Sun Ra The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP)
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Sun Ra: The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP)
Cymbals has finally landed… and brought a 2nd saucer with it!
Originally recorded for the Impulse! jazz label in ’73, Cymbals makes its first legitimate release on vinyl, paired with a second LP of unheard material from the same sessions. Hear Ra’s Baroque soundscapes, electrolytic clusters and dithering Moogs catalyze images of monoliths, space stations, computers malfunctioning and galaxies imploding on pristine red and green vinyl with liner notes by known Ra-fficianado Brother Cleve!
Making its debut here, the second LP is culled from a mysterious tape recorded during the same time frame and with many of the same musicians (though no Ronnie Boykins; Ra provides keyboard bass). Could this be one of the unissued Impulse! LPs? Quite probable. The tape box only lists the song titles.
Symbols, the 2nd LP, opens with some “Space Age Cocktail Music” as only Sun Ra could conjure in his intergalactic lounge. Continuing the Sci-Fi film references, side one could well be post-last call cantina music from a galaxy far, far away. Side two, comprising Ra’s keyboards and accompanying drums/percussion, feels like an alternate soundtrack to '2001: A Space Odyssey', a film still playing in theaters in 1973.
The Cymbals / Symbols Sessions New York City 1973 is yet another piece of the puzzle, the Mr. Re of Mr. Ra. On pristine red and green vinyl with liner notes by known Ra-fficianado Brother Cleve!
Article properties:Sun Ra: The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP)
Interpret: Sun Ra
Album titlle: The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP)
Genre Jazz
Label MODERN HARMONIC
Artikelart LP
EAN: 0090771808318
- weight in Kg 0.3
Sun Ra - The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP) LP 1 | ||||
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01 | The World Of The Invisible | Sun Ra | ||
02 | Thoughts Under A Dark Blue Light | Sun Ra | ||
03 | The Order Of The Pharonic Jesters | Sun Ra | ||
04 | The Mystery Of Two | Sun Ra | ||
05 | Land Of The Day Star | Sun Ra |
Sun Ra - The Cymbals - Symbols Sessions - New York City 1973 (2-LP) LP 2 | ||||
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01 | The Universe Is Calling | Sun Ra | ||
02 | Space Landing | Sun Ra | ||
03 | Of Drastic Measures | Sun Ra | ||
04 | Of Otherness | Sun Ra | ||
05 | Myth Evidental | Sun Ra | ||
06 | Destination Of The Known Unknown | Sun Ra |
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra was an American experimental and avant-garde jazz composer and musician (piano, organ, keyboard), poet and philosopher. He was born on 22 May 1914 as Herman'Sonny' Blount in Birmingham, Alabama and died on 30 May 1993 in his birthplace.
myth
Sun Ra was already considered a myth during his lifetime and until today as one of the most wicked jazz musicians of this world (or the Orbit?). With his very own style and innovative ideas, he polarized the critics and the audience. For some he was a brilliant innovator, for others a charlatan. However, it is undisputed that Sun Ra is one of the pioneers of free jazz.
Arkestra
His bizarre astrological sermons and philosophies made him as famous as his musical compositions and performances. In 1952 he gave up his birth name and took the name Sun Ra (Ra is the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god) and conducted an orchestra with a constantly changing line-up, the famous Arkestra. The most notable members of the Arkestra were the saxophonists John Gilmore, who in turn strongly influenced John Coltrane, and Marshall Allen, who still leads the Arkestra today. The word Arkestra was developed by Sun Ra as a connection from ark to orchestra.
Cosmic Jazz
In the 1950s, Sun Ras first developed music from swing, with which he began his career in the 1940s,'reinventing' himself by using the science fiction hype, devoting himself to space issues and giving his new sounds the label'Cosmic Jazz'. According to music critics and jazz historians, some of his best works were created during this period. Notable Sun-Ra albums of the 1950s include many Super-Sonic Jazz, Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth, Interstellar Low Ways, Angels And Demons At Play, We Travel The Spaceways and Jazz in Silhouette.
Saturn
As early as the 1950s, the eccentric began wearing strange costumes and headdress in Egyptian style. He claimed he came from the planet Saturn and developed an artificial figure of lyrical poetry and'cosmic' philosophies preaching peace and consciousness. Unlike many black musicians of his generation, he rarely talked about controversial topics. He preferred to make music while the ensemble of musicians who worked with him and toured with him was constantly changing.
The Sixties, 70s and beyond
In the 1960s, Sun Ras music became increasingly experimental with a tendency towards chaos. During this period his popularity reached its peak when Beat Generation and Psychedelic Rock discovered Sun Ra for themselves.
During the 1970s and beyond, the music of Sun Ra and the Arkestra developed in conventional directions, but still highly eclectic and energetic. With the singer June Tyson he brought jazz standards to the stage in a captivating way and began to process parts of Walt Disney's music from the Disney films. In the late 1980s, the Arkestra even gave a concert in Disney World.
Sun Ra has recorded over 100 albums from 1956 to 1993. Some were released on his own label El Saturn and many others under the name Sun Ra & His Arkestra and numerous variations of them (Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra, Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra, etc.).
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