Track Listings (7) - Disc #1| All Artists: Sun Ra & His Arkestra Title: Live at Montreux Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Universe Italy Original Release Date: 5/27/2003 Re-Release Date: 6/3/2003 Album Type: Live, Import Genres: Jazz, Pop Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Swing Jazz Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 |
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Recorded live at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival. Elements of jazz, blues, African tribal music, trance and the occult, Sun Ra is one of the top innovators of 20th century music - not to be left out of any music collecti... more » |
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Album Description Recorded live at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival. Elements of jazz, blues, African tribal music, trance and the occult, Sun Ra is one of the top innovators of 20th century music - not to be left out of any music collection. A cover of Billy Strayhorn's 'Take The A Train' stands out among the many original Arkestra pieces. Miniature gatefold LP Sleeve. 2003. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsIf one Ra disc is all you can buy in your lifetime! Jazz Headcase | Indiana USA | 02/18/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "THIS should be the one! I've been patiently waiting for this to be reissued on CD as the LP has been out of print for many years.From the opening vocal chant/percussion to the abrupt segue into wailing reeds and horns to John Gilmore's technically and musically adept gallop through Ellingtonia to Star Wars-like "Lights on a Satellite" to the closing "We Travel The Spaceways" singalong, this disc is the epitome of Sun Ra's group as they sounded live in 1976. Powerful, emotive, creative and challenging, this disc keeps your attention for the two hours + of its length. Aside from the portions listed above, "El is the sound of joy" brings a fanfare of trumpets that for some reason invokes the spirit of live ARt Ensemble of Chicago to mind for me. There isn't one minute of music on this disc that is superfluous. It will alternately tear you up and tearDROP you up. I consider this disc essential listening not just for Sun Ra fans, not just for fans of avant garde jazz, but for everyone who would like their ears and musical conceptions stretched a bit. As the proud owner of nearly 5000 pieces of avant garde jazz music, this disc is #1 on my list and has been since I first heard it in 1981. It just might become a favorite of yours as well." Feels Like The First Time Mr. Richard D. Coreno | Berea, Ohio USA | 10/26/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "Though Sun Ra was well into his third decade of artistry, this 1976 live set was an introduction to a wider audience. The double album - back in a period when such releases were all the rage - features the 15 piece Intergalactic Cosmo Arkestra and has 14 selections that were familiar to fans, such as On Sound Infinity Spheres, El is the Sound of Joy, We Travel the Spaceways and Take the "A" Train, Sun Ra's salute to Duke Ellington. With a hefty catalog of albums - but many on independent labels or limited editions only available at concerts - this release then and now is an outstanding way to begin the journey into the influential and amazing career of an iconic jazz performer." The Ra album to measure all others by T. Bayard Williams | baltimore, md United States | 11/01/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is the quintessential Sun Ra CD. Great sound, big band, at the pinnacle of his creative and visionary talents: avant guard and "Take the A Train". This disc is a must."
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