Sun Ra 1980

Sun Ra - Haverford College, Jan. 25, 1980 - Solo Rhodes Piano (2019) {Enterplanetary Koncepts}
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Cosmic Jazz / Progressive Jazz

There’s an offhanded charm to the set that gradually draws you in, almost as though you’re listening to one of the 20th century’s greatest musical minds play stream-of-consciousness cocktail piano, casually joining up beloved standards with heady, extraterrestrially inspired originals.

Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Strange Celestial Road (1979) {Rounder Records 125742 rel 2019}
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© 1979, 2019 Rounder Records / Concord / Enterplanetary Koncepts | 125742
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Jazz Funk / Experimental Big Band / Progressive Jazz

These recordings originated at the same Variety Studio sessions that resulted in the 1979 Saturn release SLEEPING BEAUTY (a.k.a. Door of the Cosmos). Based on known departures and arrivals of various players in the Arkestra, Sun Ra historians have cited a likely recording date of June 1979. These three tracks were sold to Rounder and issued on LP in 1980; Sun Ra retained "Springtime Again," "Door of the Cosmos," and "Sleeping Beauty" for release on Saturn.

Sun Ra - Solo Keyboards, Minnesota 1978 (2019) {Enterplanetary Koncepts}
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Progressive Jazz / Piano / Crumar Mainman

Sun Ra presented quite a few solo piano shows between 1977 and 1980 in the US and Europe, and several have been issued commercially. From a solo keyboard standpoint, it was one of Sunny's most prolific periods. At each gig he customarily offered three categories of works: 1) Tin Pan Alley standards he had revered since his pre-Chicago days (e.g. "Over the Rainbow," "Don't Blame Me," and "Honeysuckle Rose"); 2) Ra originals, though he drew from a limited selection of his voluminous catalog ("Love in Outer Space" seemed obligatory); and 3) improvisations, perhaps a blues, which sometimes included stray riffs from categories 1 and 2.

Roy Burrowes Sextet featuring Mal Waldron - Live at The Dreher (1980) {Marge 14 rel 2014}
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© 1980, 2014 Disques Futura et Marge / Terrones | Marge 14
Jazz / Bop / Post-Bop / Trumpet

b. 18 February 1926, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 2 December 1998, London, England. As a child Burrowes was given a trumpet by his sea-going father and began learning to play the instrument. As the unofficial mascot of a West Indian army regiment, he was encouraged to develop his musical abilities and took lessons from a military bandsman. He formed his own bands, playing in and around his home town but in the late 40s went to New York City, USA where he quickly established himself on the local music scene. Among the musicians with whom he played during this stage of his career and who also helped his advance was Sonny Rollins.

Reissue of a 1979 duo recording of legendary South African bassist Johnny Dyani (of The Blue Notes) and drummer Clifford Jarvis (who played with Sun Ra for over two decades).