Space is the Place (album)
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Space Is The Place | ||
Studio album by Sun Ra | ||
Released | 1973 | |
Recorded | Oct 1972 | |
Genre | Jazz | |
Length | 42:51 | |
Label | Impulse! | |
Producer(s) | Alton Abraham and Ed Michel | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Sun Ra chronology | ||
Live in Egypt 1971 |
Space Is The Place 1973 |
Concert for the Comet Kohoutek 1973 |
Space is the Place is a jazz album by Sun Ra. It was released in 1973.
For the film, see Space Is the Place
[edit] Track listing
(all written and arranged by Sun Ra)
- "Space is the Place" 21:14
- "Images" 6:15
- "Discipline" 4:50
- "Sea of sounds" 7:42
- "Rocket Number Nine" 2:50
[edit] Recording
Recorded October 19 and 20, 1972 at Streeterville Recording studio, Chicago.
[edit] Personnel
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra:
- Sun Ra - Piano (2), space organ (1,3,4,5)
- Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, (2), flugelhorn ((4), vocal (1)
- Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb - trumpet (2,4)
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone (4), flute (3)
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone (4), flute (3)
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone (2,3,4), vocal (1,5)
- Danny Thompson - baritone saxophone (1), flute (3), vocal (5)
- Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet (1,5), flute (3)
- Pat Patrick - electric bass (1,2), baritone saxophone (4), vocal (5)
- Lex Humphries - drums (4)
- Atakatun (Stanley Morgan) and Odun (Russel Branch) - percussion (4)
("as all marines are riflemen, all members of the Arkestra are percussionists")
Space Ethnic Voices:
- June Tyson, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton (1,5)
Producers: Alton Abraham and Ed Michel