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Live from Soundscape (Sun Ra album)

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Released
  
July 21, 1994

Artist
  
The Sun Ra Arkestra

Producer
  
Verna Gillis

Genre
  
Free jazz

Length
  
140:36

Release date
  
21 July 1994

Label
  
DIW Records

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Recorded
  
November 10 & 11, 1979 Soundscape, NYC

Live from Soundscape (1979)
  
Of Mythic Worlds (1979)

Similar
  
The Sun Ra Arkestra albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums

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. Initial pressings of the album contained a bonus CD featuring a lecture by Sun Ra.

Contents

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra

Disc One:

  1. " Astro Black" - 11:52
  2. "Where There Is No Sun" - 4:05
  3. "Living in the Space Age" - 2:03
  4. "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson ) - 2:52
  5. "D.27" - 12:36
  6. "Watusi" - 12:23
  7. "Space Is the Place" - 7:56
  8. "We Travel the Space Ways " - 7:33
  9. "On Jupiter, the Skies are Always Blue" - 6:40

Disc Two:

  1. 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
  • Songs

    1Astro Black11:52
    2Where There Is No Sun4:04
    3Living in the Space Age2:02

    References

    Live from Soundscape (Sun Ra album) Wikipedia