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Reflections in Blue (Sun Ra album)

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
39:36

Artist
  
Sun Ra

Producer
  
Giovanni Bonandrini

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 18 & 19, 1986

Reflections in Blue (1986)
  
Hours After (1986)

Release date
  
1987

Label
  
Black Saint

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Similar
  
The Sun Ra Arkestra albums, Jazz albums

Reflections in Blue is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1986 in Italy and released on the Black Saint label in 1987.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "this studio set is not recommended for swing purists who take life too seriously, but the creative and often crazy music should delight many listeners".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
  1. "State Street Chicago" - 7:52
  2. "Nothin' from Nothin'" (Pat Patrick) - 4:24
  3. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 7:46
  4. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) - 6:11
  5. "I Dream Too Much" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 5:03
  6. "Reflections in Blue" - 8:20
  • Recorded at Jingle Machine Studio, Milano, on December 18 and 19, 1986.

    • Personnel

  • Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer, vocals
  • Randall Murray - trumpet
  • Tyrone Hill - trombone
  • Pat Patrick - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, oboe
  • Danny Ray Thompson - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, bongos
  • John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, clarinet, timbales
  • Eloe Omoe - alto saxophone, alto clarinet, bass clarinet
  • James Jacson - bassoon, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum
  • Ronald Wilson - tenor saxophone
  • Carl LeBlanc - electric guitar
  • Tyler Mitchell - bass
  • Thomas Hunter, Earl "Buster" Smith - drums

    • Songs

    1State Street Chicago7:54
    2Nothin' From Nothin'4:27
    3Yesterdays7:50

    References

    Reflections in Blue (Sun Ra album) Wikipedia
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