Sun Ra / The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra (Vol. 1-Tape)

Description

2017 reissue – Limited edition / Ferric tape (Normal) with Dolby

ESP-Disk’ Cassette Collection – Officially licensed from ESP-DISK’ 2017

Recorded by Richard L. Alderson at RLA Sound Studios, New York City, April 20, 1965

1965-USA

Format: Cassette Tape

#Ref: PAESP-005

Release date: 2017

Release notes

The astonishing session that went light years beyond “free jazz” improvisation to create music of deeply felt, explosive and gentle gestures made from sound itself without reference to previous notions of melody or harmony. This set of tracks finds Sun Ra breaking ground by using synthesizers and having the Arkestra musicians double on percussion. Come with Sun Ra’s original self-created jacket art.

Personnel: Pat Patrick: baritone sax, percussion; John Gilmore: tenor sax, timpani; Marshall Allen: piccolo, alto sax, bells, spiral cymbal; Ronnie Boykins: bass; Teddy Nance: trombone; Jimhmi Johnson: percussion; Robert Cummings: bass clarinet, wood blocks; Chris Capers: trumpet; Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone; Danny Davis: flute, alto sax; Sun Ra: bass marimba, electronic celeste, piano, tympani.

Tracklisting

Side A) 1. Heliocentric (4:17) 2. Outer Nothingness (7:38) 3. Other Worlds (4:35)

Side B) 1. The Cosmos (7:30) 2. Of Heavenly Things (5:44) 3. Nebulae (3:19) 4. Dancing in the Sun (1:56)