KIRK, RAHSAANROLAND (née RONALD T. KIRK). Jazz saxophonist ( in Columbus, Ohio; in Bloomington, Indiana). As a child he studied trumpet, then changed to saxophone and clarinet. He received his musical education at the Columbus [Ohio] School for the Blind (he was blind from infancy, but could see light). He began to play professionally during his high-school days; by the time he was fifteen he was leading his own jazz groups. When he was...