Sun Ra

DIGIPACK EDITION

FIRst TIME ON CD

include 2 bonus tracks

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Universe in Blue is a rarity. After-hours music, showcasing Sun Ra's twisted take on the Blues, these live recordings from 1972 provide an intriguing glimpse of the Arkestra’s repertoire and virtuosity at the close of their first decade playing in New York, and brought him to the greater attention of the New York press and helped cement his reputation for audacious showmanship. Ra and his band performed at the famed East Village Slug's almost every Monday night for several years through the late sixties, and took the stage sporadically for several years thereafter.

This collection of undated live club performances was issued in small-run pressings with two different LP covers on Sun Ra's Saturn label around 1972, but has largely escaped further notice. It's never been available on CD, and only a previous unofficial LP reissue was available prior to this edition.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - (moog, Intergalactic Space Organ (Farfisa)
• John Gilmore - (tenor sax)
• Akh Tal Ebah - (trumpet)
• Kwame Hadi - (trumpet)
• Ali Hassan - (trombone)
• Charles Stevens - (trombone)
• June Tyson - (vocals)
• Danny Davis - (alto sax, clarinet)
• James Jacson - (oboe, flute)
• Pat Patrick - (baritone sax)
• Marshall Allen - (alto sax, oboe, piccolo, flute)
• Danny Ray Thompson - (baritone sax, flute)
• Eloe Omoe - (bass clarinet, flute)
• Alzo Wright - (cello)
• Lex Humphries - (drums)

TRACKS:

• 01. Universe in Blue
• 02. When the Black Man Ruled This Land
• 03. In a Blue Mood
• 04. Another Shade of Blue
• 05. Discipline 27-II (Bonus track)
• 06. Intergalactic Research (Bonus track)