Album US 1973 on Impulse! label
Jazz (Free Jazz, Space-Age)
Comes in gatefold sleeve. Recorded at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1972. Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California. ℗1973, ABC Records, Inc. Sleeve features seven poems taken from the book titled "The Immeasurable Equation" by Sun Ra. Unlike other Sun Ra releases on Impulse the promotional copies of "Astro Black" don`t have different (white) labels.
Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US arranged by, composed by, vibraphone, electro, synthesizer, moog, keyboards, electronic, album by | |
Danny Davis as, fl, US alto saxophone | |
Marshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US alto saxophone | |
Danny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947 baritone saxophone | |
Ronnie Boykins b, 1935-1980 US bass | |
Eloe Omoe bcl, 1949-1989 US bass clarinet | |
Pat Patrick bs, fl, 1929-1991 US clarinet, mistro | |
Atakatune cng, perc, congas | |
Chiea congas | |
Odun perc, congas | |
Tommy Hunter dr, perc, US percussion | |
John Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US tenor saxophone, percussion | |
Charles Stephens tb, trombone | |
Akh Tal Ebah tr, US trumpet | |
Lamont McClamb tr, perc, trumpet | |
Alzo Wright vc, dr, violin, viola | |
June Tyson voc, 1936-1992 US vocals, word-melody | |
Ruth Wright voc, voice, space ethnic |
Baker Bigsby mixed by |
Alton Abraham producer |
Ed Michel producer |
Sun Ra |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Astro Black | Sun Ra | 10:59 | ||
2 | Discipline "99" | Sun Ra | 4:47 | ||
3 | Hidden Spheres | Sun Ra | 7:04 | ||
4 | The Cosmo-Fire | Sun Ra | |||
5 | Part 1 | Sun Ra | 6:59 | ||
6 | Part 2 | Sun Ra | 7:04 | ||
7 | Part 3 | Sun Ra | 4:25 |
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