Sun Ra

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

Lanquidity is one of Sun Ra's most popular albums—because it's something of a "pop" effort. Recorded and issued in 1978 on Tom Buchler's short-lived Philly Jazz label, Lanquidity represented a stylistic pivot for Sunny, who had rarely paid much attention to mainstream music trends. Lanquidity, however, is very much of its time, reflecting late-period disco, bottom-heavy funk, and dance-floor soul grooves. Nonetheless, it is very much a Sun Ra album, and steady beats notwithstanding, it's full of surprises, idiosyncrasies, and uncommon moves.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - piano, synthesizers, organ, bells
• John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
• Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, oboe, flute
• Eddie Gale - trumpet
• Michael Ray - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Julian Pressley - baritone saxophone
• Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
• Richard Williams - bass
• Eloe Omoe [Leroy Taylor] - bass clarinet, flute
• James Jacson - bassoon, flute, oboe
• Dale Williams - guitar
• Disco Kid - guitar
• Luqman Ali [Edward Skinner] - percussion
• Michael D. Anderson - percussion
• Atakatune [Stanley Morgan] - congas, tympani
• Ethnic voices: Eddie Thomas, James Jacson, June Tyson, Sun Ra

Recorded in New York, July 17, 1978

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. Lanquidity
• 02. Where Pathways Meet
• 03. That's How I Feel

• SIDE B
• 01. Twin Stars of Thence
• 02. There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)