Sun Ra
Sunrise In Different Dimensions
FormatCDLabelhatOLOGYGenreJazz & Improvisation
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A great live recording of Sun Ra and his Arkestra from 1980 in Switzerland, originally released as a double LP, and remastered for CD in 2010 (two pieces have been excluded from the original LP release). The concert featured a ten piece ensemble playing a mix of originals, standards and modern jazz compositions, including pieces Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis/Tad Dameron, Coleman Hawkins, Billy Strayhorn, and Duke Ellington. This is a good example of later Sun Ra configurations, with Sun Ra still in his prime and the Arkestra, under the influence of Marshall Allen and John Gilmore, in excellent form.
"Sun Ra & the Arkestra live in Willisau, Switzerland... In addition to diverse and generally adventurous originals by Ra, the ensemble performs ragged and eccentric versions of such 1930s pieces as "'Big John's Special," "Yeah Man," "Queer Notions," "Limehouse Blues," and "King Porter Stomp." For the remainder of his life, Sun Ra would alternate between reinventions of swing tunes and his outer space originals... this was one of the better examples of his late-period band."-Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Format
Recorded live on Sunday February 24, 1980 at Gasthof Mohren Willisau/Switzerland
2010, 3rd edition.
Release notes
Recorded live on Sunday February 24, 1980 at Gasthof Mohren Willisau/Switzerland New CD-master March 2010 2010, 3rd edition.
| 1 | Light From A Hidden Sun | 3:51 | |
| 2 | Pin-Points Of Spiral Prisms | 4:40 | |
| 3 | Silhouettes Of The Shadow World | 7:20 | |
| 4 | Cocktails For Two | 3:21 | |
| 5 | 'Round Midnight | 6:40 | |
| 6 | Lady Bird / Half Nelson | 7:59 | |
| 7 | Big John's Special | 3:37 | |
| 8 | Yeah Man! | 3:24 | |
| 9 | Disguised Gods In Skull-Duggery Rendez-Vous | 9:04 | |
| 10 | Queer Notions | 2:43 | |
| 11 | Limehouse Blues | 3:43 | |
| 12 | King Porter Stomp | 3:32 | |
| 13 | Take The A Train | 5:06 | |
| 14 | Lightnin' | 2:43 | |
| 15 | A Helio-Hello! And Goodbye Too! | 3:10 |
- Nöel Scott
- Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute
- Marshall Allen
- Alto Saxophone, Oboe, Flute
- Danny Thompson
- Baritone Saxophone, Flute
- fuhrer vienna
- Design Concept [Graphic Concept]
- Chris Henderson
- Drums
- Eric Walker
- Drums
- Graham Lock
- Liner Notes [April 2001]
- Luca Buti
- Photography By
- Sun Ra
- Piano, Written-By (1 to 3, 9, 15)
- Werner X. Uehlinger
- Producer
- Peter Pfister
- Remix, Mastered By
- Rainer Oppelland
- Technician [Recording Supervision]
- Kenneth Williams
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
- John Gilmore
- Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
- Michael Ray
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
