Volunteered Slavery
| Volunteered Slavery | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | July 7, 1968; July 22–23, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
Volunteered Slavery is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk containing portions of his 1968 Newport Jazz Festival performance along with studio recordings from July 1969. It was released on the Atlantic label and features performances by Kirk with Rahn Burton, Vernon Martin, Jimmy Hopps and Joseph "Habao" Texidor, Dick Griffin, Charles McGhee, Sonny Brown, Charles Crosby and the "Roland Kirk Spirit Choir".