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Sun Ra

Title: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (3CD deluxe)

Label: ESP DISK

Cat No:ESP4062
Format:CD

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• Together for the first time, ESP-Disk’ presents all three volumes of “The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra” in a gorgeous digipack fold out box set.

• Originally released as two volumes in 1966, and with a third volume uncovered in 2005, the landmark sessions recorded by Richard Alderson on April 20th and November 16, 1965, have been hailed as a “...masterpiece of free jazz”.

• To further delve into the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra and his Orkestra, each enhanced disc in the set contains archival photos, critical writings and historical videos including the 18 minute documentary Sun Ra “Spaceways”.

• Personnel : Sun Ra: bass marimba, electronic celeste, piano, tympani, clavoline, tuned bongos; John Gilmore: tenor, tympani; Marshall Allen: picolo, alto, bells, spiral cymbal; Ronnie Boykins: bass; Teddy Nance: trombone; Pat Patrick: baritone, percussion; Jimhmi Johnson: percussion, tympani; Robert Cummings: bass clarinet, wood blocks; Chris Capers: trumpet; Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone; Danny Davis: alto flute; Walter Miller: trumpet; & Roger Blank: drums, percussion.

Track Listing for The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (3CD deluxe)
CD1
1. Heliocentric
2. Outer Nothingness
3. Other Worlds
4. The Cosmos
5. Oh Heavenly Things
6. Nebulae
7. Dancing in the Sun

CD2
1. The Sun Myth
2. A House of Beauty
3. Cosmic Chaos

CD3
1. Intercosmosis
2. Mythology Metamorphosis
3. Heliocentric Worlds
4. World Worlds
5. Interplanetary Travelers

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Simon Adams

a well produced package of Ra in all his glory.

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