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- Date Released: January 1, 1956
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde
- Label: Evidence Records
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Sun Ra had only been heading his Arkestra for a couple of years when they recorded the 12 songs featured on this 1956 session. But while the arrangements, ensemble work, and solos are not as ambitious, expansive, or free-wheeling as they became on later outings, the groundwork was laid on such cuts as "India," "Sunology," and one of the first versions of "Blues At Midnight." Ra's band already had the essential swinging quality and first-class soloists, and he had gradually challenged them with compositions that did not rely on conventional hard bop riffs, chord changes, and structure but demanded a personalized approach and understanding of sound and rhythm far beyond standard thinking. You can hear in Ra's solos and those of John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, Charles Davis and others an emerging freedom and looseness which would explode in the future.
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| 01. |  |
India |
4:52 |
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| 02. | |
Sunology |
5:43 |
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| 03. | |
Advice For Medics |
2:04 |
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| 04. | |
Super Blonde |
2:38 |
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| 05. | |
Soft Talk |
2:44 |
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| 06. | |
Sunology, Pt. 2 |
7:08 |
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| 07. | |
Kingdom Of Not |
5:34 |
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| 08. | |
Portrait Of The Living Sky |
1:51 |
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| 09. | |
Blues At Midnight |
6:33 |
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| 10. | |
El Is A Sound of Joy |
3:59 |
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| 11. | |
Springtime in Chicago |
3:54 |
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| 12. | |
Medicine For A Nightmare |
2:25 |
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12 Total Tracks, 49:25 Total Length
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Credits
- John Gilmore - Sax (Tenor) // John Gilmore - Tenor (Vocal) // Julian Priester - Trombone // Julian Priester - Trombone // Charles Davis - Sax (Baritone) // Charles Davis - Baritone (Vocal) // Alton Abraham - Producer // Robert Barry - Drums // William "Bugs" Cochran - Drums // Jerry Gordon - Producer // Jerry Gordon - Reissue Producer // Wilburn Green - Bass (Electric) // Wilburn Green - Bass Programming // James Herndon - Timbales // James Herndon - Tympani [Timpani] // Arthur Hoyle - Trumpet // Pat Patrick - Sax (Alto) // Pat Patrick - Sax (Baritone) // Pat Patrick - Baritone (Vocal) // Pat Patrick - Alto (Vocals) // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Piano // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Main Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // Sun Ra - Performer // James Scales - Sax (Alto) // James Scales - Alto (Vocals) // Roger Seibel - Audio Restoration // Victor Sproles - Bass // Victor Sproles - Sax (Bass) // Dave Shirk - Pre-Mastering Engineer // Judith Salavetz - Art Direction // Jim Herndon - Timbales // Jim Herndon - Tympani [Timpani] // Spencer Drate - Art Direction // Claude Dangerfield - Cover Art
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