I started listening to Roland Kirk some years ago. He’s one of the Jazz greats. A wildly creative and original performer. Something that I found odd on the albums were references to nose flute. I had no idea what it was. It turns out that it has quite global roots ranging from Hawaii to Africa to New Zealand to Philippines. The Hawaiians believed that the nose was purer and more innocent than the mouth and used the instruments to woo their sweethearts.
Mr Kirk was a wild multi-instrumentalist. He somehow managed to play a crazy range of instruments at the same time or switch really quickly between them. Often vocal politically and full of humour. His influence lives on. See him in action here.
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