Sun Ra - Springtime in Chicago 1978 (2006)

 Beautiful rare recordings by the Sun Ra Arkestra – recorded in Chicago in the late 70s, but with a sound that takes us back to their much earlier years on Saturn! The recordings are pulled from the Waitawhile archive of Hartmut Geerken, and they're some of the most intimate, most sensitive recordings of the group from the time – often done in a way that features spare instrumentation and a really earthy sensibility overall. The group here is a full version of the Arkestra – with June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Eddie Gale, and others present for the date – but the players are often working in smaller groupings to really create a sense of variety in the performance. Titles include "Astro Black", "Springtime In Chicago", "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise", "Untitled Improvisation", "Queer Notions", "Yeah Man", "Shadow World", "King Porter Stomp", "Next Stop mars", "Calling Planet Earth", and "Lights On A Satellite".
-Dusty Groove note


This double CD documents the entire performance by The Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago on September 25, 1978, and represents volume 2 from the Waitawhile Sun Ra Archive. It features 18 compositions mixing untitled improvisations with Sun Ra's pieces and jazz standards. John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, June Tyson, Michael Ray, Danny Ray Thompson, Eloe Omoe, etc., are all in great form performing to the approval of the audience.
-Jazzloft note

280. [223a]  Sun Ra Arkestra

Sun Ra (org, syn); Michael Ray (tp); Walter Miller (tp); Eddie Gale (tp); Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, cl, timb, voc); Eloe Omoe (bcl, perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl, perc); James Jacson (bsn, fl, Inf-d); prob. Damon Choice (vib); Dale Williams (eg); prob. Luqman Ali (d); Atakatune (cga); June Tyson (voc).

Happy Medium Disco, Chicago,
September 25, 1978

from The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.  Campbell/Trent

Springtime in Chicago

Disc One
Improvisation   6:10
Springtime in Chicago   7:21
Astro Black   2:42
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise   1:02
Discipline 27   3:26
The Shadow World   17:19
Yeah Man!   3:10
Queer Notions   3:27

Disc Two
Big John's Special   3:25
Somewhere Over the Rainbow   7:37
Lights on a Satellite   6:38
Body and Soul   10:03
King Porter Stomp   3:59
Second Stop is Jupiter   6:38
Space is the Place   5:01
Enlightenment   2:25
Next Stop Mars   0:57
Calling Planet Earth   7:27

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