Live from Soundscape is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in New York City in 1979 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1994.[1] Initial pressings of the album contained a bonus CD featuring a lecture by Sun Ra.
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| Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 10 & 11, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Soundscape, NYC | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 140:36 | |||
| Label | DIW DIW 388 | |||
| Producer | Verna Gillis | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sound quality, while good, is not perfect, gearing the release more towards the serious fan".[2]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
editAll compositions by Sun Ra except where noted
Disc One:
- " Astro Black" – 11:52
- "Where There Is No Sun" – 4:05
- "Living in the Space Age" – 2:03
- "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson ) – 2:52
- "D.27" – 12:36
- "Watusi" – 12:23
- "Space Is the Place" – 7:56
- "We Travel the Space Ways " – 7:33
- "On Jupiter, the Skies are Always Blue" – 6:40
Disc Two:
- The Possibility of Altered Destiny – 72:40
Personnel
edit- Sun Ra – piano, keyboards
- Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals
- Walter Miller – trumpet
- Vincent Chancey – French horn
- Charles Stephens – trombone
- Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
- Skeeter McFarland – electric guitar
- Damon Choice – vibraphone
- Richard Williams – bass
- Luqman Ali – drums
- Atakatune – percussion
- June Tyson – vocals, dance
References
edit- ^ Sun Ra discography Archived March 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 3, 2014
- ^ a b Westergaard, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014