The Inflated Tear

The Inflated Tear
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	June 14, 1968 (1968-06-14)
Recorded	November 27–30, 1967
Studio	Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:43
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Roland Kirk chronology
Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967) The Inflated Tear (1968) Left & Right (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Inflated Tear is a studio album by Roland Kirk, released on Atlantic in 1968.[4] It was re-released in 1998 by Rhino featuring a bonus track and extensive liner notes. In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 170 on its list of the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s".[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roland Kirk, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Black and Crazy Blues"		6:07
2.	"A Laugh for Rory"		2:54
3.	"Many Blessings"		4:45
4.	"Fingers in the Wind"		4:18
5.	"The Inflated Tear"		4:58
6.	"Creole Love Call"	Duke Ellington	3:53
7.	"A Handful of Fives"		2:42
8.	"Fly by Night"		4:19
9.	"Lovellevelliloqui"		4:17

CD edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I'm Glad There Is You"	Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz	2:12

Personnel

• Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, cor anglais, flexatone
• Rahn Burton – piano
• Steve Novosel – bass
• Jimmy Hopps – drums
• Dick Griffin (incorrectly credited on the LP sleeve as Dick Griffith) – trombone (on "Fly by Night")

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6]	19

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "New Album Releases". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1968-07-13. p. 44.
5. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2/10)". Pitchfork. August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
6. "Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

External links

• The Inflated Tear at Discogs (list of releases)