Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Sun Ra


 


Artist:   Sun Ra
Birth Name:  Herman Poole Blount
Born:  May 2, 1914.  Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Died:  May 30, 1993 (Aged 79).  Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Experimental, Space, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz, African Jazz, Global Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Mixed Media, Progressive Jazz, Swing
Occupation:  Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Artist, Poet
Instruments:  Keyboards, Vocals

Sun Ra was an American Jazz Composer Bandleader, Piano and Synthesizer Player, and Poet,, known for his Experimental Music.  His widely Avante-Garde Music, Swing Music, Bebop, Free Jazz, and Fusion.











Title:  Space Is The Place (2023)
Genre:  Jazz, Experimental, Space, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz, African Jazz, Global Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Mixed Media, Progressive Jazz, Swing
Label:  Verve Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Space Is The Place (21:14)

Side 2:

 1.  Images (6:15)
 2.  Discipline (4:50)
 3.  Sea Of Sounds (7:42)
 4.  Rocket Number Nine (2:50)

Personnel:

Sun Ra:  Farfisa Organ on Tracks:  1/1, 2/2-4, Piano  on Track 2/1
Akh Tal Ebah:  Vocals  on Track 1/1, Trumpet  on Track 2/1, Flugelhorn  on Track 2/3
Marshall Allan:  Flute  on Track 2/2, Alto Saxophone  on Track 2/3
Danny Davis:  Flute  on Track 2/2, Alto Saxophone  on Track 2/3
John Gilmore:  Vocals  on Track  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4, Tenor Saxophone  on Tracks:  2/1-3
Eloe Omoe:   Bass Clarinet  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4, Flute  on Track 2/2
Pat Patrick:  Bass Guitar  on Tracks:  1/1, 2, Baritone Saxophone  on Track e2/3, Vocals  on Track 2/4
Lex Humphries:  Drums  on Track 2/3
Atakatun (Stanley Morgan):  Percussion  on Track 2/3
Odun (Russel Branch):  Percussion  on Track 2/3

Space Ethnic Voices:

June Tyson:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4
Ruth Wright:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4
Cheryl Banks:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4
Judith Holton:  Vocals  on Tracks:  1/1, 2/4

Space Is The Place is a studio album by Sun Ra, originally released in 1973 by Blue Thumb, remastered and reissued on September 8, 2023 by Verve Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.








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