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Space Is the Place (soundtrack)

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Released
  
1993

Artist
  
Sun Ra

Movie
  
Space Is the Place

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
74:21

Release date
  
1993

Label
  
Evidence

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Recorded
  
1972, San Francisco, California

Producer
  
Ihnfinity Inc. (music), Jerry Gordon (CD)

Similar
  
Sun Ra albums, Jazz albums

Space is the Place is an album by Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra. The music was recorded in early 1972 in San Francisco, California for the film Space Is the Place. However, the music remained unreleased until Evidence Music issued a compact disc in 1993.

Contents

During the late-1960s and early-1970s, Sun Ra and his ensemble made several forays to California. In 1971, Sun Ra taught a course, "The Black Man in the Cosmos," at University of California, Berkeley. Over the course of these California visits, Sun Ra came to the attention of Jim Newman, who produced the film Space Is the Place starring Sun Ra and his Arkestra, and based, in part, on Sun Ra's Berkeley lectures. The soundtrack CD compiles 16 tracks that Sun Ra recorded for the film.

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Critical reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz describes the album as "a brisk montage of Arkestra music....[I]t works remarkably well and the playing is tight and enigmatic." The Penguin editors also note that "Mysterious Crystal" is of particular interest, with the track "combining a huge array of elements into something that simply cannot be characterized by reference to any other music." Ron Wynn of Allmusic describes the tracks as being "among Sun Ra's most ambitious, unorthodox, and compelling compositions."

Track listing

All compositions and arrangements by Sun Ra.

  1. "It's After the End of the World" – 3:25
  2. "Under Different Stars" – 3:55
  3. "Discipline 33" – 3:22
  4. "Watusa" – 7:11
  5. "Calling Planet Earth" – 3:04
  6. "I Am the Alter-Destiny" – 1:08
  7. "Satellites Are Spinning" – 2:33
  8. "Cosmic Forces" – 3:09
  9. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated"– 3:00
  10. "We Travel the Spaceways" – 2:28
  11. "The Overseer" – 3:04
  12. "Blackman/Love in Outer Space" – 16:53
  13. "Mysterious Crystal" – 5:53
  14. "I Am the Brother of the Wind" – 5:54
  15. "We'll Wait for You" – 4:11
  16. "Space Is the Place" – 4:23

Personnel

  • Sun Ra – piano, Minimoog, Farfisa organ, Clavinet, Rocksichord, declamation
  • Kwame Hadi – trumpet, conga, vibraphone
  • Wayne Harris – trumpet
  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon, kora, cowbell, percussion
  • Danny Davis – alto saxophone, flute, alto clarinet, percussion
  • Larry Northington – alto saxophone, conga, percussion
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, drums, percussion, vocal
  • Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, bongos, percussion
  • Danny Thompson – baritone saxophone, percussion
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Ken Moshesh – conga
  • June Tyson – vocals, bells

    • Songs

    1It's After the End of the World3:28
    2Under Different Stars3:59
    3Discipline 333:24

    References

    Space Is the Place (soundtrack) Wikipedia
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