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New Steps

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Released
  
1978

Producer
  
Aldo Sinesio

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Free jazz

Length
  
65:36

Artist
  
Sun Ra

Label
  
Horo Records

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Recorded
  
January 2 & 7, 1978 Horo Voice Studio, Rome

New Steps (1978)
  
Other Voices, Other Blues (1978)

Similar
  
Free jazz albums, Other albums

Sun ra quartet my favorite things 1978


New Steps is a double album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Quartet recorded in Italy in 1978 and originally released on the Italian Horo label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "New Steps is another fabulous release from Sun Ra, but all the Horo albums can be difficult to find".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

Side One:

  1. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 7:49
  2. "Moon People" - 7:50

Side Two:

  1. "Sun Steps" - 11:37
  2. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 6:04

Side Three:

  1. "Friend and Friendship" - 6:58
  2. "Rome at Twilight" - 5:08
  3. "When There Is No Sun" - 4:37

Side Four:

  1. "The Horo" - 15:33

Personnel

  • Sun Ra - piano, Crumar Mainman organ, vocals
  • John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion vocals
  • Michael Ray - trumpet, vocals
  • Luqman Ali - drums
  • Songs

    1My Favorite ThingsSun Ra Quartet8:22
    2Moon PeopleSun Ra Quartet7:50
    3Sun StepsSun Ra Quartet11:41

    References

    New Steps Wikipedia