Volunteered Slavery

Volunteered Slavery
Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedJuly 7, 1968;
July 22–23, 1969
GenreJazz
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJoel Dorn
Roland Kirk chronology
Left & Right
(1968)
Volunteered Slavery
(1969)
Rahsaan Rahsaan
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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".