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Sun Ra 1914-1993

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"The Chaos on this planet is due to the music that the musicians are playing that they're supposed to play. By some who just think of money and don't realize that music is a spiritual language and it represents the people of earth. But musicians are compelled to play anything. It goes straight to the zoner or creator of the universe, and that is how he sees you, by your music because you see music is a universal language and what you call the musicians who are playing it. It's what goes to the creator, and your personal ambassador, and your personal nemesis."

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  • Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn, ages ago, and spent some time on Earth using the power of music to demonstrate the virtues of discipline and harmony to members of this planet. Or, if you prefer a more straightforward approach to your musical biographies, Sun Ra was born Herman P. Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914. Whichever way you choose to look at matters, some things are not in doubt : Sun Ra arrived on this planet via Birmingham on May 22, 1914, left this planet on May 30, 1993, and spent the majority of his time here working with groups of musicians to leave behind an amazingly large, diverse, diffuse, and beautiful catalogue of recordings and live performances the likes of which has never been seen before.

    57. Sun Ra
    Space is the Place
    Blue Thumb BTS 41 (1973)
    Vogue 10.021 (France)
    Impulse! IMPD-249 (1997) [–Moudry]

    Side A:
    Space is the Place (Ra) [21:14]

    Side B:
    Images (Ra) [6:15]
    Discipline 33 (Ra) [4:50]
    Sea of Sounds (Ra) [7:42]
    Rocket Number Nine (Ra) [2:50]
    Ra-p, space org, Mini-Moog syn; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, flg, reed tp, voc; Lamont McClamb (Kwame Hadi)-tp, perc; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Danny Davis-as, fl, acl; Larry Northington-as; John Gilmore-ts, d, voc; Pat Patrick-ts, eb; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Lex Humphries-d, perc; Robert Underwood-d; Harry Richards-perc; Alzo Wright-perc; Stanley Morgan (Atakatune)-perc, cga; June Tyson, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton-Space Ethnic Voices. Streeterville Studios, Chicago, 10/19/1972. [Information from jacket.]

    Though only one is credited, there are two low clarinets on Discipline 33. One is clearly Omoe-bcl. The other is presumably Danny Davis-acl, though Pat Patrick could have brought along his "mistro-clarinet".

    2001, dec 29; 00:05:
  • Space is the Place - Sun Ra[Amazon US] Contains the magical mystical 20 minutes+ jazz track 'Space is the Place'. [more on Sun Ra]

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