Sun Ra & His Arkestra - 1966: St. Lawrence University (2017)
FLAC (tracks) - 812 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 319 MB
2:16:45 | Jazz, Space-Age, Avant-garde | Label: Enterplanetary Koncepts
FLAC (tracks) - 812 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 319 MB
2:16:45 | Jazz, Space-Age, Avant-garde | Label: Enterplanetary Koncepts
In Spring 1966 Sun Ra and his Arkestra embarked on a tour of five upstate New York colleges. Recorded on May 18, 1966, at St. Lawrence University, in Potsdam, NY, this illuminating collection presents the full 70-minute first set, a partial recording of the evening's second set, and some pre-concert, soundcheck rehearsal takes. The nature of the somewhat ad hoc 1966 engineering setup prevented a best-quality audio capture, and there are technical shortcomings in these recordings. Nonetheless, this historic set offers a spectrum of the band's repertoire, arrangements, and stage virtuosity over almost an entire evening. The performance roughly coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Arkestra's debut studio sessions in Chicago, 1956. The sets include the rarely performed "State Street," as well as alternate versions of "Theme of the Stargazers," "The Exotic Forest," "Velvet," and "The Second Stop Is Jupiter." The tour reportedly included SUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University, and several other unidentified colleges.