Sun Ra

• DIGIPACK EDITION

"Of all the labels that have attached to the work of Sun Ra over the years – Afrofuturism, experimental music, avantgarde, neo-swing – the one that makes most sense is “space music”. It’s also the one that most often misleads. It isn’t all about flying saucers and alien civilisations, but it is about space, which is the dimension in which music functions. Has any composer/arranger ever used it more effectively? Listen again to Heliocentric Worlds … but without dwelling on the scientistic or sci-fi title, and you’ll hear – and see – what I mean". - Brian Morton

PERSONNEL:

• SUN RA, piano
• JOHN GILMORE, tenor sax
• MARSHALL ALLEN, alto sax
• ROBERT CUMMINGS, bass clarinet
• PAT PATRICK, baritone sax
• WALTER MILLER, trumpet
• RONNIE BOYKINS, double bass
• ROGER BLANK, percussion

Recorded in New york, 1965

TRACKS:

• 01. Heliocentric
• 02. Outer Nothingness
• 03. Other Worlds
• 04. The Cosmos
• 05. Haevenly Things
• 06. Nebulae
• 07. Dancing In The Sun
• 08. The Sun Myth
• 09. House Of Beauty
• 10. Cosmic Chaos