View source for Rip, Rig and Panic (album)

{{Infobox album
| name       = Rip, Rig and Panic
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Rahsaan Roland Kirk]]
| cover      = Rip, Rig & Panic.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1965|12}}
| recorded   = January 13, 1965
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Van Gelder Studio]]<br />[[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey]]
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=35|s=5}}
| label      = [[Limelight Records|Limelight]]
| producer   = [[Jack Tracy]]
| prev_title = [[I Talk with the Spirits]]
| prev_year  = 1965
| next_title = [[Here Comes the Whistleman]]
| next_year  = 1965
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="amg">Jurek, Thom. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r69392|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 119
}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=828}}</ref>
}}
'''''Rip, Rig and Panic''''' is a 1965 jazz album by multi-instrumentalist [[Rahsaan Roland Kirk|Roland Kirk]]. It features a quartet of Kirk, [[Jaki Byard]] (piano), [[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]] (bass), and [[Elvin Jones]] (drums); they were described as "the most awesome rhythm section he ever recorded with". The session was held at [[Rudy Van Gelder]]'s [[Van Gelder Studio|Englewood Cliffs studio]].<ref name="amg"/> The set is made up primarily of original Kirk compositions.
The title of the album was explained by Kirk in the liner notes as follows: "Rip means [[Rip Van Winkle]] (or Rest in Peace?); it's the way people, even musicians are. They're asleep. Rig means like rigor mortis. That's where a lot of peoples mind are. When they hear me doing things they didn't think I could do they panic in their minds". Kirk made many references to pioneers of jazz. "No Tonic Pres" refers to [[Lester Young]]; "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats" is a homage to [[Sidney Bechet]], [[Don Byas]], and [[Fats Waller]]; and "Once in a While" was inspired by [[Clifford Brown]]. Kirk also mentioned the work of [[Edgar Varèse]], the compositions ''Poeme electronique'' and ''Ionisation'', as inspiration for the album.
The album's title inspired the name for 1980s English post-punk group [[Rip Rig + Panic]].
==Reception==
[[Richard Cook (journalist)|Richard Cook]] and [[Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|Brian Morton]] rated the Emarcy edition of the album, combined with the album ''[[Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith]]'', with the second-highest grade in their ''[[Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'', and named the combined reissue as part of their suggested “core collection” of essential recordings;<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=828}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] awarded the album five stars.
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Roland Kirk except where indicated.''
# "No Tonic Pres"&nbsp;– 4:34
# "[[Once in a While (1937 song)|Once in a While]]" ([[Michael Edwards (American composer)|Michael Edwards]], [[Bud Green]])&nbsp;– 4:02
# "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats"&nbsp;– 6:31
# "Mystical Dream" – 2:39
# "Rip, Rig & Panic" – 7:00
# "Black Diamond" (Milt Sealey) –  5:23
# "Slippery, Hippery, Flippery" – 4:56
:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 13, 1965
==Personnel==
* [[Roland Kirk]]: [[tenor saxophone]], [[Saxophone#Unusual variants|stritch]], [[manzello]], [[flute]], [[Siren (noisemaker)|siren]], [[oboe]], [[castanets]]
* [[Jaki Byard]]: [[piano]]
* [[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]]: [[double bass|bass]]
* [[Elvin Jones]]: [[drum kit|drums]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Rahsaan Roland Kirk}}
{{Jaki Byard}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:1965 albums]]
[[Category:Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums]]
[[Category:Limelight Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]]