Sun Ra

• 60th anniversary edition

• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTERS

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Sun Ra stated that he wanted to create otherworldly emotions on this album. These emotions are “disguised as jazz,” to quote one of Ra’s poems. The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra, recorded in 1961, consists of a range of simmering, swinging, riffing tunes full of deft counterpoint. On the surface, these tunes show a rather restrained side of Ra and his Arkestra, yet below that surface lurk some unsettling emotions. Some might mistake those unsettling feelings for detachment, or worse, emotional vacuum. Not the case. The Arkestra instead presents on this album a collection of emotions that cannot readily be pinned down with a name.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - (piano)
• John Gilmore - (tenor sax/bass clarinet)
• Marshall Allen - (alto sax/tenor sax/flute/bell)
• Pat Patrick - (baritone saxophone)
• Bernard McKinney - (euphonium/trombone)
• Ronald Boykins - (bass)
• Willie Jones - (drums)
• Ricky Murray - (vocals)
• Leah Ananda - (conga )

TRACKS:

• 01. Bassism
• 02. Of Wounds and Something Else
• 03. What's That?
• 04. Where's Tomorrow?
• 05. The Beginning
• 06. China Gates
• 07. New Day
• 08. Tapestry from an Asteroid
• 09. Jet Flight
• 10. Looking Outward
• 11. Space Jazz Reverie