Sun Ra

• DIGIPACK EDITION

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Recorded during the same 1972 sessions as Impulse's Space Is the Place, Discipline 27-II is definitely cut from the same cloth. The title cut is a side-long space chant number (just like "Space Is the Place"), presumably recorded as one lengthy piece, although the tune itself is divided into three sections (radio edits?). Listeners also get another in the instrumental Discipline series (Ra composed and recorded many Disciplines throughout the '70s); this time it's "Discipline 8." "Neptune" is another great space chant ("Have you heard the latest thing from Neptune?"), but the standout track is "Pan Afro," a great blowing session built on Ra's trademark interlocking horn riffs. A tough one to find, Discipline 27-II is well-worth seeking out, especially for those who like Space Is the Place.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - piano, Minimoog, vocal
• Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Lamont McClamb [Kwame Hadi]- trumpet, percussion
• Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute, percussion
• Danny Davis - alto sax, flute, alto clarinet, percussion
• Larry Northington - alto sax, conga, percussion
• John Gilmore - tenor sax, drums, space ethnic voice
• Pat Patrick - tenor sax, baritone sax, flute, electric bass, vocals
• Danny Ray Thompson - baritone sax, flute, libflecto, percussion, vocals
• Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute, percussion
• Lex Humphries - drums percussion
• Robert Underwood [Aye Aton] - drums
• Harry Richards - drums, percussion
• Alzo Wright - drums, percussion
• Stanley Morgan [Atakatune] - conga, percussion
• Russell Branch [Odun] - conga, percussion
• June Tyson, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton - voices

Streeterville Studios, Chicago, 19 and 20 October 1972

TRACKS:

• 01.Pan-Afro
• 02.Discipline
• 03.Neptune
• 04.Discipline 27-II