The Sun Ra Arkestra - Live At Praxis '84

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The Sun Ra Arkestra
Live At Praxis '84

Compil. UK 2000 on Golden Years Of New Jazz label
Jazz (Free Jazz, Space-Age, Contemporary Jazz, Free Improvisation)

Recorded live at the Orpheus Theatre, Athens, Greece February 27, 1984.

Musicians

	The Sun Ra Arkestra , *1952 US album by
	Eloe Omoe bcl, 1949-1989 US alto saxophone, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, flute, electronic wind instrument, percussion
	Marshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe, kora, electronic wind instrument, percussion
	Danny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947 baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, bongos, electronic wind instrument
	Rollo Radford b, cb, *1943 US bass
	James Jacson dr, bsn, 1932-1997 US bassoon, flute, oboe, electronic wind instrument, voice, drum, ancient egyptian infinity drum
	Matthew Brown cng, congas
	Salah Ragab dr, cng, p, 1936-2008 EG congas, percussion
	Don Mumford dr, 1954-2007 US drums, percussion
	Greg Pratt voc, dr, CA other, dance
	Myriam Broche other, dance
	Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US piano, organ, synthesizer, voice, written by
	Kostas Yiannoulopoulos producer, original triple lp
	John Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US tenor saxophone, clarinet, timbales, electronic wind instrument, voice
	Ronnie Brown tr, trumpet, flugelhorn, tambourine

Producers

Lora Feigin design, artwork

Stan Wijnans mastered by

Kostas Kutsaftikis photography by

Leo Feigin producer

Composers

Sun Ra

Fletcher Henderson

Noble Sissle

Bertolt Brecht

Kurt Weill

Marc Blitzstein

Arthur Johnston

Sam Coslow

E.Y. Harburg

Harold Arlen

Billy Strayhorn

Duke Ellington

Henry Mancini

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Untitled Improvisation I	The Sun Ra Arkestra		4:20
2	Discipline 27-II / Children Of The Sun	The Sun Ra Arkestra		4:50
3	Nuclear War	The Sun Ra Arkestra		4:28
4	Unidentified Blues	The Sun Ra Arkestra		5:22
5	Fate In A Pleasant Mood	The Sun Ra Arkestra		9:22
6	Yeah Man!	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Fletcher Henderson, Noble Sissle	2:47
7	Space Is The Place / We Travel The Spaceways / Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Next Stop Mars	The Sun Ra Arkestra		4:51
8	Untitled Improvisation 2	The Sun Ra Arkestra		4:25
9	Untitled Improvisation 3	The Sun Ra Arkestra		7:33
10	Discipline 27	The Sun Ra Arkestra		8:29
11	Mack The Knife	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein	8:10
12	Cocktails For Two	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow	4:25
13	Somewhere Over The Rainbow	The Sun Ra Arkestra	E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen	4:05
14	Satin Doll	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	6:38
15	Big John's Special	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Fletcher Henderson	3:55
16	Carefree (Egyptian Fantasy)	The Sun Ra Arkestra		9:42
17	Days Of Wine And Roses	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Henry Mancini	6:10
18	Theme Of The Stargazers / The Satellites Are Spinning	The Sun Ra Arkestra		8:53
19	They'll Come Back	The Sun Ra Arkestra		1:45
20	Enlightenment / Strange Mathematics / Rhythmic Equations	The Sun Ra Arkestra		7:06

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