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The Sun Ra Arkestra
Life Is Splendid

Album US 1999 on Total Energy label
Jazz (Free Jazz)

Recorded in performance at Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, 1972 for Atlantic Records. Production consultation for the Rainbow Multi-Media Corporation. Produced for Big Chief Productions in association with Saturn Research. Digitally transferred from the original stereo recordings and mastered at Catasonic on October/September 1999.

     
Musicians
PortraitThe Sun Ra Arkestra , *1952 US
album by
PortraitLarry Northington as, cng, perc,
alto saxophone
PortraitDanny Davis as, fl, US
alto saxophone, flute
PortraitMarshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US
alto saxophone, flute
PortraitPat Patrick bs, fl, 1929-1991 US
baritone saxophone
PortraitDanny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947
baritone saxophone, flute
PortraitLeroy Taylor ob, b, 1949-1989
bass clarinet
PortraitAlzo Wright vc, dr,
drums
PortraitLex Humphries dr, perc, 1936-1994 US
drums
PortraitHarry Richards dr, perc,
drums, space
PortraitRobert Underwood dr, key, eb, US
drums, space
PortraitJune Tyson voc, 1936-1992 US
lead vocals
PortraitMark Wheaton , US
mastered by, transferred by, digitally transferred from the original stereo recordings
PortraitRussell Branch cng, perc,
percussion
PortraitStanley Morgan perc,
percussion
PortraitSun Ra p, 1914-1993 US
piano, keyboards, lead vocals, organ, space
PortraitJohn Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US
tenor saxophone, percussion
PortraitLamont McClamb tr, perc,
trumpet
PortraitAkh Tal Ebah tr, US
trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
PortraitCheryl Banks voc,
voice, space ethnic voices
PortraitJudith Holton voc,
voice, space ethnic voices
PortraitRuth Wright voc,
voice, space ethnic voices
Producers
Patrick Boissel design, cover
Leni Sinclair photography by
Jimmy Douglass producer, original recording, recorded by
Michael Cuscuna producer, original recording
Tunç Erim producer, original recording
John Sinclair producer, liner notes, other, production consultation
Mark Meyerson supervised by, original recording
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1EnlightenmentThe Sun Ra Arkestra
2Love In Outer SpaceThe Sun Ra Arkestra
3Space Is The PlaceThe Sun Ra Arkestra
4Discipline 27-11 / What Planet Is This? / Life Is Spelendid / ImmeasurableThe Sun Ra Arkestra
5WatusiThe Sun Ra Arkestra
6Outer Spaceways IncorporatedThe Sun Ra Arkestra
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