Sun Ra

• 7" vinyl

The album Angels And Demons At Play was compiled from two different sessions, recorded four years apart (1956 and 1960), that reflect Sun Ra's evolution from hard Chicago bop towards exotic styles that transcended easy categorization. The album was released in 1965 with a distinctive sleeve design by Sun Ra, featuring an identical illustration on both sides, and no sleeve notes. Besides the leader, there's overlapping personnel at the two sessions, yet the two LP sides were somewhat incongruous, demonstrating how much the Arkestra had evolved in four years.

PERSONNEL:

• ON SIDE ONE
• Sun Ra - piano, Cosmic Tone Organ, percussion
• Phil Cohran - trumpet
• Nate Pryor and Bo Bailey - trombone
• John Gilmore - tenor sax, clarinet
• Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute
• Ronnie Boykins - bass
• Jon Hardy - drums
• Robert Barry - drums
• Art Hoyle - trumpet
• Pat Patrick - baritone sax
• Julian Priester - trombone
• Wilburn Green - bass
• Jim Herndon - tympani

• ON SIDE TWO:
• Sun Ra - piano, Clavioline
• Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute, piccolo, percussion
• Danny Davis - alto sax, flute, alto clarinet, percussion
• Danny Ray Thompson - alto sax, percussion
• John Gilmore - tenor sax, percussion
• Pat Patrick - baritone sax, flute, percussion
• Robert Northern - French horn
• Bernard Pettaway - trombone
• Ali Hassan - trombone
• Teddy Nance - trombone
• Robert Cummings - bass clarinet, percussion
• Ronnie Boykins - bass
• Clifford Jarvis - drums
• Lex Humphries - drums

TRACKS:

• SIDE ONE:
• 01. Angels and Demons at Play ........ 02:57
• 02. Between Two Worlds ............01:58

• SIDE TWO
• 01. Spontaneous Simplicity ...... 07:58