balls, Richard (2011), ''Sex & Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll'', Omnibus Press.</ref>
* [[Terry Edwards]]' twin saxophone solo on "The Ministry of Defence" by [[PJ Harvey]] (2016) was inspired by Kirk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/06/pj-harvey-live-brixton-academy-hope-six|title=PJ Harvey review – protest rock's dark drama queen|first=Kitty|last=Empire|date= November 6, 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
* [[Eric Burdon and War]]'s 1970 debut album ''[[Eric Burdon Declares War]]'' features the track "The Vision of Rassan", which is broken up into two pieces "Dedication" and "Roll on Kirk".
* The English post-punk group [[Rip Rig + Panic]]  were named after the album of the same name by Roland Kirk.
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] pay tribute to Roland Kirk in the song "Three Golden Horns" off their 2022 album ''[[Sunrise on Slaughter Beach]].''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/Clutch-three-golden-horns-lyrics | title=Clutch – Three Golden Horns }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/clutch-wanted-to-make-a-party-album-it-did-not-go-as-planned | title=Clutch wanted to make a party album: It did not go as planned | date=November 2022 }}</ref>
* Jazz producer berlioz pays homage to Roland Kirk in the track "ode to rahsaan" from berlioz's 2024 album ''open this wall.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Robin |title=berlioz Conjures Inspired Sonics For 'ode to rahsaan' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/berlioz-conjures-inspired-sonics-for-ode-to-rahsaan/ |website=Clash |date=21 June 2024 |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>