Unity (Sun Ra album)
Unity is a live double album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Italian Horo label.[1]
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| Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | October 24 & 28, 1977 Storyville, NYC | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Label | Horo HDP 19-20 | |||
| Producer | Aldo Sinesio | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars naming it "The Arkestra's best live album. Loaded with standards. Incredible musicianship".[2]
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Track listing
All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
Side One:
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:39
- "Lightnin'" (Duke Ellington) - 2:37
- "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, Dorothy Parker) - 9:33
- "Lights" - 5:42
Side Two:
- "Yeah Man" (Fletcher Henderson) - 3:01
- "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:04
- "Images" - 10:31
- "Penthouse Serenade" (Val Burton, Will Jason) - 4:10
Side Three:
- "Lady Bird/Half Nelson" (Tadd Dameron/Miles Davis) - 8:00
- "Halloween" - 6:02
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 6:00
Side Four:
- "The Satellites" - 7:30
- "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) - 9:37
- "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) - 2:06
Personnel
- Sun Ra - organ, Rocksichord
- Ahmed Abdullah, Michael Ray - trumpet
- Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, vocals
- Craig Harris, Charles Stephens - trombone
- Vincent Chancey - French horn
- Emmett McDonald - bass horn
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, oboe, flute
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, clarinet, percussion
- Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
- Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
- James Jacson - flute, bassoon, percussion
- Richard Williams - bass
- Luqman Ali, Thomas Hunter - drums
- Atakatune, Eddie Thomas - percussion
- June Tyson - vocals
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References
- Sun Ra discography accessed July 4, 2014
- Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014
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