Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1962/2022) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1962/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:52 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

This special 60th-anniversary reissue of groundbreaking jazz artist Sun Ra’s iconic 1962 album, The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra, features all analog remastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. The package includes Tom Wilson’s original liner notes, plus insightful new essays by jazz historian Ben Young and the journalist, radio personality and author Irwin Chusid.Sun Ra’s only release for the Savoy label is a gem. Recorded in October of 1961, this is probably the first recording the Arkestra made after arriving in New York. As such, you’re dealing with a smallish Arkestra (seven main instrumentalists, joined by vocalist Ricky Murray on “China Gate”) that’s still playing the boppish, highly arranged music characteristic of the Chicago years (1954-1961). Ra sticks to acoustic piano for the entire session, but various percussion instruments are dispersed throughout the band, giving a slightly exotic flavor to some of the tunes. John Gilmore plays bass clarinet on a couple tunes (as well as some great tenor solos), and Marshall Allen’s flute playing is excellent, as always. This album was produced by Tom Wilson, who also produced the first Sun Ra LP, Jazz by Sun Ra (1956) for the Transition label, later reissued by Delmark as Sun Song (Wilson later went on to sign the Mothers of Invention to Verve and “electrified” Bob Dylan). With the exception of “The Beginning,” all the tunes are very accessible. This is one to play for the mistaken folks who think the Arkestra did nothing but make noise. Excellent. [The 2003 mastering job sounds great.] – Sean Westergaard

Tracklist:

1-01. Sun Ra – Bassism (04:06)
1-02. Sun Ra – Of Sounds And Something Else (02:53)
1-03. Sun Ra – What’s That (02:15)
1-04. Sun Ra – Where Is Tomorrow (02:49)
1-05. Sun Ra – The Beginning (06:29)
1-06. Sun Ra – China Gates (03:24)
1-07. Sun Ra – New Day (05:52)
1-08. Sun Ra – Tapestry From An Asteroid (03:02)
1-09. Sun Ra – Jet Flight (03:15)
1-10. Sun Ra – Looking Outward (02:49)
1-11. Sun Ra – Space Jazz Reverie (04:52)

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