The Sun Ra Arkestra - Unity

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The Sun Ra Arkestra
Unity

Album IT 1978 on Horo Records label
Jazz (Space-Age)

A Horo Records production New York - October 24/29, 1977 Storyville Tracks A4, B3, C2, D1: Fly Record Ed. Mus. - SIAE

Musicians

	The Sun Ra Arkestra , *1952 US album by
	Danny Davis as, fl, US alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
	Marshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US alto saxophone, oboe, alto saxophone, solo
	Danny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947 baritone saxophone
	Richard Evans b, bass
	James Jacson dr, bsn, 1932-1997 US bassoon
	Luqman Ali dr, 1939-2007 US drums
	Tommy Hunter dr, perc, US drums, engineer, recording
	Vincent Chancey frh, *1950 US french horn
	Emmett McDonald alp, horn, bass horn
	Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US keyboards, organ, solo, written by, keyboards, solo rocksichord
	Atakatune cng, perc, percussion
	Eddie Thomas perc, percussion
	John Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US tenor saxophone, clarinet, clarinet, solo, tenor saxophone, solo
	Charles Stephens tb, trombone
	Craig Harris tb, *1953 US trombone, trombone, solo
	Ahmed Abdullah tr, *1947 US trumpet, trumpet, solo
	Akh Tal Ebah tr, US trumpet, vocals
	Michael Ray tr, *1962 US trumpet, trumpet, solo
	Arkestra Unit vocals
	Eddie Thompson vocals
	June Tyson voc, 1936-1992 US vocals

Producers

Antonio Ortolan art direction

Sandro Lodolo artwork, cover art

Raul Matta artwork, graphics

Maria Teresa Tannozzini design, cover design

Marco Mamberti engineer, mixing

Philippe Carles liner notes

Aldo Sinesio producer

Gianni Gualberto producer, assistant producer

Cicci Santucci remastered by

Composers

Jerome Kern

Otto Harbach

Duke Ellington

Dorothy Parker

Jack King

Sun Ra

Fletcher Henderson

Jelly Roll Morton

Val Burton

Will Jason

Miles Davis

Tadd Dameron

Oscar Hammerstein II

Richard Rodgers

Art Hickman

Harry Williams

Herbert Dotson

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Yesterdays	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach	5:39
2	Lightnin'	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Duke Ellington	2:37
3	How Am I To Know?	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Dorothy Parker, Jack King	9:33
4	Lights	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Sun Ra	5:42
5	Yeah Man	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Fletcher Henderson	3:01
6	King Porter Stomp	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Jelly Roll Morton	4:04
7	Images	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Sun Ra	10:31
8	Penthouse Serenade	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Val Burton, Will Jason	4:10
9	Lady Bird / Half Nelson	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron	8:00
10	Halloween	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Sun Ra	6:02
11	My Favorite Things	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	6:00
12	The Satellites	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Sun Ra	7:30
13	Rose Room	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Art Hickman, Harry Williams	9:37
14	Enlightment	The Sun Ra Arkestra	Herbert Dotson, Sun Ra	2:06

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