Sun Ra - Space Is the Place 1973 ~ software for linux

Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a 1979 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Space Is the Place provides an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's vast and free-form jazz catalog. Typical of many Sun Ra recordings, the program is varied; earthbound songs, like the swing number "Images" and Egyptian exotica piece "Discipline," fit right in with more space-age cuts, like the tumultuous "Sea of Sounds" and the humorous "Rocket Number Nine." Sun Ra fuses many of these styles on the sprawling title cut, as interlocking harmonies, African percussion, manic synthesizer lines, and joyous ensemble blowing all jell into some sort of church revival of the cosmos. Throughout the recording, Sun Ra displays his typically wide-ranging talents on space organ and piano, reed players John Gilmore and Marshall Allen contribute incisive and intense solos, and June Tyson masterfully leads the Space Ethnic Voices on dreamy vocal flights. This is a fine recording and a must for Sun Ra fans.

Line-up / Musicians

Sun Ra/Piano,space organ
Akh Tal Ebah,trumpet,vocals
Kwame Hadi/trumpet
Marshall Allen/saxophone,flute
Danny Davis/saxophone,flute
John Gilmore/saxophone/vocals
Danny Thompson/saxophone,flute,vocals
Eloe Omoe/clarinet,flute
Pat Patrick/bass,saxophone,vocals
Lex Humphries/drums
Stanley Morgan/percussion
Russel Branch/percussion

Discography(Album)

Space Is the Place 1973