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Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue

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Released
  
1977

Artist
  
The Sun Ra Arkestra

Label
  
El Saturn Records

Length
  
71:46

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Free jazz

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Recorded
  
May 3, 1973 and October 14, 1977 Philadelphia and Variety Recording Studio, NY

Producer
  
Adam Abraham & John Corbett

Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue (1977)
  
Of Mythic Worlds (1979)

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

Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in 1977 and originally released on Ra's Saturn label in 1977 an rereleased on CD on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series in 2008.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although recorded about a decade apart, Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue is of a piece with Blue Delight: mostly standards albums that really put the spotlight on Sun Ra's piano playing and the tenor artistry of John Gilmore. Although the Arkestra is notorious for its outside playing and cacophonous tendencies, this album shows they could play it straight as well as anyone in the game. Wonderful stuf".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

  1. "Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue" - 8:15
  2. "II'll Get By" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 7:18
  3. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 10:01
  4. "Untitled" - 7:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 8:52
  6. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 7:30
  7. "Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 8:38
  8. "'ll Get By" [alternate take I] (Ahlert, Turk) - 7:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "I'll Get By" [alternate take II] (Ahlert, Turk) - 6:42 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Sun Ra - piano (tracks 1-7), organ (tracks 8 & 9)
  • Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet (tracks 1-7), flugelhorn (track 8)
  • Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, oboe (tracks 1-7)
  • Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1-7)
  • John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion (tracks 1-7 & 9)
  • James Jacson - flute, bassoon (tracks 1-7)
  • Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute (tracks 1-7)
  • Ronnie Boykins (tracks 8 & 9), Richard Williams (tracks 1-7) - bass
  • Luqman Ali - drums (tracks 1-7)
  • Atakatune - congas (tracks 1-7)

    • Songs

    1Some Blues but Not the Kind That's Blue8:15
    2I'll Get By7:18
    3My Favorite Things10:01

    References

    Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue Wikipedia
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