No, not Russell—Rashaan Roland. I seem to be getting into the habit of posting a music video every weekend. One of my offspring sent me this one. As I said to him, I heard a little of Kirk’s music years ago, and I knew he was playing two horns, but it’s another thing to see him do it, as in this 1975 clip (not embeddable, so you’ll have to click on the link). It isn’t just a gimmick, either—I mean, he’s actually playing something worth playing.
Another (wind-instrument-playing) offspring points out that he is also doing circular breathing, meaning that he’s simultaneously taking in and expelling air.
That’s McCoy Tyner on piano. For non-jazz fans: he was the pianist on the John Coltrane’s recordings which are sort of the Beethoven late quartets of jazz.
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Light On Dark Water 
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