In March 1965, “limelight” label released “I Talk with the Spirits”, the tenth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bobby Scott.

Personnel:

• Roland Kirk – vocal, flute, alto flute, amplified flute, African wood flute, interjections, cuckoo clock, music box
• Horace Parlan – piano, celeste
• Bobby Moses – vibraphone
• Michael Fleming – bass
• Walter Perkins – drums, percussion
• Crystal-Joy Albert: vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

1. Serenade to a Cuckoo
2. Medley: We’ll Be Together Again / People – Carl Fisher, Frankie Laine / Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
3. A Quote from Clifford Brown
4. Trees – Joyce Kilmer, Oscar Rasbach
5. Fugue’n and Alludin’
6. The Business Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
7. I Talk with the Spirits
8. Ruined Castles – Rentarō Taki
9. Django – John Lewis
10. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill