Album
Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 1
1957 · Jazz
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 1 is a Jazz album by Sun Ra, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 38 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
This is the original first album by Sun Ra, released in 1957 on Transition Records. It was later reissued as 'Sun Song'.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- raw
- hypnotic
- spacey
1956-'57
First album by Sun Ra and his Arkestra, recorded July 12, 1956 at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago. Produced by Tom Wilson for his short-lived Transition label, the album was released in 1957. A booklet was included filled with poems and musings by Sun Ra dealing with his compositions and techniques
1967
Wilson, moving away from jazz, sold the original tapes to Robert G. Koester who produced the reissue for his Delmark Records label, with a new release title "Sun Song", new artwork by graphic designer Sylvia Abernathy and liner notes by J.B. Figi replacing Ra's precious texts
1990
Delmark first CD release, restoring Sun Ra's original notes as well as including the composition "Swing A Little Taste" from the same session not on the original album, but issued on the 1956-ish Transition sampler Jazz In Transition (US 1956) (opens in a new tab)
Note: from the same session or later, perhaps Nov. 1956, equally produced by Wilson, enough material for a second volume was recorded, but remaining unreleased until 1968, see Sound Of Joy
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Arthur HoyleTRUMPET TRUMPET, BELLS TRUMPET, PERCUSSION
- David YoungTRUMPET TRUMPET, BELLS TRUMPET, PERCUSSION
- James ScalesALTO SAXOPHONE SOLOIST, ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Jim HerndonTIMPANI, TIMBALES TIMPANI, TIMBALES , BELLS
- John GilmoreTENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, PERCUSSION TENOR SAXOPHONE, WOOD BLOCK
- Julian PriesterTROMBONE TROMBONE, CHIMES TROMBONE, PERCUSSION
- Pat PatrickBARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, BELLS BARITONE SAXOPHONE, PERCUSSION
- Richard EvansBASS SOLOIST, BASS
- Robert BarryDRUMS DRUMS, BELLS SOLOIST, DRUMS
- Sun RaPIANO PIANO, LEADER PIANO, ORGAN , PERCUSSION
- The Sun Ra ArkestraORCHESTRA
- Wilburn GreenELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS, PERCUSSION ELECTRIC BASS, TAMBOURINE
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 38 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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