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Sun Ra
Astro Black

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.

     
Musicians
PortraitSun Ra p, 1914-1993 US
arranged by, composed by, vibraphone, electro, synthesizer, moog, keyboards, electronic, album by
PortraitDanny Davis as, fl, US
alto saxophone
PortraitMarshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US
alto saxophone
PortraitDanny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947
baritone saxophone
PortraitRonnie Boykins b, 1935-1980 US
bass
PortraitEloe Omoe bcl, 1949-1989 US
bass clarinet
PortraitPat Patrick bs, fl, 1929-1991 US
clarinet, mistro
PortraitAtakatune cng, perc,
congas
Chiea
congas
PortraitOdun perc,
congas
PortraitTommy Hunter dr, perc, US
percussion
PortraitJohn Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US
tenor saxophone, percussion
PortraitCharles Stephens tb,
trombone
PortraitAkh Tal Ebah tr, US
trumpet
PortraitLamont McClamb tr, perc,
trumpet
PortraitAlzo Wright vc, dr,
violin, viola
PortraitJune Tyson voc, 1936-1992 US
vocals, word-melody
PortraitRuth Wright voc,
voice, space ethnic
Producers
Baker Bigsby mixed by
Alton Abraham producer
Ed Michel producer
Composers
Sun Ra
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Astro BlackSun Ra10:59
2Discipline "99"Sun Ra4:47
3Hidden SpheresSun Ra7:04
4 The Cosmo-FireSun Ra
5 Part 1Sun Ra6:59
6 Part 2Sun Ra7:04
7 Part 3Sun Ra4:25

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