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Somewhere Else (Sun Ra album)

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Released
  
1993

Producer
  
John Snyder

Artist
  
Sun Ra

Label
  
Zensor

Length
  
61:14

Somewhere Else (1988-89)
  
Blue Delight (1989)

Release date
  
1993

Genre
  
Free jazz

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Recorded
  
December 1988 and November 1989

Similar
  
Sun Ra albums, Free jazz albums, Other albums

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Somewhere Else is an album by free jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra released on the Rounder label.

Contents

The album was released shortly before Sun Ra's death and features tracks recorded at the same sessions which produced the albums Blue Delight and Purple Night.

Somewhere else


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Due to the variety and very interesting personnel, plus many examples of the keyboardist/leader stretching himself, this somewhat obscure effort is easily recommended to Sun Ra collectors".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated. All arrangements by Sun Ra.
  1. "Priest" - 4:01
  2. "Discipline/Tall Trees in the Sun" - 8:26
  3. "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:32
  4. "Hole in the Sky" - 7:31
  5. "Somewhere Else Part 1" - 8:38
  6. "Somewhere Else Part 2" - 2:41
  7. "Stardust from Tomorrow" - 4:56
  8. "Love in Outer Space" - 12:01
  9. "Everything Is Space" - 3:57
  10. "Tristar" - 3:31
Recorded at Variety Recording Studios in New York in December 1988 (tracks 1 & 8-10) and at BMG Studios in New York City in November 1989 (tracks 2-7)

Personnel

  • Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer
  • Don Cherry - pocket trumpet
  • Fred Adams, Michael Ray, Ahmed Abdullah, Jothan Callins, Al Evans - trumpet
  • Tyrone Hill, Julian Priester - trombone
  • Reynold Scott - baritone saxophone, flute
  • James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
  • Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, percussion
  • John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion
  • James Jacson - bassoon, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum
  • Rollo Radford - electric bass
  • John Ore, Jaribu Shahid - bass
  • June Tyson - vocals, violin
  • Billy Higgins, Thomas "Bugs" Hunter, Earl "Buster" Smith, Eric "Samurai" Walker - drums
  • Elson Nascimento - surdo, percussion
  • Jorge Silva - repinique, percussion
  • Carl LeBlanc - Soloist, Guitar

    • Songs

    1Priest4:07
    2Discipline / Tall Trees in the Sun8:29
    3’S Wonderful5:36

    References

    Somewhere Else (Sun Ra album) Wikipedia
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