EL IS A SOUND OF JOY/BLACK SKY AND BLUE MOON by SUN RA
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SKU | 94298 |
Artist | SUN RA |
Title | EL IS A SOUND OF JOY/BLACK SKY AND BLUE MOON |
Label | MODERN HARMONIC |
Catalog # | MH 102 |
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Release | W 35 - 2017 |
Format | Vinyl - US7'' |
€ 4,99 € 12,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Description
Shining sounds from the dawn of the Sun Ra Arkestra. "El is A Sound of Joy" was recorded in 1956 and appeared the following year on the very first Saturn LP, Super-Sonic Jazz. Incredible is the fact that saxophonist Charles Davis, here providing the soulful baritone anchor line (counterpoint to Ra's formidable left hand), remains in the front-line of today's Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen.Across the history of jazz, there is no wilder, more future-forward composer and performer than Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra. Known as much for his wild on-stage persona as his innovative compositions, Sun Ra was the avant-garde bleeding edge of the jazz genre, introducing modal composition and electronic instrumentation before almost anyone else � not to mention bringing the space age to life with his obsession with all things extraterrestrial. Across more than 50 LPs released in his lifetime, Sun Ra charted a course to space and far, far beyond.