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Sun Ra & his Arkestra – Greatest Hits (1956–73)

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Sun Ra & his Arkestra – Greatest Hits (1956–73)

Sun Ra & his Arkestra – Greatest Hits · Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (1956–73)
XLD Flac+Cue+Log = 398 MB | Mp3 VBR0 = 142 MB | Scans incl. booklet 400 dpi jpg | RAR
CD released 2000 | Evidence Music ECD 22219-2 | Free Jazz | USA

Review by William Ruhlmann from Allmusic:
"Those wondering where to begin when buying their first Sun Ra album, this is it!," declares an Evidence Music press release on their Sun Ra anthology Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel. It also notes that, since Sun Ra never had any actual "hits," the 18 tracks from 15 Sun Ra albums, plus two singles and a soundtrack excerpt, were chosen because they were fan favorites, because they displayed the artist's development over the years 1956–73, and because of "their musical 'accessibility' – relatively speaking of course." True enough. Proceeding chronologically, the album finds a bebop-influenced big band on its earliest tracks, which include the familiar jazz covers "'Round Midnight" and "I Loves You, Porgy." As early as 1960's "Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus," however, the band is beginning to exhibit its interest in space travel and equally spacy music, including chanting and an odd bass solo. From here on out, things get strange, but most of the tracks are low-key and at least somewhat composed. Within those "easy listening" parameters, however, there is room for everything from the outside saxophone work on the ballad "When Angels Speak of Love" to the heavily percussive "Yucatan" and the set-closing fractured pop of "The Perfect Man." If the album succeeds in its mission, it's because it does treat accessibility as a relative term that includes tracks like "Thither and Yon," with its wild reed solo, as well as fairly straight-ahead performances. Listeners looking for clues to the rest of Sun Ra's catalog in this compilation should be warned that there is more of the experimental stuff proportionally than is found here, but they can be eased into Sun Ra's cock-eyed vision by starting here.
Biography by Scott Yanow from Allmusic:
Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial. He did not make it easy for people to take him seriously, for he surrounded his adventurous music with costumes and mythology that both looked backward toward ancient Egypt and forward into science fiction. In addition, Ra documented his music in very erratic fashion on his Saturn label, generally not listing recording dates and giving inaccurate personnel information, so one could not really tell how advanced some of his innovations were. It has taken a lot of time to sort it all out (although Robert L. Campbell's Sun Ra discography has done a miraculous job). In addition, while there were times when Sun Ra's aggregation performed brilliantly, on other occasions they were badly out of tune and showcasing absurd vocals. Near the end of his life, Ra was featuring plate twirlers and fire eaters in his colorful show as a sort of Ed Sullivan for the 1980s.
But despite all of the trappings, Sun Ra was a major innovator. Born Herman Sonny Blount in Birmingham, AL (although he claimed he was from another planet), Ra led his own band for the first time in 1934. He freelanced at a variety of jobs in the Midwest, working as a pianist/arranger with Fletcher Henderson in 1946–1947. He appeared on some obscure records as early as 1948, but really got started around 1953. Leading a big band (which he called the Arkestra) in Chicago, Ra started off playing advanced bop, but early on was open to the influences of other cultures, experimenting with primitive electric keyboards, and playing free long before the avant-garde got established.
After moving to New York in 1961, Ra performed some of his most advanced work. In 1970, he relocated his group to Philadelphia, and in later years alternated free improvisations and mystical group chants with eccentric versions of swing tunes, sounding like a spaced-out Fletcher Henderson orchestra. Many of his most important sidemen were with him on and off for decades (most notably John Gilmore on tenor, altoist Marshall Allen, and baritonist Pat Patrick). Ra, who recorded for more than a dozen labels, has been well served by Evidence's extensive repackaging of many of his Saturn dates, which have at last been outfitted with correct dates and personnel details. In the late '90s, other labels began reissuing albums from Sun Ra's vast catalog, an effort that will surely continue for years to come.
Tracks
01. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • Saturn 03:03
02. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • Kingdom of Not 05:34
03. Sun Ra & his Myth Science Arkestra • Medicine for a Nightmare 02:20
04. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • Enlightenment 05:05
05. Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra • Round Midnight 03:54
06. Sun Ra & his Myth Science Arkestra • Velvet 04:38
07. Sun Ra & his Solar Arkestra • Rocket Number Nine 06:15
08. Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra • I Loves You, Porgy 03:34
09. Sun Ra & his Myth Science Arkestra • We Travel the Spaceways 03:24
10. Sun Ra & his Myth Science Arkestra • When Angels Speak of Love 04:35
11. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • Thither and Yon 04:01
12. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • Pleasure 03:13
13. Sun Ra • The Alter Destiny 03:07
14. Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra • Yucatan 03:42
15. Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra • Otherness Blue 04:49
16. Sun Ra & his Intergalactic Solar Arkestra • We'll Wait for You 04:14
17. Sun Ra & his Arkestra • The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters 07:27
18. Sun Ra & his Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra • The Perfect Man 04:53
Total time: 77:42

Musicians
From the early members the following are still active (according to Discogs):
Marshall Allen: alto saxophone, flute, EVI - joined in 1958
Charles Davis: baritone saxophone - joined in 1955
John Ore: bass - joined in 1961
Danny Thompson; flute, baritone sax, alto sax, bassoon - joined in 1967
Bill Davis: bass - joined in 1962
Juini Booth: bass - joined in 1967

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Sun Ra & his Arkestra / Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel

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