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SUN RA-Beyond the purple star zone-'80 DETROIT SESSIONS-NEW CD
SUN RA-Beyond the purple star zone
= NEW CD IN Digipack =
In 1980 Sun-Ra fanatic Rick Steiger organised what was to be the "Greatest cultural event going on in America at that time" according to Sun Ra himself.
The concert started the day after Christmas and evolved into a 6-day, 11-performance residency that rocked the Detroit Jazz centre to it's boots.
These are nine tracks from those sessions, capturing the Arkestra in full flight with some help from local musicians Tani Tabbal, Ali Mora, Jaribu Shahid and Reggie Fields. Pure vibes!!!
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra* – Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax
The Sun Ra Arkestra - Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax album cover
Label: Art Yard – ART YARD CD 005
Format:
CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
Country: UK
Released: 2010
Genre: Jazz
Style: Space-Age
1 Beyond The Purple Star Zone 5:50
2 Rocket Number Nine 8:14
3 Immortal Being 4:02
4 Romance On A Satellite 5:01
5 Planetary Search 4:19
6 Oblique Parallax 2:43
7 Vista Omniverse 4:50
8 Celestial Realms 5:03
9 Journey Stars Beyond 13:13
Copyright © – Art Yard Ltd.
Copyright © – Enterplanetary Koncepts
Published By – Enterplanetary Koncepts
Distributed By – ReR Megacorp
Distributed By – ReR USA
Alto Saxophone, Percussion – Marshall Allen
Alto Saxophone, Vocals – Noel Scott
Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Danny Thompson*
Bass – Jaribu Shahid, John Ore
Bass Clarinet – Eloe Omoe
Bells – The Bell Brothers (2)
Congas – Bright Moments
Drums – Craig Harris (3), Samarai Celestial, Tommy "Bugs" Hunter*
Drums, Percussion – Francisco "Ali" Mora*, Tani Tabbal
Electric Guitar – Skeeter McFarlan* (tracks: 4), Taylor Richardson (2) (tracks: 4)
Flugelhorn – Al Evans
French Horn – Vincent Chancey
Liner Notes – Chris Trent, Rick Steiger
Mastered By – Peter Beckmann
Photography – Leni Sinclair
Producer – Peter Dennett
Synthesizer, Organ, Vocals, Composed By, Arranged By – Sun Ra
Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals – John Gilmore
Trombone, Vocals – Tyrone Hill
Trumpet, Vocals – Michael Ray
Vocals – June Tyson
Vocals, Drums [Ancient Egyptian Infinity Lightning Drum] – James Jacson
Reissue of "Beyond The Purple Star Zone" (Saturn 123180) & Oblique Parallax (Saturn 72881).
Recorded live at the Detroit Jazz Center December 26 1980 - January 1 1981.
There's a curious anomaly here. The opening track of this CD, "Beyond The Purple Star Zone", is identical to the first section of the closing track, "Journey Stars Beyond". They use exactly the same recording, made on December 31 1980. The two Saturn LPs on which they featured were released in quick succession, in 1981 and 1982.
Sun Ra evidently rated this particular trio performance highly – it features himself, Vincent Chancey and Samarai Celestial – so much so that "Beyond The Purple Star Zone" reappeared on the second LP as the opening part of "Journey Stars Beyond." The second section of “Journey Stars Beyond” was recorded during the previous night's concert. The other tracks included on this CD were also recorded during the many concerts of this December 26 1980 – January 1 1981 Detroit Jazz Center residency.
Enterplanetary Koncepts BMI
Made in the USA.
Six-panel digipak
Barcode: 752725028325
Other (Label Code): LC 18762
Rights Society (Publishing): BMI
Track List
01 Beyond the purple star zone 5:50
02 Rocket number nine 8:15
03 Immortal being 4:02
04 Romance on a satellite 5:01
05 Planetary search 4:20
06 Oblique parallax 2:44
07 Vista omniverse 4:50
08 Celestial realms 5:03
09 Journey stars beyond 13:13