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- Date Released: January 1, 1970
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde
- Label: Fuel
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Recorded between 1970-1971, The Solar Myth Approach, Vol. 2 is comprised of solo keyboard explorations by Sun Ra, couched in between two free-form workouts by his whole Arkestra. Kicking off the set is the first band workout "The Utter Nots," which, amidst a relentless Afro-percussion backdrop, features a loose mix of fiery and mild statements by most of Ra's main soloists (alto saxophonist Marshall Allan, oboe player James Jackson, tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, et al.). The more frenetic of the two Arkestra features, "Strange Worlds," alternates between full band outbursts and cryptic keyboard and vocal interludes. The highpoints of the album, though, are Ra's wonderfully strange excursions at the keys. Evoking a child's outer-space play land, Ra produces a dizzying whirl of celestial noises on the Moog synthesizer for "Scene 1, Take 1" while switching the keyboard to harpsichord mode for a hauntingly beautiful meditation of baroque proportions on "Pyramids." The final solo finds Ra running amok over both the piano keyboard and the strings inside, producing a ghostly haze of sound. Balancing out the momentous proceedings are two brief and whimsical numbers, "Ancient Ethiopia" and "Outer Spaceways, Inc.," the last of which includes a pleasant vocal request to join Sun Ra and the Arkestra on a journey to world beyond, an invitation implied throughout the disc.
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The Utter Nots |
11:22 |
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| 02. | |
Outer Spaceways, Inc. |
1:21 |
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| 03. | |
Scene 1, Take 1 |
8:21 |
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| 04. | |
Pyramids |
2:29 |
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| 05. | |
Interpretation |
7:42 |
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| 06. | |
Ancient Ethiopia |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Strange Worlds |
8:32 |
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07 Total Tracks, 42:36 Total Length
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Credits
- Marshall Allen - Flute // Marshall Allen - Oboe // Marshall Allen - Piccolo // Marshall Allen - Sax (Alto) // Ronnie Boykins - Bass // Clifford Jarvis - Percussion // Ahk Tal Ebah - Trumpet // Ahk Tal Ebah - Mellophonium // Kwame Hadi - Trumpet // Ali Hassan - Trombone // Lex Humphries - Percussion // Nimrod Hunt - Hand Drums // Artie Jenkins - Vocals // Pat Patrick - Flute // Pat Patrick - Sax (Baritone) // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // Sun Ra - Clarinet // 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 - Piano // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Arranger // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Keyboards // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // Sun Ra - Moog Synthesizer // 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 - Main Performer // Charles Stevens - Trombone // June Tyson - Vocals // Jean Georgakarakos - Producer // Jean Luc Young - Producer // James Jacson - Flute // James Jacson - Drums // James Jacson - Oboe // Jacques Bisceglia - Executive Producer // Jacques Bisceglia - Photography
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