Live from Soundscape (Sun Ra album)
Live from Soundscape is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in New York City in 1979 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1994.[1] Initial pressings of the album contained a bonus CD featuring a lecture by Sun Ra.
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| Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 10 & 11, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Soundscape, NYC | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 140:36 | |||
| Label | DIW DIW 388 | |||
| Producer | Verna Gillis | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sound quality, while good, is not perfect, gearing the release more towards the serious fan".[2]
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Track listing
All compositions by Sun Ra except where noted
Disc One:
- " Astro Black" - 11:52
- "Where There Is No Sun" - 4:05
- "Living in the Space Age" - 2:03
- "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson ) - 2:52
- "D.27" - 12:36
- "Watusi" - 12:23
- "Space Is the Place" - 7:56
- "We Travel the Space Ways " - 7:33
- "On Jupiter, the Skies are Always Blue" - 6:40
Disc Two:
- The Possibility of Altered Destiny - 72:40
Personnel
- Sun Ra - piano, keyboards
- Michael Ray - trumpet, vocals
- Walter Miller - trumpet
- Vincent Chancey - French horn
- Charles Stephens - trombone
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone
- Skeeter McFarland - electric guitar
- Damon Choice - vibraphone
- Richard Williams - bass
- Luqman Ali - drums
- Atakatune - percussion
- June Tyson - vocals, dance
References
- Sun Ra discography Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 3, 2014
- Westergaard, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014
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