Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra The Solar-Myth Approach Vol.1 (LP, 180g colored Vinyl, Ltd.)

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Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra: The Solar-Myth Approach Vol.1 (LP, 180g colored Vinyl, Ltd.)

(BYG Records) 7 tracks, gatefold cover, 180g colored vinyl in white, limited edition

On a qualitative level, this remastering of 2020 Cosmic Myth from the best available sources (tapes and discs) is an improvement. Are they perfect? Of course not - they are Sun Ra recordings - but countless audio errors - some from the original sessions, others from sloppy mastering - have been corrected.

Stylistically, the albums are a hodgepodge of tracks from various undocumented sessions in New York and Philadelphia in the 1960s, while some may date from the late 1950s, when Ra and the Arkestra were based in Chicago. (Ra moved to New York in 1960 and Philadelphia in 1968, although he continued to record in NYC at Variety Studios for years). There are no specific session logs for these tracks, and an identical personnel list appears on both Solar Myth LPs. Ra was not a meticulous commentator on his own releases. A cosmic prankster, he was prone to falsification and willful "misdirection"; the players, dates, locations and even titles listed are sometimes unreliable. (In the words of author Bob Mielke, "Sun Ra isn't real - he's a myth!") Ra scholars can generally identify the players by style, estimate the recording year, and determine the location by locating the Arkestra's rotating members; in addition, arrangement techniques, instrumentation, track copyrights, concert itineraries, and studio atmosphere offer clues.

As with many albums compiled by the bandleader from various sessions, there's something on the Solar Myth albums that every Ra fan will love - and some that casual fans will find less "lovable". As we've noted before, with Sun Ra you get anything but consistency and predictability. The Solar Myth tracks tend towards extremes, styles are juxtaposed in a disjointed manner, and the audio quality fluctuates. For a Sun Ra album, this can be described as "coherent". Some tracks have entered the Ra canon (e.g. "Satellites Are Spinning", "They'll Come Back", "Outer Spaceways Inc."), while others appear here and nowhere else (e.g. "Realm of Lightning", "The Utter Nots", "The Adventures of Bugs Hunter").

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Interpret: Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
Album titlle: The Solar-Myth Approach Vol.1 (LP, 180g colored Vinyl, Ltd.)
Genre Jazz
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
Label BYG Records
Artikelart LP
EAN: 5060767440988
weight in Kg 0.35

Sun Ra - The Solar-Myth Approach Vol.1 (LP, 180g colored Vinyl, Ltd.) LP 1
01	Spectrum	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
02	Realm Of Lightning	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
03	The Satellites Are Spinning	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
04	Legend	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
05	Seen Iii, Took 4	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
06	They'll Come Back	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra
07	Adventures Of Bugs Hunter	Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra

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"Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra"

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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