Space Jazz shines as a testament to the visionary artistry of Sun Ra and His Arkestra, whose boundary-pushing explorations reshaped the landscape of avant-garde jazz. Featuring legendary musicians like John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Ray Thompson, this collection spans recordings from 1956 to 1962, capturing the group’s vibrant interplay of cosmic sound and unorthodox rhythm.
This release is notable for including an entire disc of previously unreleased material from the session titled "The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny." Listeners will discover extended tracks and Sun Ra’s charismatic spoken-word pontifications, augmented by the Arkestra’s signature bursts of freewheeling brass and percussion—a unique window into the ensemble’s constantly evolving sonic universe.
- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Not Now Music
- Genre: Jazz
- Release Date: 2017
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TRACKS
A1. The Beginning
A2. India
A3. Bassism
A4. Ancient Ethiopia
B1. Sun Song
B2. Saturn
B3. Transition
B4. Call For All Demons
B5. Lullaby For Realville
C1. China Gate
C2. Looking Outward
C3. Medicine For A Nightmare
C4. Brainville
C5. New Day
D1. Where Is Tomorrow
D2. Horoscope
D3. Of Sounds And Something Else
D4. Jet Flight
D5. Portrait Of The Living Sky
D6. Fall Off The Log
E1. Kingdom Of Not
E2. Blues At Midnight
E3. Street Named Hell
E4. Velvet
E5. What's That
F1. Hours After
F2. Future
F3. Possession
F4. Tapestry From An Asteroid
F5. Space Jazz Reverie
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