Sun Ra - Celestial Love (1984) (Reissue, 2020) скачать бесплатно

Label (Catalog#) : Modern Harmonic [MHCD-218]

Genre: Jazz / Hard Bop, Big Band, Free Jazz

Quality: FLAC (tracks + cue,log,covers)

Bitrate: Lossless

Total Time: 00:48:13

Total Size: 278Mb

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True studio albums of Ra with the Arkestra are rare on this planet or beyond. This studio saucer is an interplanetary interpreter, here to convert even the faintest of heart to the sounds of Sun Ra. Recorded with Arkestra veterans at the same NY studio that hosted countless Sun Ra sessions since the late 60s, this first ever reissue of Celestial Love contains the only known recordings of the titular track and "Blue Intensity,” plus a cut not on the original Saturn LP!




The music here is mostly "inside Ra." In fact, it's one of the most accessible albums in the Ra canon. One of Ra's early heroes, Duke Ellington, is represented twice with "Sophisticated Lady" and "Drop Me Off In Harlem," and two other standards ("Smile" and "Sometimes I'm Happy," both sung by June Tyson) are given snappy Ra arrangements.




Though Sun Ra was renowned for outrageous music and performances, Celestial Love is a reminder that he was a man of many moods, with a deep respect for jazz history. His embrace of Futurism never implied a rejection of the past. Even rocket ships were constructed with raw materials discovered eons ago.

Tracks:

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1. Celestial Love - 5:31

2. Sometimes I'm Happy [Composed By – Grey, Caesar, Youmans] - 4:28

3. Interstellarism - 6:15

4. Blue Intensity5:16

5. Sophisticated Lady [Composed By – Ellington, Mills, Parish] - 7:30

6. Nameless One No. 2 - 4:01

7. Nameless One No. 3 - 5:43

8. Smile [Composed By – Chaplin, Parsons, Phillips] - 4:23

9. Drop Me Off In Harlem [Composed By – Ellington, Kenny] - 5:06

Personnel: 

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Sun Ra – Piano, Synthesizer, Organ

Marshall Allen – Alto Saxophone, Flute 

Danny Ray Thompson – Baritone Saxophone, Flute 

Hayes Burnett – Bass

John Ore (possibly) – Bass 

James Jacson – Bassoon, Infinity Drum

Samarai Celestial (Eric Walker) – Drums

Vincent Chancey – French Horn 

Atakatune (Stanley Morgan) – Percussion 

John Gilmore – Tenor Saxophone 

Tyrone Hill – Trombone 

Walter Miller – Trumpet 

June Tyson – Vocals (Tracks 2 & 8)

Recorded at Variety Recording Studios, New York, 1982.