As leader
- King Records
- 1956 – Triple Threat
- Argo/Cadet/Chess Records
- 1960 – Introducing Roland Kirk
- Prestige Records
- 1961 – Kirk’s Work – with Jack McDuff on organ
- Mercury Records
- 1961 – We Free Kings – with Richard Wyands on piano
- 1962 – Domino
- 1963 – Reeds & Deeds
- 1964 – The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra
- 1964 – Kirk in Copenhagen
- 1964 – Gifts & Messages
- Limelight Records
- 1964 – I Talk with the Spirits – album of Kirk playing the flute
- 1965 – Slightly Latin
- 1965 – Rip, Rig and Panic – fast bop with Jaki Byard on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and drummer Elvin Jones
- Verve Records
- Atlantic Records
- 1965 – Here Comes the Whistleman (Live) – including all Kirk’s banter between tracks
- 1967 – The Inflated Tear
- 1968 – Left & Right
- 1969 – Volunteered Slavery – a meltdown of pop tunes, hard bop, African chanting
- 1970 – Rahsaan Rahsaan
- 1971 – Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata – mostly Kirk alone, on many instruments
- 1971 – Blacknuss
- 1972 – A Meeting of the Times w ex-Duke Ellington singer Al Hibbler
- 1973 – Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle
- 1973 – Bright Moments – live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco
- 1975 – The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color
- 1976 – Other Folks’ Music
- Warner Bros. Records
- 1976 – The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man
- 1977 – Kirkatron
- 1977 – Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real
- Posthumous releases of new material
- I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 (Rhino)
- The Man Who Cried Fire (Night)
- Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (32 Jazz)
- Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)
- Brotherman in the Fatherland – Recorded “Live” in Germany 1972 (Hyena)
- Compilations
- Hip: Roland Kirk Various Mercury Recordings(Fontana U.K. FJL 114)
- Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk
- Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology
- Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve – compilation from his last three albums
- Talkin’ Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz
- The Art of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Third Dimension and Beyond combines Triple Threat and Introducing Roland Kirk
- Left Hook, Right Cross combines Volunteered Slavery and Blacknuss
- Aces Back to Back combines Left & Right, Rahsaan Rahsaan, Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle, and Other Folks’ Music
- A Standing Eight combines The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man, Kirkatron and Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real
- Only The Best Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Volume 1 combines Blacknuss, The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color, The Inflated Tear/Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata, Kirkatron, Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real, and Other Folks’ Music (7CD)
As sideman
With Charles Mingus
- Oh Yeah (1962)
- Tonight at Noon (1965)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
With Roy Haynes
- Out of the Afternoon (1962)
With Tubby Hayes
- Tubby’s Back in Town (1962)
With Quincy Jones
- Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
- Explores Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
- Walking in Space (1969)
With Tommy Peltier
With Jaki Byard
- The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
With Les McCann
- Les McCann Live at Montreux (1972)