Don Sebesky

Originally released on Verve in 1968, The Distant Galaxy is quite an hybrid of soul jazz and space-age music, an influential cornerstone fully sampled by a who’s who of hip-hop and r&b superstar like Rakim, Madlib and Buck 65. Such an obscure and terrific album that features a blend of jazz, psych and good old '60s light pop with brief "cosmic" audio tidbits inserted between most of the main tracks.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• SIDE A
• A1.The Distant Galaxy
• Dance The Night Away

• Hubert Laws - soprano sax
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• A2. Sounds Of Silence

• Hubert Laws - flute
• _____________________________

• A3. Martian Storm
• Soul Lady

• Dick Hyman - piano
• Don Sebesky - synthesizer [Moog]
• _____________________________

• A4. Reflectivity
• Mr. Tambourine Man

• Hubert Laws - sax
• _____________________________

• A5. Cosmic Force
• Water Brother

• Hubert Laws - flute
• Warren Bernhardt - clavinet – Warren Bernhardt
• Don Sebesky - synthesizer [Moog]
• _____________________________

• SIDE B
• B1. Spiral Nebulae
• The Blue Scimitar

• Richard Spencer -soprano saxophone
• Marvin Stamm - trumpet
• _____________________________

• B2. Satellite
• Elvira Madigan Theme / Honey

• Richard Spencer -alto saxophone
• _____________________________

• B3. Solar Emissions
• Guru-Vin

• Larry Coryell - electric sitar
• Lois Winter - vocals
• Dick Hyman
• _____________________________

• B4. I Wish It Would Rain

• Dick Hyman - piano
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• B4. Lady Madonna

• Larry Coryell - guitar
• Marvin Stamm - trumpet